Why would she care one iota about "indie credibility?" I may be old, (and perhaps this is a generation X opinion) but in the 90's we saw "indie rock" as semi-noisy/artsy/and influenced by post-punk. LDR is obviously more influenced by American Idol than Sonic Youth or Pavement. Just let the girl be a pop princess and leave it at that.
Why would she care one iota about "indie credibility?" I may be old, (and perhaps this is a generation X opinion) but in the 90's we saw "indie rock" as semi-noisy/artsy/and influenced by post-punk. LDR is obviously more influenced by American Idol than Sonic Youth or Pavement. Just let the girl be a pop princess and leave it at that.