Paris Hilton - Stars Are Blind

The good news is that "Stars Are Blind" is not the complete disaster many predicted. The bad news is that a pop performance that would fail to make it past the first round of American Idol auditions will be played thousands of times on radio stations across the country. This single is likely to perform well on the charts, but it is also likely to be Paris Hilton's last significant hit. She simply lacks the vocal chops to be taken seriously.

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Upon first hearing "Stars Are Blind," the first pop single release from Paris Hilton's upcoming debut album Paris, there is a palpable sense of relief. Such a gentle wisp of a song does not inspire throwing objects at the radio or computer, and it's difficult to generate the usual sense of anger and disgust that is often a response to the adventures of Paris Hilton with that steady reggae beat pulsing in the brain. However, multiple listening opportunities reveal just how weak this record is, and the astute listener will wish it could be dropped from radio playlists to make way for more deserving material.

"Stars Are Blind" floats in like a gentle summer breeze with a singalong chorus, but it fails to leave a significant impression. Paris Hilton's voice is the primary fault in the recording, and this does not bode well for a full-length album. Her singing is not offensive, but it is amazingly weak. I can already here the "Next!" if she were auditioning for American Idol. The sound is Gwen Stefani minus energy, humor, and creativity.

So...we will all be subject to "Stars Are Blind" floating out of pop radio speakers for the next few months, but feel confident that additional major hits are unlikely. Predictably, Paris Hilton will move on from her moment in the sun as a pop phenomenon to some other attention-getting project that her money can buy. Until then, turn up the bass, turn down the treble, and enjoy the gentle reggae beat in the summer sunshine.