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Amy Winehouse Crying Out for Help to Spin

UK sensation Amy Winehouse has grabbed headlines worldwide with a self-mutilating incident during an interview with Spin magazine. The singer reportedly carved "I love Blake" (referring to new husband Blake Fielder-Civil) into her stomach with a leftover shard of broken mirror from the Spin photoshoot. Apparently Mr. Fielder-Civil was hanging around too, and caused his own controversy when he threatened to "slit the throat" of a bystander who said he looked like actor Ethan Embry. Winehouse brushed it all off during the interview, saying "I don't care about any of this... I write songs because I'm f***ed in the head."

Wikipedia explains self-injury as a dissociative mechanism, separating the mind from feelings that cause anguish, a phenomenon most often seen in women, although statistics are unreliable since self-injurers tend to conceal their injuries. Not this time.

Winehouse's current single, "Rehab," climbs from number 10 to number 9 on the Billboard Top 10 this week, with her album remaining at number 10; one can only wonder if her American success has proven too much for her to deal with. See my previous post for her upcoming tour dates.

Posted by Party Ben on 06/27/07 at 10:27 PM | Comments (0) | Email | Print

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