Last year, Sky Ferreira’s sole album Night Time, My Time turned 10.Since 2015, she’s been teasing its follow-up Masochism, then addressed the delay last year, which led to a “Free Sky Ferreira” banner flying over her label Capitol Records’ building.
Now, she’s returning to release a new song for the upcoming Halina Reijn-directed A24 film Babygirl, and told Vogue more about the situation with Capitol.“Leash” is co-produced by Jorge Elbrecht and it’s her first track since 2022’s “Don’t Forget.” It’s her first independent release since Capitol dropped her in late 2023.
Reijn reached out to Ferreira about doing a song for Babygirl, which stars Nicole Kidman as a CEO who has a sultry affair with her intern.“That character is very self-destructive and destructive with other people’s lives, but she kinda has to go through this whole experience for the sake of growing as a person,” Ferreira explained.
“I think that’s why I connected to the material so much, even though my circumstances are so different from the world of the film.” About Capitol dropping her, Ferreira said: When asked if she’s able to share any of the music she recorded while she was signed to Capitol, she answered: Ferreira also said that for the release of “Don’t Forget,” the label wouldn’t allow her to do interviews.“I had to sneak around them to do like two interviews, and I got in huge trouble for it,” she explained.
“I wasn’t even allowed to take press photos, which is fucking crazy.It’s such blatant sabotage, but it’s also a way to make it look like I’m a lost cause so that by the time I was free, no one would want to work with me.” Will we hear Masochism soon? “I sure hope so,” she said.
“It’s just a matter of getting all my stuff back, which is fucking crazy.I don’t even know who to talk to at the label anymore.
For all I know, the people at Capital now could be really nice.I feel like they don’t even real...