There are plenty of beautiful artists who can't sing, nearly as many as there are singers who shouldn't put out music videos. Then there is Dirty Harry. This
British bombshell has an arresting voice that breathlessly delivers pointed lyrics such as these, from "Dirty Boys and Girls": "We all want love, but we all crave to fuck / And I want it all, yeah, in this world tonight." Harry's lyrics, like her stage name, are the result of years spent hanging out in London's Goth fetish clubs. "People in the scene just
started calling me Dirty Harry, for deserved reasons," says the 25-year-old, whose first album to be released in the States, Songs From the Edge, won enthusiastic reviews. One might expect it to be all about sex, drugs and rock and roll, but that isn't the case. "I gave up drugs and the drink, so I am all about God, sex, love and lust," she explains. "It's very important to me to be in touch with my sexuality because that is in the same chakra as my creativity. Like my idol, Madonna, I'm in control of my sexuality. If I wear underwear in my music video, it's because I want to." Harry says she would hardly object if she were to develop into a Material Girl-class sex symbol, but we may sooner see her blossom as a reality-TV star. She has been working on a show that tracks her efforts to break through in the U.S. since she came here last year to record "Makin Me Crazy" with Tommy Lee, for his album Tommyland: The Ride. Has she caught a glimpse of Lee's most famous instrument? "I'm English. I'd be embarrassed." We think she's having a laugh.
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