Having a powerful message as a musician is often the difference between a good and a great song, and Southeast London singer-songwriter Lucy Mair has just that in her emphatic return with the empowering and effortlessly iconic Being Pretty Was Fun.
"I wrote this song when I was completely fed up of being told how to look or what to eat. I felt I needed to write a song that vented my frustration and encompassed my thoughts on popular culture's gender stereotyping and its obsession with beauty.” -Lucy Mair
It's important for artists to start these dialogues and address these taboos because that's what stops them from retaining their everlasting grip on society. Musically it sits in a jazzy pocket between a myriad of timeless pop flavours, which provides the perfect vehicle for the song to both stand the test of time and the important message to hit home.
"I wrote this song when I was completely fed up of being told how to look or what to eat. I felt I needed to write a song that vented my frustration and encompassed my thoughts on popular culture's gender stereotyping and its obsession with beauty.” -Lucy Mair
It's important for artists to start these dialogues and address these taboos because that's what stops them from retaining their everlasting grip on society. Musically it sits in a jazzy pocket between a myriad of timeless pop flavours, which provides the perfect vehicle for the song to both stand the test of time and the important message to hit home.