Sky Ferreira Talks New Music: "I Refuse to Put Out Something That Isn’t Honest"

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Sky Ferreira has been working on her new album Masochism, the follow-up LP to 2013’s Night Time, My Time. In May, she said a new song and short film would be out in the summer, but the release was delayed owing to scheduling conflicts and health issues. Last week, she posted an update about her new music to Instagram.

In the post, Ferreira said she’ll put out new music this year. “I refuse to put out something that isn’t honest,” she wrote. “It’s not something that I can force out.” Read an excerpt of her post below:

I also know I’ve been really vague about my music so I appreciate the patience from some of you. I’ve been working on it the whole time & in 2016 you will hear it. I refuse to put out something that isn’t honest. It’s not something that I can force out. If I was to do it any sooner I either would have been compromising myself & anyone listening. I would have had to put out music that wasn’t true or a message I would not want to put out into the universe. As personal as my music is…the thing that lasts longer than I ever will is my actual “work”. I get the rare opportunity to have people listen & connect to it. I personally think with that comes a responsibility of making something that’s still true to me but still can somehow make someone feel better or less lonely. I can’t do that lying through my teeth. Needs to be the pretty/ugly/everything/nothing.

Read our interview with Ferreira about Night Time, My Time here.

Watch Ferreira’s video for “Everything is Embarrassing” on Pitchfork.tv: