It’s storytime with the pop queen herself—Christina Aguilera! Today, Christina appeared on an episode of “Heart Evenings With Dev Griffin,” where she shared a behind-the-scenes gem about her 2002 smash hit “Beautiful.”
She revealed how producer extraordinaire Linda Perry captured a raw and vulnerable moment during recording. Aguilera was lying on the studio floor, feeling insecure, when the mic picked up her whispered intro: “Don’t look at me.”
“It was a special moment, because I had somebody else in the booth with me and I was feeling a little bit insecure, which taps into the song and the vulnerability of the moment,” Christina shared. “It was real, and it was raw and authentic in the moment, and Linda kept it in the song. Which actually embodies it perfectly, because it’s just introducing, like, ‘I’m insecure but trying to look at the positive and optimism of I’m beautiful no matter what.’”
Now go—let’s transport back to the early 2000s. Thee album Stripped had just dropped. 🎧 Play “Beautiful” and wait for that whisper at the beginning to hit. It’s not just a line—it’s a feeling.
