Skip to main content

Maverick Ad

Home

Main navigation

  • Home
  • Cover Stories
  • Features
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Cashbox Legacy Awards
  • Past Covers
  • Weekly Archive
Pop Artist Kayla DiVenere Explores the Frustrations Of Impossible Standards in “Megan Fox”

Breadcrumb

  • Home
  • Pop Artist Kayla DiVenere Explores the Frustrations Of Impossible Standards in “Megan Fox”
Kayla Divenere - Megan Fox
Fri May 13, 2022
Cashbox Canada

A good rule of thumb: The type of dude who has posters of babes on his wall is often not the type of dude you want to date. And Los Angeles-based pop diva Kayla DiVenere sings like someone who’s learned this lesson the hard way on her searing new single, “Megan Fox” – check it out on Spotify here:
open.spotify.com/track/3qboOCxreAR56KwFV8Zc7S?si=01c91041ec934069&nd=1

With a foundation of artfully dissonant industrial beats, “Megan Fox” tells the story of a young woman whose boyfriend compares her unfavorably with a poster of Machine Gun Kelly’s fiancée… And it doesn’t end well.

“Why can’t you be more like her”
Your famous last words
And if we’re just taking turns
Well, I’ll go first:
You can go and get a new girlfriend”

The song’s overarching theme of a talk-sing “argument” over sparse beats is interrupted by interludes of melody, allowing the listener to experience the narrator’s deep sorrow over being unfairly compared to a Hollywood actress, as well as her stomping, justified rage. ‘Try my best, but I always just end up fuckin’/ Stressed I’m not tryna be your second best.’

It’s a song that reflects with unflinching honesty the prison of impossible female beauty standards. “’Megan Fox’ is a fierce twist on the frustration of never feeling good enough in a relationship,” DiVenere said. “It outlines the insecurities of constantly being surrounded by unachievable standards of perfection.”

DiVenere penned the song based on a wounding personal experience. “I felt like no matter what I did, I could never please this person, be good enough for them or ever give them what they wanted, no matter how hard I tried,” she shares. “I poured buckets of my frustration out that day and wrote a mega-empowering song that I later jammed out to in my car and. let me say, it was better than therapy.”

She adds that no one should have to be in that predicament of feeling not good enough in a relationship. 

“And if you do, you can yell, ‘You can go and get a new girlfriend!’ just like I did.”

Well-known for her roles on hit shows such as “Law & Order”, Hulu's “Love Victor,” and Hulu's "Light as a Feather” – not to mention feature films such as “Under the Silver Lake” – Kayla DiVenere is a teenager enjoying incredible success in her budding music career since bursting onto the scene in 2018 with her debut, “Youth.”

At more than 1+ million streams across Spotify alone, the songstress is making an indelible mark on the industry with her innate talent, songwriting ability, acting, and showmanship. Her last single with a celebrity name, “Justin Bieber,” about teenage fandom, garnered 1.5 million views on YouTube, and her star just keeps on rising.

For more on Kayla DiVenere check out these links:
kayladivenere.com/
instagram.com/kayladivenere/?hl=en
twitter.com/kdivenere?lang=en
open.spotify.com/artist/6LmymAfsFtt2CaJSj9hdCn

Reviews
Album
Kayla DiVenere
Month: Jan 2022
Ileen Laura Ileen Laura Celebrates the Re-Prioritizing of Her Musical Gifts with New…
Julia Shuren Joins Italian Duo WAMI ‘It’s OK to Feel This Way’: Julia Shuren Joins Italian Duo WAMI for…
Faeya Folk Singer/Songwriter Faeya Explores Resilience and Vulnerability in Stunning…
The Lonesome Death of Elijah McCain The Co-Conspirators The Co-Conspirators Deliver a Masterful Mix of Folk Fact & Fiction…
Kelly Besd Kelly Besd Tackles Inequality With Call To Action & Open Arms in Hard-…
Ishi High Energy Soul-Funk Electro Outfit Ishi Strikes Sweet Gold with Newly Minted…
Callie McCullough Nashville’s Songbird Callie McCullough Announces Release of “Three Quarter…
Derek Helm Singer/Songwriter Derek Helm Laments Lost Love & Times Gone By with “Gone to the Sea…
Dracula Jackson Annapolis, MD Spellbinding Rocker Dracula Jackson Wants To Be Together with “Apart…
Ian Lake Toronto-Based Ian Lake Releases Heartfelt Video and New Single “Easier”
Sarah Tolle Sarah Tolle Voices Empathy to Those with Mental Illness in Piano-Driven…
Condor Matador Condor Matador Celebrating a Happy Return from Feeling Blah with “The ’90s Song”
Fiona Ross UK Contemporary Jazz Artist Fiona Ross Spotlights Self-Worth in Brave and…
Joe Satriani Joe Satriani Announces Release of New Studio Album, The Elephants of Mars
Canadian-American Roots-Folk Duo Dan Frechette & Laurel Thomsen Release “Make Me Come Alive” Canadian-American Roots-Folk Duo Dan Frechette & Laurel Thomsen Release “…

Pagination

  • First page « First
  • Previous page ‹ Previous
  • …
  • Page 57
  • Page 58
  • Page 59
  • Page 60
  • Current page 61
  • Page 62
  • Page 63
  • Page 64
  • Page 65
  • …
  • Next page Next ›
  • Last page Last »

CEO/PUBLISHER/EDITOR IN CHIEF
SANDY GRAHAM

email:sandygrahamemg@gmail.com 

Canadian Journalists:

Contributing Journalist - Canada and Global
Don Graham
email: dongrahamwriter@gmail.com

Contributing Journalist - Canada and Global
Lisa Hartt
email: lisahartt87@hotmail.com

Contributing Journalist - Canada 
Michael Williams
email: greydread@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

International Journalists:

Contributing Journalist - Sweden
Malin Osth
email: malin@musicdays.se

Contributing Journalist - Sweden
Jonas Tancred
email: jonas@musicdays.se

Contributing Journalist - USA
Rob Durkee 
email: rockster2746@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

Web Developer/Technical Support
Chris Wardman

email: info@chriswardman.com
website: chriswardman.com

Cashbox Cover Design and Graphic Artist
Jain McMillan

email: jainmcmillan@gmail.com

Contributing Photographer 
Tracey Savein - South Paw Productions
southpawproductions@rogers.com

 

 

 

Footer menu

  • Home
  • Features
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Cashbox Archive
  • Issue Archive
  • Past Covers