I'm coming down Buzz on this topic. I can completely understand her reluctance to sing Undone because of a lack of 'ownership' or 'this isn't my style' (especially on a first album where she's trying to establish herself). And perhaps she feels she didn't feel the right emotion (I'm an oldish guy who isn't qualified to dissect the different emotions of the two songs
) to properly sing it.
However, she was PAID to sing Elvis at the direction of 'Make me cry'. While she didn't write the words, she brought the emotion they aimed for. I'm sure the Ad Agency felt she could do that because of Creep and other songs-- maybe Undone and I Who Have Nothing. If Haley felt (or still feels) that Undone wasn't 'her' type of song, then neither was this project IMO-- no matter how you slice and dice the emotional feelings.
Obviously no one involved in the project knew it would blow up the way it did, least of all Haley. To me this should be an eye opener for Haley (and Ole and her advisers) from the perspective of getting more recognition, accolades, door openings, etc. These types of songs connect with her fan base and future (hopefully large) fan base. Haley Reinhart IS a business now, and it may be that these types of songs are the money makers that afford her the luxury to make 'her' type of music (whatever that may be-- personnally I'm not sure what that is yet).
As I said on the other thread-- Ole call Hollywood!!
