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Candids > 2010 > August 30: On the set of ‘Gossip Girl’ in NYC

]]> http://www.taylor-momsen.net/2010/08/31/taylor-is-back-to-gossip-girl/feed/ http://www.taylor-momsen.net/2010/08/31/listen-the-bonus-tracks-of-light-me-up/ http://www.taylor-momsen.net/2010/08/31/listen-the-bonus-tracks-of-light-me-up/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:58:58 +0000 Rogger http://www.taylor-momsen.net/?p=773 The bonus tracks of ‘Light Me Up’ has been leaked! You can hear right now by clicking in the players below. Sounds good!

Everybody Wants Something From Me

Far from Never

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BUY NOW ON AMAZON!

NOW ON TWITTER! #LIGHTMEUP

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ON AUGUST 30TH ON TWITTER!

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The lyrics of ‘Miss Nothing’ are censored!

GALLERY LINK:
The Pretty Reckless > ‘Light Me Up’ (Booklet Scans)

ON AUGUST 30TH ON TWITTER!

]]> http://www.taylor-momsen.net/2010/08/29/light-me-up-the-booklet-scans/feed/ http://www.taylor-momsen.net/2010/08/28/scans-sugarscapemagazine-octobers-issue/ http://www.taylor-momsen.net/2010/08/28/scans-sugarscapemagazine-octobers-issue/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:34:23 +0000 Rogger http://www.taylor-momsen.net/?p=769 SugarScape (October) 2010 - HQ “I need more nice people in my life” She’s the TV star who’s “all about the music”, the style icon [...]]]> Taylor is gracing the october issue of the UK’s ‘SugarScape’ Magazine 2010. Click in the thumbs to view the scans in HQ you can also read the interview.

GALLERY LINK:
Scans > SugarScape (October) 2010 - HQ

“I need more nice people in my life”

She’s the TV star who’s “all about the music”, the style icon who doesn’t want “anyone to dress like me”. She’s “insecure” but “doesn’t give a f**k what anyone thinks”. Meet the amazing contradiction that is Taylor Momsen.
Sixteen-year-old Taylor Momsen is the lead singer of a rock band and she wants you to know it.
From the tips of her white hair to the chipped red nail polish on her toes, she’s working the grunge-chic look, with the ‘tude to match.
She really doesn’t like to smile for the camera.
It’s fitting then that she wants to listen to Rage Aganst The Machine’s Killing In the Name on repeat, because there’s no way Taylor Momsen’s doing what you tell her. At 12 she missed out on the role of Hannah Montana, but Disney’s loss was Gossip Girl’s gain, and aged just 13, she was catapulted to superstardom in the role of sweet, floral-dress clad Jenny Humphrey. Then two years ago, she shocked everyone by reinventing herself as a platinum-blonde, raccoon-eyed biker chick.
Taylor’s known for speaking her mind in interviews and gets a lot of grief for it. What’s not so easy to criticize is her astonishingly good album � the vocals, melodies and lyrics are all brilliant if you’re into guitar rock. And behind all those ‘f-words’, she’s funny, sarcastic and clearly still trying to figure herself out. In fact, Taylor’s a lot like any other teenager with the benefit of a Chanel wardrobe. But she’s also shy, awkward and has a girlie, high-pitched giggle. And like most of us, she’s desperately trying to prove herself.

So Taylor, how did your band, The Pretty Reckless come about?
“I’ve been writing songs and playing guitar since I was five. It’s always been all about the music. I wanted to start a band and make records so I needed to find people to help carry out my vision.”
Have you found it hard to make the transition from TV star to musician?
“Everyone’s going to have a preconceived judgment because of the show that I’m on.
But I’m not synonymous with Gossip Girl. I know people think that I’m actually Jenny Humphrey, but I can promise you I’m not. [Laughs] I’m actually Taylor Momsen”.

Is it hard to be taken seriously ‘cause you’re 16?“Sure. But I don’t understand it. Rock stars have always been young. Bob Dylan was 17 when he started, but I guess Disney killed that. There are a lot of young Disney artists who are very bubblegum and cheery and happen to be the same age, so they take away from me”.

Do you think people expected you to put out a pop record?
“That was never a choice for me. It wasn’t, ‘Should I go pop or should I go rock?’ I’m a rock chick living in a pop world. Rock says, ‘f**k you’ and pop says, ‘I like to dress’. I wouldn’t wanna put out a pop record. It’s pointless and it’s not my style”.

What do you think of all the comparisons between you and Miley?
“I listen to Oasis and the Beatles, so I don’t know what Miley Cyrus is singing about. But apparently we’re the same age so people think we’re the same or something? Oh and apparently I’m a worse role model than her. Well, I probably am!”

How do you feel about girls looking up to you?
“If girls are inspired by what I’m doing then that’s awesome. But I’m not living my life to be a role model. It’s not fair to ask me to. I’m a chick who’s living my life and I like to play music. And if everyone wants to scrutinize ne and say that I’m corrupting the youth, then so be it. I’m not going to change because someone’s upset that their kids might start dressing like me � control your kids. I don’t want anyone to dress like me or act like me”.

What do you think of reality TV stars who make music?
“When I was nine I wrote a song called Blackout. And I think that Heidi Montag just sang a song that a nine-year-old wrote. So that’s what I think about that”.

Ouch. You act so sure of who you are. Where does that come from?
[Adopts a sarcastic voice] “Well, you know, I’m so strong and sure of myself. [Laughs] It’s all a f**king fa�ade, man. I’m so insecure. I’ve got all of my own s**t. And that’s not necessarily the world’s problem, that’s my problem, so I don’t need to talk about it”.

So how do you find the confidence to perform?
“I’m confident when I’ve got my guitar round my neck but everything in between is just a giant mess. I’m totally insecure about myself. My life’s one big heartbreak”.

What exactly are you insecure about?
“I’m a f**king teenager. I’m insecure about everything!”

So how does it make you feel when you read criticism about yourself?
“The horrible things they say are funny. There was some headline that said: ‘Taylor’s soul is as black as her eyeliner!’ I was peeing myself I was laughing so hard. I think that’s hysterical. There are comments that are just so outrageously ridiculous that it’s like, ‘Yes, fine, I’m a devil worshipping satanic rock girl who’s come to corrupt your children and eat their blood’”.

But it must hurt a bit?
“Why would I care what Sally from Minnesota says? I’ve never met her and I probably never will. [Blogger] Perez Hilton disses on everyone and all he can say about me is that I’m so ugly � it’s like, Okaaay. He’s no different from the class clown in school, making fun of people to get a cheap laugh. You can hate me all you want � I don’t care if you hate me. But don’t hate me for the sound bite that they spun to create a story � because that’s not who I really am at all”.

Do you feel like what you say gets taken out of context?
“Everything is taken out of context. The other night some guy asked me, ‘What’s going on with Gossip Girl?’ So I said, ‘It’s done, dude’ because we’d finished shooting. And suddenly I’m quitting the show. But I’m not doing and interview with someone chasing me down the street with a camera. What you read probably isn’t what I even said. It’s just a snippet of what I was trying to say. I’m kind of awkward and stutter when I speak, so things get taken the wrong way.”
And what about your reputation for being ‘angsty’. Is that fair?
“Of course it’s justified! I’m angsty as s**t. I’m a teenager girl in a rock band � what do you expect? [Laughs] But it’s not like I’m mean, I just don’t give a f**k what people think. I don’t think I’m different from other teens, it’s just people talk about me more”.

Come, your life is pretty different to the average teen’s.
“OK, it’s crazy, but it’s still pretty normal. I go to work, I play guitar and I like doing crochet. It’s not parties every night like you see in movies”.

Are you on twitter?
“I’m just starting to get into it. My Twitter photo is the Bride of Chucky. I saw it on a website totally genius. All the fans are on Twitter and they say all these nice things and it makes you feel good. I need more nice people in my life”.

Aww really?
“I wish people could get to know me first for me. Buy the record, listen to the music, come to a show, meet me backstage. I’m really kind of nice”.

]]> http://www.taylor-momsen.net/2010/08/28/scans-sugarscapemagazine-octobers-issue/feed/ http://www.taylor-momsen.net/2010/08/27/videos-radio-1-live-lounge-acoustic-session/ http://www.taylor-momsen.net/2010/08/27/videos-radio-1-live-lounge-acoustic-session/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:22:00 +0000 Rogger http://www.taylor-momsen.net/?p=768 Finally here are the videos of Taylor and Ben in a acoustic session at the ‘Radio 1 Live Lounge’ in London on August 23rd, we had previously posted the audio now you can watch they singing Eminem Ft. Rihanna’s ‘Love The Way You Lie’ and The XX’s ‘Islands’, also a acoustic version of ‘Miss Nothing’.

‘Islands/Love the way you lie(mash up)’

‘Miss Nothing’

]]> http://www.taylor-momsen.net/2010/08/27/videos-radio-1-live-lounge-acoustic-session/feed/ http://www.taylor-momsen.net/2010/08/26/fhm-magazine-august-2010/ http://www.taylor-momsen.net/2010/08/26/fhm-magazine-august-2010/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:51:25 +0000 Rogger http://www.taylor-momsen.net/?p=767 Taylor is featured in the ‘FHM’ Magazine (August issue) ranking the #12 on ‘Sexiest Girls in the Music’! Click in the banner to view a “HQ” photo in the gallery and you can also read the interview:

Taylor Momsen
The potty-mouthed teenager from Gossip Girl brings the rock.

Taylor Momsen isn’t who you think she is. In the US TV programme Gossip Girl, the 17-year-old plays Jenny Humphrey, a preppy, self-obsessed student at the Constance Billard School for Girls who likes designing clothes, dealing the odd class-A drug and humiliating her peers. But the American actress is sitting in the back of a people carrier, with FHM, wearing John Lennon sunglasses, a tiny dress, ripped tights and black boots. She’s talking about being the frontlady for her fairly noisy alternative rock band The Pretty Reckless. And she’s angry. And very sweary…

What will your reaction be to people who automatically assume your band is rubbish because you’re in Gossip Girl?
I’d say: “Fucking hate it, and then come and see a show.” Don’t hate before you see it. People will be surprised by the record. I mean, it’s a rock record. I get that there is this 17-year-old blonde thing from Gossip Girl and they’re expecting pop shit, but it’s a rock band and it’s heavy. Our record is a life record. It confronts everything head on. It’s death, love, drugs, sex, religion, politics.

What are your live shows like?
Loud. We’ve blown every amp and sound system so far. Yesterday in sound check the whole power shut down and the lights turned off. The first show I went to was a White Stripes show when I was, like, seven. I thought: “I want to fucking do that”! Jack White is great.

True that. Is being a proper rock band important to you? You don’t want to be bubblegum rock?
It’s not bubblegum rock. It’s fucking Led Zeppelin.
What other bands do you look up to?
The Beatles are number one. Then Oasis, Soundgarden, Audioslave, The Who, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Nirvana.

So you want to be big?
They’re big because they’re the best, you know. I’m not looking to be Miley fucking Cyrus. I don’t care about the fame. I do it because I love music. I like making records and if people like them, then we’ll go along for the ride.

Do people bring you and Miley Cyrus up at the same time a lot?
They bring me up and every fucking Disney star there is the same age. I’m not dissing Miley personally. However, I do think the Disney bubblegum shit that the world is living right now is pathetic. I thought we passed that repression. I don’t know Miley, but musically we’re different. To compare us because of our age is silly.

Where have all the angry female musicians gone?
Where have all the angry anyone gone? That’s my question. Since when did teenagers become happy? You know everyone says I’m really scary and shit, but I’m a teenager and I’ve got a lot of fucking things to hate on.

What are you angry about?
Fucking everything. I hate everything. I hate everyone. I don’t mean that. I love everyone. I love everything.

Is Gossip Girl over for you now?
Um, well we’ve finished the third season so that’s still airing and the show’s been really supportive of the band, so they let me out to finish the world tour. After that, I don’t know. I like not confirming or denying rumours, just to fuck with people.

]]> http://www.taylor-momsen.net/2010/08/26/fhm-magazine-august-2010/feed/ http://www.taylor-momsen.net/2010/08/26/listen-light-me-up-full-album-now/ http://www.taylor-momsen.net/2010/08/26/listen-light-me-up-full-album-now/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:54:39 +0000 Rogger http://www.taylor-momsen.net/?p=766 The wait is ove guys! Unfortunatelly, the album has been leaked to download and it is so bad to the band =(. However, you can hear the all songs in good quality in the player below!!

‘Just Tonight’, ‘Light Me Up’ and ‘Goin’ Down’ are my favourites and your?? Let us know in the comments. ;D

Light Me Up by sellmeoutblog

Thank you The-Pretty-Reckless.net for the tip!

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