That's because the mic she's using runs into racks of gear in back of her. What people don't realize and know is the sound engineer makes people sound gold regardless of how well they truly sing or rap like crap or yell. They are the unknown magic makers
I haven't listened to her newer stuff, but I saw her live while she was touring for her first album and she sounded just as good as she did on the record.
I think it's actually a TLM 103. Still a Neumann, just lower profile. Still a good microphone.Your argument stands, the accuracy of the facts is just debatable.