In the beginning some people expected me to be like Britney (Spears) and Christina (Aguilera) and take my clothes off, but I was never going to strip for anyone.
When you’re in the limelight, people judge you and everything you do sends a message out to your fans. I’ve never conformed to what people think a female pop star should be. I had my own look going on. The guy who signed me (LA Reid) knew I would never wear pink. I’ve grown out of the tomboy look now and happily wear heels, tight jeans and dresses. I’d never have done that ten years ago.
That isn't completely true. Her sound got more pop at one point and she's gone the sexy route and posed in mags such as Maxim, like them and other pop stars as well.
But I don't think I would call this shade, and it's been said a million times already.
People seem to miss that she clearly states that in the beginning of her career, she would have never done that but as her career went on she started to shred her tomboy image.