- published: 02 Oct 2012
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Sky Ferreira (born July 8, 1992), is an American singer, songwriter, model, and actress. On March 22, 2011, Ferreira released her first digital extended play, As If!.
Ferreira is of Portuguese, Brazilian and Native American descent. She got her start in Los Angeles. She sang gospel songs in church throughout her childhood. Sky grew up around family friend Michael Jackson, stating in an interview: "We just became friends with him. When I was born, I was raised around him, I always saw him. I had holidays with him and stuff like that." At age 13, she started taking opera lessons to refine her singing voice. She spent the next few years maintaining a MySpace profile where she uploaded various demos of self-written tracks. Shortly before her 15th birthday, she caught the attention of Swedish producers Bloodshy & Avant by sending them a message through the social networking site. The producers were impressed and subsequently decided to work with her.
Ferreira is musically influenced by former Spice Girls bandmate Emma Bunton,Michael Jackson, Prince, Blondie, Elton John, David Bowie, Serge Gainsbourg, Meja, Lil Kim, Nicki Minaj. She also cites stars like Madonna, Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, Alice Cooper, Nancy Sinatra and The Runaways as her musical role models.
Rancid skin, rancid blouse
Filthy mouth, minnie mouse
She tells the young woman's dream
From the hole where god threw her teeth
The last rancid girl
In a rancid world
And I don't seem
Seem to mind
Hang around with yourself
Claim you belong to someone else
With your pipe in your hand
The future is so uncertain
The last rancid girl
In a rancid world
And I don't seem
Seem to mind
Deadly eyes, faking face
Always danced, his feet praised
Wandering to hell and back
Knees and arms dressed in scraps
Keep your pipe on yourself
Just claim it belongs to someone else
The last rancid girl
In a rancid world
And I don't seem
Seem to mind