You might remember Romy Mars, the 17-year-old daughter of director Sofia Coppola and Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars, from It was up there with Francesca Scorsese getting her own father to in the Hilarious Nepo Baby Antics Hall of Fame; how many other teens could drag their ultra-famous parents for “never being home” without sounding whiny, while also googling “onions” to make pasta sauce? But anyway, with that little refresher taken care of, we can move on to the business of the day: After for the premiere of her grandfather Francis’s new film last week, Mars has embraced something of a vibe shift. On Wednesday, she made her pop-starlet debut with two new songs, and I approached both tracks with some degree of skepticism, knowing that the children of famous people don’t always nail their side projects (I’m too elegant to link to any examples here). Just imagine my surprise, then, when I discovered that the songs were both.
..certified bops? To confirm my enjoyment of Mars’s new music, I called upon the team for a few additional opinions, and, lo and behold, we were all pretty much aligned in considering both singles dark-horse candidates for the Song of Summer.
Below, read a handful of my colleagues’ thoughts on Mars’s musical debut: Personally, I have to agree with Liam that the scuba mask is an inspired choice; it’s giving me flashbacks to Mitski’s swim cap on the album cover for , which is a deeply powerful association. (Plus, is listed as a producer o.
