{"id":241928,"date":"2026-05-23T06:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/linda-perry-didnt-think-christina-aguilera-was-the-right-fit-for-beautiful-at-first-says-she-thought-of-her-as-just-a-hot-chick\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T06:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:47:10","slug":"linda-perry-didnt-think-christina-aguilera-was-the-right-fit-for-beautiful-at-first-says-she-thought-of-her-as-just-a-hot-chick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/linda-perry-didnt-think-christina-aguilera-was-the-right-fit-for-beautiful-at-first-says-she-thought-of-her-as-just-a-hot-chick\/","title":{"rendered":"Linda Perry Didn&#8217;t Think Christina Aguilera Was the Right Fit for &#8216;Beautiful&#8217; at First, Says She Thought of Her as Just a &#8216;Hot Chick&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2217213\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Linda Perry<\/strong> didn\u2019t think <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/christina-aguilera\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Christina Aguilera<\/strong><\/a><\/strong> would be a good fit to sing her song \u201cBeautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The songwriter discussed the song and her initial opinion of <strong>Christina<\/strong> during a recent episode of the <em>Zach Sang Show<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cGenie in a Bottle\u201d singer heard a demo of \u201cBeautiful\u201d and wanted it. <strong>Linda<\/strong> recalled thinking, \u201cNo, you\u2019re like, a hot chick. I\u2019m not giving you this song. No way. Are you kidding me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But then her manager advised her to give <strong>Christina<\/strong> a chance and she was pleasantly surprised by what she heard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt made sense,\u201d <strong>Linda<\/strong> shared. \u201cThat\u2019s when I discovered, oh, beautiful people are actually insecure and just as damaged as I am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She 61-year-old record producer continued, \u201cShe\u2019s just as f\u2013ked up as I am. Okay. And then it broke the ice between the both of us when I saw that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was actually the original demo that <strong>Linda<\/strong> made <strong>Christina<\/strong> use because she appreciated how raw and emotional it was. While the pop icon pleaded to re-record it, <strong>Linda<\/strong> strongly preferred the initial record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the version that sold me [and] made me believe she had emotions. That she was insecure, that she was lacking in confidence in certain places, that she needed acceptance and approval,\u201d she said. \u201cI said, \u2018<strong>Christina<\/strong>, what is wonderful about this vocal is you didn\u2019t know what you were doing. That\u2019s why it\u2019s going to be huge, because so many people are going to relate to this imperfect vocal. That\u2019s what this song is about. Not being perfect. I think that\u2019s an art that needs to come back.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Linda Perry Thought Christina Aguilera Was Too Hot to Sing &quot;Beautiful&quot;\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NakHCMe5zMU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Christina<\/strong> eventually sang the song and included it on her 2002 album <em>Stripped<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>That song won her the Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 2004.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christina<\/strong> was one of many celebrities who attended the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/05\/21\/christina-aguilera-cara-delevingne-more-stars-celebrate-the-abbeys-35th-anniversary-in-weho\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">35th anniversary celebration<\/a> of The Abbey in West Hollywood!<\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/news\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/05\/23\/linda-perry-didnt-think-christina-aguilera-was-the-right-fit-for-beautiful-at-first-says-she-thought-of-her-as-just-a-hot-chick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Images Linda Perry didn\u2019t think Christina Aguilera would be a good fit to sing her song \u201cBeautiful.\u201d The songwriter discussed the song and her initial opinion of Christina during a recent episode of the Zach Sang Show. The \u201cGenie in a Bottle\u201d singer heard a demo of \u201cBeautiful\u201d and wanted it. Linda recalled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":241930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-241928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}