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ARTICLE EXCERPT (Interview Magazine, 04/98)
"It's scary, because I still have that insecurity. It's like they're going to find out that I'm a phony. This whole hype thing happens around you, and you think, Whoa! Slow down. Let me catch up first. With all those expectations, it feels much further to fall. But I try and keep my life simple. Whan you've had success and lost it, you learn the hard way. You realize everything could be gone tomorrow, so you hang on to all the things that really matter."
ARTICLE: IMBRUGLIA POPS UP ON STATESIDE SCENE (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 03/19/98)
She began her media career as a vixen on the Australian soap opera "Neighbours," dated "Friends" star David Schwimmer upon arriving in America and recently became the first musical guest to perform on "Saturday Night Live" without having an album in stores (obviously, that has changed now).
Yep, the hype machine is spinning wildly around the gorgeous, doe-eyed Imbruglia, who certainly knows how to flaunt her half Italian/ half Australian physical attributes. But there is more to her than her extracurricular activities might suggest.
Imbruglia's debut single, "Torn" -- originally recorded in 1995 by the little-known pop band Ednaswap -- is a mellifluous ditty that can't decide if it wants to be a throwaway Top 40 confection or a serious study of inner conflict, much like Meredith Brooks' "Bitch."
While Imbruglia can delve into Deep Thought territory on some of her self-penned work ("Funny how those friends forget you when you tire of their games," she sings in "City"), she dresses her angst much more prettily than Alanis Morissette ever could -- even when she out-Alanises Alanis on the grounded but danceable "Wishing I Was There."
Imbruglia has acknowledged Shawn Colvin as a formidable inspiration, and the influence is apparent in her lackadaisical vocal stylings on "Smoke" and in "City," which bears a melody line eerily similar to Colvin's "You and the Mona Lisa."
Although Imbruglia doesn't possess the most robust voice, she handles middle-of-the-road pop rather well. There are no distracting histrionics, and when she cuts loose on the unstoppable "Intuition," it's difficult to deny that a new pop starlet has arrived. (-- Melissa Ruggieri, Richmond Times-Dispatch)
| Date | Publication | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 03/20/98 | Entertainment Weekly | Article on p 42; photo on p 43. |
| 03/98 | Arena | Article and glossy photos, p 84-89. |
| 02/98 | Uncut | Short one-page interview. |
| 02/98 | Arena | ??? |
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