'I've always felt like an outsider with my friends and it wasn't a bad thing.' whateverwens spoke with us about her feelings on the Cinderella complex. warnermusic
WENS:"It started with the guitar riff, which put me in a fairytale world. I remember mumbling/singing 'never ever gonna be Cinderella.' At first, I thought it was a little absurd, but the more I thought about it, I realized it's such a true statement to myself. It embodies a few meanings, but the main one for me is: I was raised to feel like I didn't need to be saved by any man in my life. My mom drilled that into me at a young age.
Was it the guitar that made you think of fairytales or was this concept something you'd been thinking of? "When I make music, it's very spur of the moment. I try to take a sound or chord progression and, whatever it makes me feel like, I take it and run with it. The initial reaction to me is always where the magic is — I know that probably sounds a little cheesy. I never sat down and said I want to write a song about never being Cinderella. The chord progression brought the idea out of me.""Yeah. I thought it was important to showcase the two different versions of myself.
"I have a lot of friends who prioritize romantic love. They talk about being married and fantasize about the white dress and the kid. I've just never felt that way. It's so easy to think that way when we have movies that show us that, so I feel that it's important to show the other half for women who don't need that.""That's what it is — although I do have an obsession with aliens.""I'm just so intrigued. They have to be real.
"I definitely ate some of the Cheetos, but there were a lot so I couldn't have them all [laughs]. The makeup, I remember it was all green and red at first because I was wearing a red dress. It was a little too Christmas-y, so we did a cool green and black combo. That was the best part, I loved having the makeup done. And our director had her friend cook for us, so instead of having catered food we had a homecooked meal, which you never get a set. It was nice.
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