Bim Fernandez says she's making her own path and launching a career without her father's help. According to her, it was after her mother's death last May from colon cancer that she finally decided to pursue her dream of stardom and step up her game as a tribute to her mom.
Bim sealed a deal with SMH Records in November, 2013, according to her label's co-owner, Michael A. Smith. The iTunes release of Let's Take It Naked, a flute-infused, bubblegum dance floor jam, is expected soon, along with a music video and radio promotion from distributor Caroline Records (a division of the very big deal Capitol Music Group).
"It's not even that racy of a song!" Fernandez says about the provocatively titled track. "It's very poppy, like, 'I think you're cute! Do you like me? So let's get naked!' I want it to be that song where it's like, 'Turn that song on! Let's get ready! Let's do shots!' "
It's little surprise, then, that Fernandez's father is not vetting any of this - he's always encouraged his family to be highly private, don't-talk-to-the press kind of people.
"He's terrified because I'm his baby - especially with [me] revealing [my] wealth, and me being alone in the country, he's terrified of someone kidnapping me and holding me for ransom," she says. "He also just doesn't want people taking advantage of me because I have been very sheltered my whole life."
Born in France in 1988, Fernandez first got interested in music at age 4 - her parents made her perform violin for them in the music room every Sunday. She picked up guitar at age 13 at boarding school, due to a passion for Courtney Love and for the Irish band Blink. Her professional debut would come years later when she moved to New York after a one-month stint at Oxford Brookes University in England. "Everyone was way too snobby - I couldn't do it," Fernandez says of her unhappy few weeks there.
"I think that, unfortunately, everyone's perception of socialites has been pretty accurate so far, which is what I want to change," says Fernandez. "People think I'm exactly like Paris Hilton, that I do nothing, I don't work for myself, I don't make my own money, I just spend my dad's money, and I'm a spoiled brat. I hope they're not right."
Bim Fernandez insists: "Money can't buy a record deal.”It can't buy good music. You can either sing or you can't."
Culled: New York Post
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