Hayden Panettiere loudly proclaimed that she wanted to be a pop star, and my goodness she stuck to her guns. Despite a mounting heap of evidence that she shouldn’t have. I really like Hayden. I don’t watch her show, but I appreciate that she doesn’t go out clubbing and DUIing every night like a lot of other actresses her age. And she is super passionate about dolphins. Not normally something that makes me change my opinion about someone, but I like that she actually has something to say.
So Hayden vowed to become a music star, and unfortunately it appears that she’s too hot for any producers to have said no. Which they should have. If there’s any young starlet that I would wish to have a successful crossover musical career, I guess it’d be Hayden. But I don’t think that’s going to happen, even with a lot of the successful but generic pop music out there these days.
Hayden’s first single, “Wake Up Call,” is pretty bad in my opinion. Her voice is obviously digitally altered a la Paris Hilton. In fact she sounds nearly the same. There’s a reggae-esq backbeat that doesn’t really work with the lyrics or tone of the song. The video is pretty much different angles of Hayden over and over again. Hayden bares her thong. Hayden lounges around. Hayden pulls up her pants. Hayden wears dark makeup in a club. Honestly, considering the resources I assume she has access to, I’m surprised the whole thing came out so bland and generic.
It’s not the worst thing I’ve ever seen, but I doubt it’ll go anywhere. It’s not Heidi Montag-level embarrassing, but I’m guessing in 20 years Hayden’s going to deny that she had anything to do with this.
Hayden Panettiere is shown at an ESPYs party on 7/15/08. Credit: Starbux / WENN
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