New Video Interview: Amerie Steps Out Of The 'Nerd Closet'

Amerie just schooled me: I did not have her pegged for a quantum physics buff. (!?!?) Up until now, my go-to image of the R&B-pop singer was the pants-less booty shaking of "1 Thing," but Amerie definitely educated my ish in her brand-new Buzzworthy The 5 interview.

This half-Black, half-Korean knock-out is a "closet nerd," as her idea of a little light reading is... just a little Stephen Hawking. No big deal. How many people come home and unwind by contemplating the possibilities of time travel? Not many, and certainly not many Grammy-nominated recording artists. I just don't see Chris Brown cracking open A Brief History Of Time on any given Tuesday night. So this news makes Amerie at least 10 gauges cooler to me. Poor Mama, though -- with a Georgetown degree in English and Fine Arts, Amerie also reveals her mom holds out hope her daughter will become a professor. Hmm... I think I like her where she is.

But after subdued, eloquent Amerie, how about checking her wild side with her new "Why R U?" video -- directed by Ray Kay, from her new album, In Love and War.

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