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By LUKE O'NEIL | February 10, 2011

"It's not all gloom and doom, 'My feelings are hurt,' " Sherri notes. "This is our most concept-like record. It follows a story, goes through the heartbreak section, then there's the redemptive part, and you come out on the other side of it toward the end."

Maybe so. Sherri is now happily married to Max Bemis of emo-pop wiseguys Say Anything, and so far, she still sounds ecstatic about it. Bummer.

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HippoAnonymous

Oh, we all know who "Sad" is written for. Count me on Team Dupree! Sorry Hayley.

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