CILMI HIT WAS WARNING TO RECORD CHIEFS
GABRIELLA CILMI’s hit single SWEET ABOUT ME was a direct message to music industry bosses warning them not to push her around.
The Australian singer was aged just 16 when she shot to international s tardom with the song, and she feared record industry chiefs would try to take advantage of her naivety by controlling her image.
So she deliberately penned a set of feisty lyrics to send a clear warni ng to her paymasters not to "mess" with her.
Cilmi says, "I got into the business very young and people have this te ndency - when they have young acts - to mould them and create them the wa y they want. I really didn’t want that to happen to me.
"I was a bit of a tomboy growing up, too - ‘No one mess with me!’ I gue ss that’s how that song came about."
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