'Love' Songs


	'LOVE' SONGS

Release Date: August 6, 2002

Press Release: Hollywood.com

Before the show Jennifer Love Hewitt seemed a little jittery about making her big public singing debut with the Meredith Brooks-produced tune "Dance Naked," but the actress was decidedly giddy backstage after her performance, which seemed to go over with the young fans in the audience.

"I didn't actually get over the nerves--I didn't have time," she admitted. "All of a sudden I saw this little girl in the front and she was singing along every word to my song. It's a song that I've written and it means a lot to me, so I thought, wow, if she can be a teenager and deal with that every day, then the least I can do is get my song done and have a good time."

Hewitt admitted that she wasn't quite as in touch with the reactions of the major pop stars--Britney Spears, 'N Sync, Eve and Usher among them--in the audience. "I wouldn't look at any of the celebrities, because I wouldn't know whether to pee or sing when I saw them...I just pretended that they were not here and sang to the kids."

The actress, clad in a very rock star-ish black bustier, leather pants and a scarf, then surprised the journalists by launch into an impromptu rendition of Terence Trent D'Arby's "Who's Loving You."

Still, she's not quite ready to quit her day job--yet. "I really like doing both, but I have to say that what I just did was possibly the best thing that I've ever felt in my whole life!"

Choice Breakout Music Artist award winner Ashanti gave Love kudos for her performance ("I think it was hot, I liked the song a lot...she's doing something to show she has a lot of versatility") but balked at a backstage demonstration of her own vocal prowess. "Sing a song? I gotta get paid!...Where's the money at?" Nevertheless, she did warble a lyric or two from one of her hits.