3 new song titles reveiled in new TeenVogue article
3 new song titles by Cassie were reveiled in this article by TeenVogue:
Jane Keltner de Valle meets the new CK One girl and discovers she's fit to fill Kate Moss's iconic shoes.
I was in high school when the original CK One debuted in 1994, but I remember my response exactly. To quote the name of another Calvin Klein fragrance: Obsession.
Until that point in my youth, I had always considered perfume to be too fussy and prissy--the opposite of cool. That all changed when Kate Moss and co. slouched across the television screen announcing "a new fragrance for a man or a woman." The cast of characters, captured by legendary lensman Steven Meisel, looked like they'd just rolled out of bed (in that sexy, androgynous, totally Calvin way). The bottle resembled something you'd find in the minibar of a seedy hotel--a stripped-down glass flask with metal bottle top (the ultimate retort to the flower-adorned perfume bottles of yore). Suddenly, the idea of owning and wearing perfume seemed cool, even rebellious. I was sold.
Recently, when I heard that Calvin Klein was launching a clothing line to go with the groundbreaking unisex fragrance, my attention immediately shifted to the campaign. Who could possibly replace the tomboyish waif who created generation Kate? Ms. Moss wasn't just selling CK One; she was CK One.
To get to the bottom of the matter, I went to the Calvin offices and scanned the casting chart (a list of almost 30, from bombshell Lara Stone to shaved-head It girl Alice Dellal) until my eyes stopped on one name in particular: Cassie. I had heard of the 24-year-old pop ingenue and Diddy's rumored other half. I knew she'd collaborated with Lil Wayne and that one side of her head is shaved. I immediately arranged a meeting.
Cassie arrives at the Calvin Klein studio with a groomer in tow, but no other entourage to speak of. Mid-buzz cut she whips out her iPad and clicks to one of her playlists, a melting pot of nineties and now (a girl after my own heart!). Among the tracks is her catchy new girl-power anthem, "Bougie S*%t," and two classics from artists of my day, Warren G and Q-Tip. Cassie gamely tries on everything I hand her--pastel pink jeans, chambray shirts, tees--and rocks all of it. (The collection, like the perfume, is refreshingly flash- and logo-free: just cool essentials you can make your own.) Aside from some serious bling in her ears, on her belly button, and around her ankle, Cassie is the exact opposite of a diva. It turns out she started modeling at fourteen, much like Ms. Moss did. And she grew up idolizing the Calvin campaigns that starred Kate, much like I did. More bonus points! "When I was younger, Calvin Klein was Kate Moss," she tells me. "I wore the underwear. I worshipped the ads. It was iconic. I think it's a part of everyone's life growing up. It's just one of the biggest brands ever." So how does it feel to take the reins? "It's dope. It means a lot," Cassie says. "I'm a part of fashion history now." Or, shall we say, its future?
Cassie's iPad playlist from her Teen Vogue photo shoot:
Wiz Khalifa's Black and Yellow
Justice's Genesis
Diddy's *** on the Floor
Rihanna and Drake's What's My Name
Warren G's Regulate
Cassie's Unprofessional
Justice's Let There Be Light
Kanye West's Monster (featuring Jay Z, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Bon Iver)
Q-Tip's Johnny is Dead
Diddy's I Know
Kanye West and Jay Z's H.A.M.
Cassie's Ex Games
Diddy's Yeah Yeah You Would
Prince's Darling Nikki
Cassie's Bougie S*%t
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