Grace Jones lamented the current state of pop music in an excerpt from her book I'll Never Write My Memoirs. The singer, actress, and fashion icon will publish her autobiography on September 29th. But before then, she has released a snippet of it via Time Out.
In the snippet, Jones states how trends "come along" and go and how she's been copied by modern stars who have no "long-term vision". Jones writes, "Trends come along and people say, 'Follow that trend'. There’s a lot of that around at the moment: 'Be like Sasha Fierce (Beyonce). Be like Miley Cyrus. Be like Rihanna. Be like Lady Gaga. Be like Rita Ora and Sia. Be like Madonna.' I cannot be like them - except to the extent that they are already being like me."
Jones adds, "The problem with...the Nicki Minajes and Mileys is that they reach their goal very quickly. There is no long-term vision, and they forget that once you get into that whirlpool then you have to fight the system that solidifies around you in order to keep being the outsider you claim you represent. There will always be a replacement coming along very soon - a newer version, a crazier version, a louder version. So if you haven't got a long-term plan, then you are merely a passing phase, the latest trend, yesterday's event."
The singer later cites the likes of Kanye West, Katy Perry and FKA Twigs as her "pupils", offering the advice: "This is what I would say to my pupil: you have become only your fame, and left behind most of who you were. How are you going to deal with that? Will you lose that person forever? Have you become someone else, without really knowing it? Do you always have to stay in character for people to like you? Do you know that you are in character?”
I'll Never Write My Memoirs covers Jones' beginnings as a model, her later emergence as a disco icon, her work with Andy Warhol and on screen appearances beside Roger Moore and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Jones previously claimed she would "never write my memoirs" in her song 'Art Groupie' but has now said she needs to be the one who writes the book or "someone else would".
By Devon Pyne for RAPstation.com
Grace Jones calls out Rihanna, Miley Cyrus & Beyonce
Grace Jones lamented the current state of pop music in an excerpt from her book I'll Never Write My Memoirs. The singer, actress, and fashion icon will publish her autobiography on September 29th. But before then, she has released a snippet of it via Time Out.
In the snippet, Jones states how trends "come along" and go and how she's been copied by modern stars who have no "long-term vision". Jones writes, "Trends come along and people say, 'Follow that trend'. There’s a lot of that around at the moment: 'Be like Sasha Fierce (Beyonce). Be like Miley Cyrus. Be like Rihanna. Be like Lady Gaga. Be like Rita Ora and Sia. Be like Madonna.' I cannot be like them - except to the extent that they are already being like me."
Jones adds, "The problem with...the Nicki Minajes and Mileys is that they reach their goal very quickly. There is no long-term vision, and they forget that once you get into that whirlpool then you have to fight the system that solidifies around you in order to keep being the outsider you claim you represent. There will always be a replacement coming along very soon - a newer version, a crazier version, a louder version. So if you haven't got a long-term plan, then you are merely a passing phase, the latest trend, yesterday's event."
The singer later cites the likes of Kanye West, Katy Perry and FKA Twigs as her "pupils", offering the advice: "This is what I would say to my pupil: you have become only your fame, and left behind most of who you were. How are you going to deal with that? Will you lose that person forever? Have you become someone else, without really knowing it? Do you always have to stay in character for people to like you? Do you know that you are in character?”
I'll Never Write My Memoirs covers Jones' beginnings as a model, her later emergence as a disco icon, her work with Andy Warhol and on screen appearances beside Roger Moore and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Jones previously claimed she would "never write my memoirs" in her song 'Art Groupie' but has now said she needs to be the one who writes the book or "someone else would".
By Devon Pyne for RAPstation.com
