X Factor legend takes aim after being ‘chewed up and spit out’ at 17
X Factor legend takes aim after being ‘chewed up and spit out’ at 17
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Cher Lloyd appears to have taken aim at The X Factor in her newest single. The 31-year-old singer, who was just 17 when she auditioned for Simon Cowell’s reality show in 2010, has opened up on being ‘sold the dream’ as a teenager in her new track Head Down.
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‘It was all I ever wanted, I thought I was flying, I was falling, you know, I never saw it coming,’ she sings in the first verse. ‘Chew me up, spit me out, throw me back on the ground.’. Later, she sings: ‘You said that I’d amount to nothing if I don’t show a little something. You know that everybody does it. You sold me the dream, I was just seventeen.’.
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Elsewhere in the song, Cher – who has revealed the song is about her struggles in the music industry – reflects on ‘all the tears’. ‘You wasted my time and I still pay the price,’ she adds. ‘I used to play your game and nothing seems to change.’.
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She previously shared a video on TikTok opening up on the new release and the inspiration behind the powerful lyrics. ‘I wrote this song about when it feels like you’re the only one when it feels like you’ve hit a brick wall,’ she said. ‘The music industry can be dark at times.’.
Cher added: ‘Some of the stories may never be told but mine is yours to hear.’. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. It’s been 12 years since Cher parted ways with Simon and his Syco record label.
