> “I have olive skin, and they’d kind of lighten my skin a lot in photos,” Furtado, 45, tells PEOPLE, “and kind of take my hips down all the time — they would always kind of cut off in editorials.”
> The experience inspired her song “Powerless,” which appeared on her sophomore album, 2003’s Folklore. On the song, Furtado — who was raised in British Columbia by her Portuguese immigrant parents António and Maria— sings: “Paint my face in your magazines / Make it look whiter than it seems / Paint me over with your dreams / Shove away my ethnicity.”
sucobe on
What happened to her face?
mullaloo on
The early 2000s were a garbage time.
andycartwright on
Am I wrong or has she been talking about this for like 10 years or more? I swear I remember reading basically the exact same quotes from her.
Shlitmy9thaccount on
Why do all these women strive to look like a caricature of themselves
No_Skill_7170 on
I mean, they hired some photoshop gurus to do their thing.
Sinocatk on
Could she redress the balance and post some pictures with her hips raised and her skin darkened?
It’s a magazine picture, of course it’s photoshopped.
/s
Shaggarooney on
Olive skin is the best skin. Why would you fuck with that glorious skin colour??? And to be white/pale blue? Madness.
chullyman on
Paint my face in your magazines
Make it look white than it seems
Paint me over with your dreams
Shove away my ethnicity
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> “I have olive skin, and they’d kind of lighten my skin a lot in photos,” Furtado, 45, tells PEOPLE, “and kind of take my hips down all the time — they would always kind of cut off in editorials.”
> The experience inspired her song “Powerless,” which appeared on her sophomore album, 2003’s Folklore. On the song, Furtado — who was raised in British Columbia by her Portuguese immigrant parents António and Maria— sings: “Paint my face in your magazines / Make it look whiter than it seems / Paint me over with your dreams / Shove away my ethnicity.”
What happened to her face?
The early 2000s were a garbage time.
Am I wrong or has she been talking about this for like 10 years or more? I swear I remember reading basically the exact same quotes from her.
Why do all these women strive to look like a caricature of themselves
I mean, they hired some photoshop gurus to do their thing.
Could she redress the balance and post some pictures with her hips raised and her skin darkened?
It’s a magazine picture, of course it’s photoshopped.
/s
Olive skin is the best skin. Why would you fuck with that glorious skin colour??? And to be white/pale blue? Madness.
Paint my face in your magazines
Make it look white than it seems
Paint me over with your dreams
Shove away my ethnicity