ENTERTAINMENT
From Issue #13
Faze Interview:
Skye Sweetnam
One of Skye's first interviews
with the press
was one-on-one with
Faze Magazine early
in 2003
By
Surya Bhattacharya
“Avril
like/star search/wannabe/never been” It doesn’t
matter how you try to label Skye, chances are she’s already
beat you to it in her song “Hypocrite.” The 15-year-old
from Bolton, Ontario says, “That one I wrote, kinda thinking
of all the things I could say before [the media] said it…and
try to prove that no matter what you say, I’m still going
to do what I want.” Dressed in a peach coloured t-shirt
that boldly proclaims “WANTED: BOYFRIEND,” it’s
easy to see how she manages to rock out, speak out and be herself
all at once.
The
songs on her album have all been written from Skye’s real
life experiences and reflect the unusual course that music has
taken her on. Her intensive arts education helped with co-writing
the lyrics to her hit single, “Billy S.” (which
was the leadoff single from this summer’s feel-good romance
How To Deal starring Mandy Moore and Trent Ford) where she describes
her tired 5:30 a.m. Monday mornings, and takes on William Shakespeare
on a nickname basis, and wanting to express the conflict she
feels about her normal teen self versus her need to rock out,
“Split Personality” evolved. Skye also puts a unique
spin on the eternal, complicated debate of boys, dating, and
that boy-your-mother-warned-you-about in the aptly titled, “It
sucks.”
Not
your average teen burdened with wondering what to do, Skye has
fit various parts of her artistic persona into her life and
has become a success because of it. Skye now has help with managing
fame from Zack Werner, one of the judges of Canadian Idol. “I’m
aware I’m not leading a typical teenage life and things
are going to be different for me than most kids,” she
says, “so keeping in touch with my family and friends
is really important to keep me grounded.” And despite
her new celeb status, she hasn’t forgotten how to keep
it real, “If I’m around my cousins and grandma and
I’m just over for a picnic, then I’ll wear jeans
and a t-shirt and it’s all fun,” she says, although
she admits to having more than one side to her, in the end what
you see is what you get, “It’s not like I have one
thing and here I am, so if you like me, you like me, if you
don’t, you don’t.”
MORE SKYE-SPEAK:
On
being 15: It’s no different. It’s not
the age, it’s the individual experiences that I have
had. This album is a good representation of that year, not
necessarily when I was 14, just all the cool experiences I’ve
had and what I have gone through.
Boyfriends: This album is my boyfriend. I have been working with
this album forever. Me and this album have a relationship
that’s really tight.
Pizza
toppings: Chicken, hot peppers and lotsa cheese.
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NOTES
-We're proud to say Skye's been a long-time subscriber to
Faze Magazine!
-Skye was on tour in 2004 opening for Britney Spears.
Photos courtesy of EMI Music Canada
Skye
at the 2003 MMVAs
