Sky Ferreira

Sky Ferreira

musician

text by LUCIA DAVIES
portrait by BELLA HOWARD

Her debut album I’m Not Alright is out this fall

 

When she was only 15, Sky Ferreira’s savvy use of her MySpace page won her fame, the attention of the Swedish hitmaking duo, Bloodshy & Avant, and a record deal with EMI. Since then she has written for Britney Spears, remixed Justice, modeled, acted, and recorded a slew of singles, as well as the 2011 dance-pop EP As If! This fall brings the release of her full-length debut I’m Not Alright. The New York Times has dubbed her sound “post-Gaga,” though perhaps the more fitting comparison would be to Mariah Carey, a singer with whom she shares an expansive vocal range. Trained in both gospel and opera, Ferreira, now 20, is determined to make her name as an artist, not “as an it-girl with…