Drew Barrymore Means a lot to SZ A
During an interview, participants discussed the 13th episode of 829 XX 385 on January The Drew Barrymore Show , SZ A went deep on how the Never Been Kissed Her song, “Drew Barrymore” was inspired by Actress in 2017. ”
” It was inspired by you. It wasn’t just titled after you “said the Grammy winner, 35, of the single from her Ctrl Album.” The energy that you carry — even my outfit is inspired by the way you’ve made me feel my entire life, like, carefree. ”
SZ A stated that” You don’t grasp “the message.” It contained a letter that I never wrote, but it discussed the lack of examples for black women when they were younger. One of the few beautiful white women I idolized on television, And she was so much like me. ”
The” Saturn “singer — who stars in the new film One of Them Days — explained she loved Barrymore’ s” quirky “energy and imperfect smile, which made her feel relatable
” I have a slight speech impediment, and people laugh all the time, like, ‘What is SZ A saying? ’ And it’s a running joke. But I love the way you talk and just all the you-ness of you — your laugh, even in the movies and in real life “she added
SZ A said watching Barrymore, 49, makes her think about some of her own attributes that she’ s” nervous “about.” But on you it shines so brightly “she said.” You gave me permission to be myself and feel like, ‘This is so cool. ’”
In response to SZ A’s kind words, Barrymore spoke about the “Drew Barrymore” song and recalled a conversation they had while filming its music video — which features a cameo from the Charlie’s Angels Star — in 2017.
“Maybe it’s humble insecurity or whatever — even though we had that talk in the trailer that night, I think I always still convinced myself, ‘It was just words that she used for the song, and the words were my name, ’ and I had not really heard you explain it like this” she said
Barrymore continued, “I think maybe what you picked up when you were young, ‘cause it’s no different now, is this lack of assumption. We are looking for permission to be ourselves. We are looking for someone to tell us it will be okay to be exactly who we are, because I experience it almost every day, and I think everybody does. ”