I would want to smack 17-year-old Taylor Momsen if she wasn’t so unintentionally hilarious. She constantly reminds me of Megan Fox, actually. Both Megan and Taylor are really, epically stupid little girls who think they are absolutely brilliant, and, like, the most original artists EVER. Both have a way with soundbytes and both try to front like they’re seriously hard bitches when you can tell that both of them would probably rather be curled up in bed with The Babysitters Club collection. Anyway, Taylor has given an interview to Spin Magazine (excerpts at Spin here), and she’s her usual HARDCORE RACCOON self. What does this week’s Poseur Provocateur have to kvetch about? How she dresses like a “high-class hooker” and how people think she’s a drug-addicted “crazy f-ckin’ psycho” and how Rihanna sucks. Um… Team RiRi. Here are the highlights:
Taylor on how she’s not a role model: “I am not a role model.” That’s what Momsen told SPIN over lunch in a New York City diner, after arriving dressed in thigh-high black nylons and itty-bitty jean shorts with her bleached-blonde hair cascading over skinny shoulders, a look she describes as “high-class hooker.” “I dress for myself,” she says. “Clearly, it’s provocative, but it makes me feel good. And if the only reason it makes someone uncomfortable is because I’m 17, then that person’s a scumbag because it shouldn’t matter.”
What She’s Not: A “drug addict,” a “crazy f-ckin’ psycho who’s gonna end up in the gutter next week,” or a rebel. “I’m figuring out who I am and what I want to be doing,” she says.
Ooh, a sodomy reference! “On the Pretty Reckless’ debut, Light Me Up, Momsen wails about getting damaged (the dive-bar anthem “My Medicine”), disrobing (the propulsive “Goin’ Down”) and fessing up to some “not-okay” urges (“Light Me Up”). Elsewhere, she sings, “I’ll let you in through the back door” on a song that could just be about a house party. Right?”
On how her “bad experiences” have f-cked her up: When asked about the basis for these suggestive lyrics, the otherwise chatty Momsen chooses her words carefully. “I’m not really sure how to answer properly yet,” she admits. “I’ve had a lot of bad experiences, and whether that’s from sex or drugs or something else, they are adult experiences that would f-ck anyone up.”
On how Rihanna sucks: Momsen is very protective of what she considers “rock,” a word she uses frequently. “People think pop is rock, and the lines are getting blurred. Now Rihanna’s wearing f-ckin’ leather jackets, and it’s really annoying.”
Music keeps Taylor “young” (at 17 years old, mind you): “I was at a point where I was getting up and going to work, but I was drained,” she says. “Gossip Girl gave me a platform to make this happen faster, and I’m grateful, but if I’m not doing something that makes me happy, then I’m dying. Music keeps me young.”
Taylor speaks the truth: “I know nobody wants to like our music. Online, people said, ‘I really wanted to hate [the EP] but I like it.’ I hope things continue on that path. But I’ll be making more records whether people are listening to them or not.”
[From Spin]
Just a few corrections I’d like to make to Taylor’s comments: first of all, you do not look like a “high class” hooker. You look like a cracked-out hooker who sells her body for rock and eyeshadow. And yes, it makes me “uncomfortable” and thus, I am a “scumbag”. So sue me, I don’t like that there are millions of photos of your coked-out panda face everywhere, showing off your panties and your bra and your thigh-highs. It’s been done before and it’s been done better. Also: a leather jacket does not equal “rock”. If Rihanna is not hardcore enough for you, fine. But don’t make it about a leather jacket, for God’s sake. One more thing: I don’t doubt that you’ve “had a lot of bad experiences, and whether that’s from sex or drugs or something else, they are adult experiences that would f-ck anyone up.” I think you’ve probably had f-cked up teenage sex, probably with one of those creepy middle-aged dudes in your band, and I think you’ve probably also done drugs. These are not particularly enriching experiences, whether you’re a teenager or whether you’re in your 30s. The difference? Your mom should not be allowing any of this.
Photos courtesy of Spin online.
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