{"id":2141181,"date":"2025-11-07T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2141181"},"modified":"2025-11-07T15:49:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:49:00","slug":"naomi-scotts-new-music-is-an-ode-to-the-roads-not-taken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/naomi-scotts-new-music-is-an-ode-to-the-roads-not-taken\/","title":{"rendered":"Naomi Scott&#8217;s new music is an ode to the roads not taken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>When you\u2019re an actor who\u2019s as booked and busy as<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/naomigscott\/?hl=en\"> Naomi Scott<\/a>, it turns out there\u2019s still time to muse over what kind of pop star you\u2019d like to be. \u201cI really was able to have the space to figure out, \u2018Who am I as an artist? What do I want to say?\u2019\u201d she tells <em>Rolling Stone UK<\/em> from her home in east London.<\/p>\n<p>Having spent the better part of a decade starring in a string of blockbusters including <em>Power Rangers<\/em>, <em>Charlie\u2019s Angels<\/em>, the live-action remake of <em>Aladdin<\/em> and <em>Smile 2<\/em>, the 32-year-old Londoner has firmly established herself as a force to reckon with in Hollywood. But Scott\u2019s latest project is one that takes her right back to her roots, reconnecting with her humble upbringing as the Hounslow-born daughter of two pastors who would sing in church and write songs at the piano as a teenager. \u201cI knew that I was always going to make music,\u201d she explains of the journey to this point. \u201cI wasn\u2019t aware of what those paths were\u201d.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"rs-related-articles\">\n<h4 class=\"rs-related-articles__title\">Read next<\/h4>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Inspired by the pop, R&amp;B and soul music that raised her \u2013 artists like <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rollingstone.co.uk\/tag\/michael-jackson\">Michael Jackson<\/a>, Peter Gabriel and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rollingstone.co.uk\/tag\/kate-bush\">Kate Bush<\/a> \u2013 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rollingstone.co.uk\/tag\/naomi-scott\">Scott<\/a>\u2019s debut album finds her shaping the language of love and relationships into sumptuous, \u201890s-inspired melodies that transport you back to the nostalgic days of landline phone calls, dimly-lit disco dance floors and drizzly windowpane yearning.<\/p>\n<p>Scott proved she was a double threat back in 2011 when she starred in the Disney teen musical <em>Lemonade Mouth<\/em>, one of her earliest credits after being discovered in church as a 14-year-old by K\u00e9ll\u00e9 Bryan of the British girl group Eternal, who set her on a path that kickstarted a career in entertainment. A pair of early EPs followed as more acting roles came her way, but it wasn\u2019t until Scott went through a \u201cquarter-life crisis\u201d at age 27 that she considered what the next chapter of her music career would look like. \u201cI really wanted [this album] to be intentional and feel more honed, feel more like a body of work,\u201d she explains.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sweet Nausea\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TX782hvh3cs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Outlining those thematic intentions<em> <\/em>with passionate hand gestures that occupy her entire Zoom frame, Scott says she related to the symbolism in Sylvia Plath\u2019s seminal novel <em>The Bell Jar, <\/em>in which a fig tree represents individual life paths not chosen. \u201cThis idea of being a woman and choice, it\u2019s a lot,\u201d she says with an exasperated sigh. \u201cI found myself realising that making a big decision at a very young age, being in a relationship from a very young age, [it was] almost like I hadn\u2019t mourned other figs and other versions of my life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was those thought-provoking contemplations that inspired her to inhabit different versions of herself on these songs. \u201cThis album is not autobiographical, but it very much stems from a personal place,\u201d she shares. Granting herself permission to step outside her reality, she blurs the lines between her own diaristic revelations and high-concept pop. There\u2019s the flirty, summer-drunk grooves of the Janet Jackson-indebted \u2018Cherry\u2019 and the caressing beats of \u2018Rhythm\u2019, which simmer alongside the restless thoughts of \u2018Cut Me Loose\u2019 and slow-jam beats of \u2018Sweet Nausea\u2019, all slipping breezily in and out of character.<\/p>\n<p>The process of making the album was much like bringing a movie to life, where finding the right collaborators to honour Scott\u2019s vision was key. That team included Norwegian producer Lido, who\u2019s worked with the likes of Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande, complete with some special touches from Scott\u2019s musical hero Dev Hynes, AKA the multi-hyphenate Blood Orange, who she\u2019ll be supporting at Alexandra Palace in November. \u201cI am a Blood Orange superfan,\u201d she shares with a giddy laugh. \u201cHe\u2019s the most generous collaborator. He is <em>pure<\/em> in his music process, and he\u2019s so fantastic in protecting his creative space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As she redirects her focus back to the passion that started it all, Scott can now say she deeper understands her own process. \u201cWith any creative endeavour that I go on, it\u2019s usually pushing me towards trusting myself more. I actually think it\u2019s subtraction rather than addition,\u201d she explains. \u201cIt feels like I\u2019m loosening a chain of relying on somewhere else, or thinking someone else has got the answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While she might not be able to experience every life path she once envisioned for herself, an exciting new road no doubt lies ahead. \u201cI\u2019m so happy that now this is the time in my life, at this age and what I\u2019ve gone through, that I am actually excited about sharing this first album,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s just a blessing to be able to do that exactly the way you want to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.rollingstone.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you\u2019re an actor who\u2019s as booked and busy as Naomi Scott, it turns out there\u2019s still time to muse over what kind of pop star you\u2019d like to be. \u201cI really was able to have the space to figure out, \u2018Who am I as an artist? 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