Scherzinger told Variety that “Sunset Blvd.” is her way of telling the world that she’s more than just a Pussycat Doll.

“My whole life, everybody has put me in a box. They think they know me, that I’m just this Pussycat Doll. But now I’m a part of something,” she told the outlet.

The New York Times added on to the praise by designating the show as a critic’s pick and describing Scherzinger’s singing as “poised, aimed and detonated syllable by syllable, fiercely drilled and smartly…