I actually am OK with Miley Cyrus because she's so blatantly F.U. about her whole slutty, druggie obnoxious schtick. I am old enough to remember the days where rock women were totally rough and out of control, crazy and punk rock. They may or may not have also been beautiful or sexy, but they mostly were just wild and doing whatever the hell they wanted. When that whole Madonna, image above everything, fake sexy female empowerment thing got going, it was so hypocritical and commercial. To me, Miley takes that junk trend to the ultimate degree and then passes it by being so completely ridiculous and rebellious about it. I like that she makes a lot of people really mad and annoyed. Anything to shake people out of their snoozing. That's why I'm OK with Rihanna too. Lady Gaga probably has more raw talent than either of these gals, but lately it seems like she's imitating herself, rather than continuing to just be naturally weird (or not..). I think Gaga just needs to do an album of broadway show tunes, Liza Minnelli-style and get it out of her system
As for Lorde, she's a pretty young girl with one good single. If MAC wants to use her for a collection, at the least they'll be able to make her look good in the promo images. Her look is super popular right now, whether it's flattering or balanced or not. No makeup + black lips and beautiful hair/skin always looks a lot better in person than in photos, even though it's non-traditional.
