Sky Ferreira—what went wrong?

Well, the 80s music return didn't start until Stranger Things educated zoomers about 80s tunes and Dua Lipa released Future Nostalgia in 2020. So Ferreira was ahead of her time but people rather listened to disgusting music like coldplay and imagine dragons instead. Sky Ferreira should have waited 10 years before releasing that song. As people say, the early bird catches the worm but the late bird can eat both. Now the early 2000s European sound returns with songs like Jojo Siwa's hit Karma is a beeotch. Ferreira can try again but I think she is lazy and just performs live on weed instead of being sober and caring about her fans. Nasty.

Ferrereira weed stories:

She is/was a heroine addict. Her bf at the time had been arrested a few times for possession. Basically she was a mess and the record company didn’t want to deal with that. Makes complete sense from a business perspective especially since she wasn’t an established musician like Whitney or other artists that got into drugs.

Heroine addict.

She and her junkie hipster boyfriend were REALLY trying to cosplay as the 2010s version of Kurt and Courtney. I don't know what she saw in him. His band sucked, and he is also hideous.

I really like DIIV. They're very shoe-gazey. I've had their latest album on repeat.

I thought this single she dropped 5 years ago now was very promising and I was looking forward to a second record. Solid production, vocals, and writing. But she hasn't really released any original material since.

I saw her perform in Portland earlier this week--was in the front row. I had low expectations because people were saying her show in San Francisco a few days before was a disaster, but I was pleasantly surprised. She sounded great to me, though she was visibly nervous (hid behind sunglasses, constantly fidgeting with her hair to cover her face, which kept inadvertently pulling her ear monitor out). There were a couple of technical flubs but she said "I'm sorry" to the crowd more times than anyone should during a set. At one point, she said she would be right back and that she felt like she was going to throw up, went and grabbed her purse, and was about to walk off the stage but came back within maybe 20 seconds after talking to her bandmates. I don't know if it is drugs, severe anxiety, or both, but she seemed like she was really struggling and was on the verge of having a panic attack on several occasions. I felt bad for her. The performance was good though, all things considered.

I saw her a few years ago at The Silent Movie Theatre in LA. She hosted a showing of Diane Lane’s cult classic Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains. After the movie she sang songs by her influences (Madonna, Blondie…). It was so fun and there were only maybe 50 of us there. She was super sweet but seemed a little nervous performing live.

Her version of Easy from Baby Driver just came on in my shop. It’s really good.

A number of tracks from her unrealized second album, Masochism, have leaked on the internet over the years. This one is wonderful—very Joy Divison-esque. It is a shame we will likely never see an official release of this album.