CHRISTINA AGUILERA AND THE POP ART QUESTION

Christina Aguilera has been talking about her new look and what fans can expect from her sound in the future. Speaking to MTV News about her appearance at the 2008 Video Music Awards, Aguilera said: "I wanted to give [fans] a little sneak preview of what's to come [with her VMA performance]. The vein of the new material is a futuristic take on what is inspiring me at the moment... and it's got a very pop-art feel, visually."She continued: "[There's a] throwback to Andy Warhol and all the colours and vividness and bright boldness that was in that artwork. I'm a big collector of pop art and graffiti art at this point, too - D*Face and Banksy, also Roy Lichtenstein... and it's been very fun venturing off into that zone."Aguilera added: "I was very inspired by the look and feel of that [pop-art] genre, your Jane Birkins, your Blondies, females who have come before who have done this so many times and so well - almost as an homage to them. Also, speaking of Warhol, Nico from the Velvet Underground... so it all kind of ties in to a pop-art feel and twist, with a mod look. But a futuristic taste of what's to come."