Advertising and product placement have been brought to a whole new level. Fergie is set to make $4 million by agreeing to write and perform songs endorsing Candies.

An executive at Fergie’s record label Interscope said: “With record sales in decline, you must find novel ways to make money out of the music. The trick is to make the brand part of the song so that it slips down easily rather than chokes the fan. Candie’s will have no say over exactly what Fergie will sing, or when. Fergie does not sing jingles so it will have to work unobtrusively in the song.”

We have some ideas to remix your tracks, Fergie:

• Up in the gym just working with my Candies

• C to the A N D the I the E and can’t nobody else put it down like me

• She’s candilicious

• If you ain’t got no candies take yo’ shoeless ass home

And just change “Mary Jane Shoes” to “Candies Shoes”. You’re going to make a fortune, and a lot of people sad with your corporate ways.

What others are saying:

• Mollygood says, “Calling people sell outs who decide to make a profit off of their hard work is one of the most ridiculous and meaningless insults in the long and varied history of slurs. But for the first time ever, there might be no better term in the modern English lexicon, save for awful bitch willing to sacrifice her already negligible shred of credibility in pursuit of more money.”

• The Superficial says, “Fergie? Really? They want Fergie to promote their clothing line? Maybe they should sit back and think about this a little longer. Why not just ask a bear in a clown outfit to promote their clothes? Or my four-year-old niece? She puts on garbage sometimes. Why not ask her?”

Source: Hollywood Rag