# @thefader on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DKPlDY6T-vK
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/31272497-thefader-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/cd44fa65d8.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-05-29T16:01:35.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The FADER (@thefader) — https://gondola.cc/thefader

## Caption

If it were by any other nepo-star "A-Lister" would a non-event, a headline to roll your eyes at and move on. But Romy Mars — the daughter of Sofia Coppola and Phoenix's Thomas Mars — imbues the song's ostensibly vain premise with compelling enough friction to make you care. A closer read of the lyrics sources tension in its candy-coated lyrics about loving that "West Coast, scenе-y plastic world," doing lines, and having hollow flings. ⁠
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This "the glamorous life isn't as what it seems" messaging might be tired by now, but for an 18-year-old with a record of shirking expectations, her self-awareness feels earned — as does whatever point she's making with having her mom direct the video, a decision that was surely a mix of convenience and fourth-wall commentary. Combined with its non-flashy, breezy beat and what can I say, consider me intrigued.⁠
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Read the rest of our thoughts at the link in bio.⁠
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📸 Sofia Coppola⁠
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#RomyMars

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