Ngemuva kokuqala kwalo nyaka, kwamemezela lesi simemezelo sembozwe nguSusan Collins "Ballad ekuhlabeleni izinyoni nezinyoka", abalandeli baqala ukukhathazeka ngokuthi isikhungo sokunakwa sizoshintsha eqhweni likaMongameli. Kepha kwavela ukuthi konke akulula kangako, ngoba ngendaba iqhwa elisencane kuzoba yi-Mentor Lucy, amantombazane avela kweshumi nambili, akhethe ukuhlanganyela emidlalweni elambile engu-10.
Ngesikhathi soMkhandlu osanda kwenziwa eNew York, uMkhiqizi Wemidlalo "Yezingane Ezilambile" uNina Jacobson onomdlandla watshelwa ngokuzivumelanisa nezimo zomlingiswa, wethembisa ukuthi ngeke kube njalo njenge-kity.
ULucy uyawazi kakhulu amandla wobufazi bakhe. I-China ithule kakhulu, ungowesifazane we-laconic. ULucy ungaqondakali ngokwengeziwe, ngoba ngumculi. Udlala ngendlela yakhe nesixuku,
- UJacobson uthe.
Uma ukubheja "emidlalweni elambile" kwenziwa ngesenzo, izinkontileka kanye namandla aphezulu wesakhiwo, bese ku- "Ballad mayelana nama-Iculo uqobo, okusebenzisa ithalente lakhe lokucula ukuze liyintandokazi yakhe ICapitol, ngaphambi kokubamba iqhaza emidlalweni. I-China nakanjani ngeke ijabulise abacindezeli ngomculo, kepha uLucy unecebo lawo.
Kuliqiniso, uma sicabanga ukuthi sikhuluma ngomhlangano omusha noJennifer Lawrence noJosh Hutcherson, abalandeli akufanele babala, kepha ithempu izithembiso okufanele bathandeke kunoma yiliphi icala. Kuliqiniso, ngisho nosuku olusondele lwe-Premiere ye- "Ballads mayelana nabahlabeleli nezinyoka" akukakabi.