Nelly Furtado's bisexuality - just a marketing strategy?

By now everybody has listened her new albumshe read in a book which claims all people are
"Loose". The album was named partly after the TCLinherently bisexual. So because she read some book
band she admires for "taking back their sexuality,now she's a bisexual.
showing they were complete women". It became theThe debate is whether Nelly is dabbling about bisexual
most successful album of Nelly's career, reachingchic which in turn is used for advertising or it is all about
number one in several counties.advertising and her statements are made due to a
The release in June 2006 was also followed by amarketing strategy.
series of statements issued by the "Promiscuous" star.Bisexual chic is a trend that now conquers more and
The real statement that got the press fired up wasmore people. As a pure example of bisexual chic is
the one referring to her newly discovered bisexuality.Madonna who was seen kissing another girl in her
The "Maneater" singer revealed in an interview with amusic video "Justify my love" and the scene that
gay magazine: "I'm reading a book about Chinesemade people go crazy at the MTV music awards in
medicine which claims all people are inherently bisexual2003 when Madonna kissed Britney Spears and then
to balance their energies. It makes so much sense. AsChristina Aguilera.
humans we have both male and female energies."The thing is sex sells. And girl kissing girl sells even
Furthermore the singer added that she believes Kurtmore! Let's not forget the success the girls from
Cobain's statement that "in the end, everyone is gay".TATU had. TATU's lyrics and videos allude to
This is partly true. Studies show that men with a highrelationship between the two of them and the girls
sex drive have a more targeted kind of sexual arousalpromote it during interviews. The Daily Mail (London)
while women with a high sexual drive tend to desirewrote: "Tatu degrades marketing and music at the
both sexes.same time."
This being said I wouldn't argue that the artist is wrong.So, is Nelly Furtado using the same marketing strategy
But clearly she does not have the best reasoning foras the girls from Tatu? Well, whether she is using this
her belief. In my opinion it would seem more plausible ifmarketing strategy or not, she definitely is drawing lots
she would have said she's a woman who loves havingof attention. Her songs are in top charts and that says
sex and suddenly discovered she enjoys theit all.
company of women without saying this is something