C’mon those of you who were teenagers during the 90’s, you know you were dancing around your bedroom swinging your hips and singing into your hairbrush as if you were the “Candy” princess yourself. But don’t kid yourself. Being Mandy Moore wasn’t exactly all sunshine and rainbows.

Now when Mandy Moore plays her tracks from her teeny-bopper days, she throws up a little bit in her mouth.

Because she had no creative input in the songs she released, Mandy was seriously embarrassed by her efforts as an artist. Why??!!! C’mon “Candy” was the freakin’ shiznit!

However, when she releases her upcoming album “Amanda Leigh”, she is hoping to show her true writing abilities.

Mandy tells Details magazine, “The music (on Amanda Leigh) is all a reflection of me now, not somebody else’s choices. I was just told to show up and what to sing… That was late-’90s pop music for you.”

But her competitors Xtina and Britney should be proud of their bubblegum pop hits. She says, “I found myself in the company of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, who had really quality music, much more so than mine. I’m sure there are people scratching their heads, going ‘Wow, how is she still around?’”