adam levine, sexiest man.

adam levine was just named people magazine's "sexiest man" of 2013.
i can't lie, i think the man is gorgeous.

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the stubble.
the tattoos.
the swagger.
the voice.
he oozes charisma and charm.
and let's be honest, he is the ONLY member of maroon 5 that anyone knows.
so i am not hating on the choice.
many are though with one of my favorite comments of someone calling him "ultra-douche adam levine." i admit that he's made some unsavory life choices but that doesn't change the fact that if he gave me a hug (after picking me to be on his team on the voice, naturally) i would probably go weak in the knees.
the choice just makes sense so there really isn't much to talk about.

what i found way more interesting was that they had considered ed sheeran for the title.
not saying that ed is a bad looking guy, just saying that when it comes to hollywood's standard of beauty, mr. sheeran would not rank high with his pale complexion, unruly ginger hair, and softer frame. the singer himself says, "i don't know who the voting party are for people but thank you. it's very kind. but i'm sure i'm the only one on the list who has a belly." sheeran went on to compare himself to austin powers and talked about how much he really doesn't care about his appearance.

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so why is he on the list?
i'm going to venture a guess and say that it's his songs. the boy can write songs like no one's business. his song 'give me love' is regularly sung at top volume in my car. and you know that song 'little things' by one direction that every girl just wants her boyfriend to sing to her (and probably notice those little things about her)? yeah, ed wrote that too. and who did taylor call on for her song, well one of them anyway, about an instant love connection? sheeran.
so even though they went with levine for cover boy it makes my hope in humanity rise that we don't completely base a person's worth off the symmetry of their face or the taught-ness of their abs.

moral of the story: no matter what you look like, you should probably make music...'cause that's what's really sexy.


xo