Dunno about that, Philipa.

I feel as though her Japanese fans are probably worse and creepier. They're just not as loud, outspoken and as obnoxious as their USA counterparts. To my knowing, no American has ever threatened with with a knife or anything similiar yet.

The stalkers were likely Japanese exchange students or whatnot anyway. Most Americans _still_ don't know who she is. It'll probabably stay that way.

I think that the whole 'not challenging enough' bit is just a cop-out. But I do believe that a tour bus and papparazzi would have a heavy bearing on her decision to stay or go. Didn't she mention one time that when she was in university, she realised that she had her whole life to get educated but wanted to make music _now_?

Prudent. Because people generally (young people) don't by music from artists over 35 years of age. No longer young, sexy and hip (unless you count artificial pelvic joints).\

Anyway, TITO has been aborted and flushed like an unwanted child.