Hmm, Joss Stone, Joss Stone, nope I can’t quite place her. Somewhere in the dark recesses of my memory, I seem to remember this young girl with the voice of an angel who released a great album, but then nothing.
Ah, here she is, Joss Stone has now turned up again, seemingly out of the blue to berate British fans who she feels have rejected her. Joss, who now lives in America, speaks with an American accent, and is more redneck than chav, is having a go at US Brits for rejecting her… oh mama, she knows how to piss people off.

Stone was talking about her appearance at the Brit awards when she spoke in a faux American accent, to DJ Trevor Nelson on his BBC 1Xtra radio show when she admitted:
“I felt kind of sad about it actually. It’s funny because the only country that hasn’t liked it is my own. It’s just like, well, thanks guys! It’s like coming home and having them be like, ‘Go away, we don’t like you!’”
“It’s the whole country and it’s like they’re mad at me for being in the US. Maybe it’s because I dye my hair, maybe because my accent is messed up. But I’ve got to let it go and get on with my music.”
You stupid cow, it’s not because of you dying your hair, or anything meaningless like that. Do you want me to explain to you, in words you may understand.
Firstly you pissed off to America, which you’re entitled to do, that’s fine. But then to come back and have this ridiculous put on accent, as if you’ve been living there for decades is just crass and pathetic. Add to that the increasingly divaish behaviour you have been displaying and you might start to understand why the British public have turned against you.
There was the incident at Live Earth in South Africa, where you allegedly asked for the car engine to be kept running for you, there was the turning up late for a concert and then dismissing the crowd’s boos, and just the general transformation to shy young British girl with bags of talent, to overtly confident (read arrogant) diva with no respect for the fans who put you where you are.
Grow up a bit, drop the accent, and then maybe just maybe, we’ll welcome you home again with open arms.



956 days ago
[...] she released no music, but complained a lot: about people commenting on her sudden American accent, about her British fans, and so [...]
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719 days ago
I can understand her being based in the US. Perfectly practical in very many cases. But for her to return to the UK only 3-4 years later with a clearly pseudo-American accent bugs me greatly.
I can also understand her not wanting to risk her commercial success by recording and performing with a British accent – since that has not been done, soul being an American genre – but it would be a welcome change, in my opinion.
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495 days ago
How does one cop an American accent? Yankee drawl. Why would anyone want to talk like that? Couldn’t see Amy Winehouse doing that. Joss Stone kinda funny, maybe she would make a good stand up comedienne. Must be hard for a woman to make it in the male-dominated world of British Rock/Pop.
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299 days ago
[...] moaned about the reception she got a few months after the incident in 2007. And then she did it again in 2008. And now here we are in 2009 and she’s done it [...]
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