History YMMV / ChristinaAguilera

* ValuesDissonance: The "Can't Hold Us Down" video has not aged well. It's been attacked for cultural appropriation, as Christina sports dyed black hair that's tightly curled and appears to be wearing {{Brownface}} - and the video's setting is in a predominantly black neighborhood (and the man who gropes her is black, opening [[WhereDaWhiteWomenAt a whole other can of worms]]).
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: ''Bionic'' and ''Lotus'' tend to have this vibe to them.
--> Song bird/rebirth unheard creature/submerged from hurt, pain broken pieces/emerge and see heartbeat increases/Rise up, lotus rise this is the beginning.
--> I-I-I-I-I am the future, put it on you like a hurricane/Call me the supernova that's taking over all time and space/I'm testing your dimension, can't keep up with what I create.

* FansPreferTheNewHer: During the ''Stripped'' period, a lot of fans who'd discovered her through her initial singles bemoaned the HotterAndSexier image - which sent MoralGuardians into an uproar. The initial “squeaky clean Pop Princess” image she'd had for "Genie in a Bottle" and the earlier singles was mainly brought on by ExecutiveMeddling wanting her to be like the teen pop craze started by Music/BritneySpears. ''Stripped'' was actually Christina taking complete control of her own image for the first time - and she refuted the criticisms hurled at the sexual nature of "Dirrty" by reminding people she was in complete control and it was her decision.

* FansPreferTheNewHer: During the ''Stripped'' period, a lot of fans who'd discovered her through her initial singles bemoaned the HotterAndSexier image - which sent MoralGuardians into an uproar. The initial squeaky clean Pop Princess image she'd had for "Genie in a Bottle" and her first album was brought on entirely by ExecutiveMeddling wanting her to be like the teen pop craze started by Music/BritneySpears. ''Stripped'' represented Christina taking control of her own image - and she refuted the criticisms hurled at the sexual nature of "Dirrty" by reminding people she was in complete control and it was her decision.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: "Still Dirrty" off the ''Back to Basics'' album is quite a beloved song, and many fans wish it had been released as a single.

** "I'm Ok" details Aguilera's child abuse at the hands of her father growing up. The recorded audio featuring a crying young girl begging "Daddy please!" while the father lecherously says "Oh you're my good girl!", the muffled cries, the warbled drowned out sound set to sad guitar doesn't help either. (Worst, the audio is sampled from Stephen King's ''Literature/DoloresClaiborne'', which also focused on domestic violence and ParentalIncest).

** In "Not Myself Tonight", a few scenes show Aguilera in heavily-clad spiked up eyelashes, a ball-gag and chain bondage that look more scary rather than sexy and appealing to the audience.

** "I'm Ok" details Aguilera's child abuse at the hands of her father growing up. The recorded audio featuring a crying young girl begging "Daddy please!" while the father lecherously says "Oh you're my good girl!", the muffled cries, the warbled drowned out sound set to sad guitar doesn't help either. (Worst, the audio is sampled from Stephen King's Dolores Claiborne, which also focused on domestic violence and ParentalIncest).

* DontShootTheMessage: "Can't Hold Us Down"'s song itself has a valid message that women shouldn't be judged for their sexuality, and highlighting the {{Double Standard}}s faced by the genders are points worth making. The video on the other hand tackles an [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment issue that's very complex]] and [[TheThemeParkVersion simplifies it down greatly]], with the result that the women in the video benefit from some of the [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale double standards]] they're complaining about.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: "Still Dirrty" is in no way subtle, but its deconstruction of the MadonnaWhoreComplex and statements about female sexuality are extremely powerful.
--> "Why is a woman's sexuality always under so much scrutiny?"

* NightmareFuel: "I'm Ok" details Aguilera's child abuse at the hands of her father growing up. The recorded audio featuring a crying young girl begging "Daddy please!" while the father lecherously says "Oh you're my good girl!", the muffled cries, the warbled drowned out sound set to sad guitar doesn't help either. (Worst, the audio is sampled from Stephen King's Dolores Claiborne, which also focused on domestic violence and ParentalIncest).

* TearJerker: "I'm Ok" details Aguilera suffering from child abuse and her mother from domestic violence at the hands of her father.

* In "I Turn To You", a mother and daughter make up for fighting after she survives a near-fatal car crash.