In truly iconic news, Victoria Beckham’s 2001 solo single ‘I’m Not Such an Innocent Girl’ has reached number one in the iTunes charts following the bombshell statement her eldest son Brooklyn shared earlier this week.
On Monday evening Brooklyn shared a series of posts on his Instagram Stories were he alleged his parents David and Victoria were “controlling the narrative”, seemingly in response to rumours of a feud between himself and his wife Nicola Peltz-Beckham and his parents. He said he felt he’d been left with “no choice but to speak for myself and tell the truth.” Brooklyn went onto claim himself and Nicola suffered, “endless attacks from my parents, both privately and publicly, that were sent to the press on their orders.”
Brooklyn ended his post by alleging: “Family ‘love’ is decided by how much you post on social media, or how quickly you drop everything to show up and pose for a family photo opp, even it it’s at the expense of our professional obligations.”
So far the Beckhams have not commented on the allegations raised by their son. And now the British public has rallied to seemingly show support for the Beckham family as Victoria’s 2001 single ‘I’m Not Such an Innocent Girl’ has gone straight to number one in the iTunes chart overnight.
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The song only reached number 10 the first time around, but now we feel it’s only necessary to do a deep dive into the lyrics and what we can maybe learn about VB from them.
An analysis of I’m Not Such an Innocent Girl lyrics”I’m not such an innocent girl”
The song name and the lyric that features repeatedly throughout the song, sets out a clear message that Victoria is not the woman we think she is. The song was her second solo single after the Spice Girls stopped recording in 2000.
During her time in the Spice Girls Victoria was of course known as ‘Posh Spice’ and the more reserved and quiet member of the group. But now, she’s setting the record straight that she’s not this innocent woman people may perceive her to be, and as the rest of the song goes onto show a very fun woman.
“First impressions can be wrong/ So let me clear what’s going on.”
The first verse opens up with this lyric and again sets out this expectation that Victoria may want to dismantle how people see her and this is her setting the record straight.
Over the years Victoria has opened up about how people’s impressions of her have often been wrong. During her Netflix documentary, Victoria opened up about one of the biggest misconceptions people have of her – that she doesn’t smile.
She went onto explain why she rarely smiles: “I didn’t realise that when I smile — which I do — I smile from the left, because if I smile from the right I look unwell. So consequently, I’m smiling on the inside, but no one ever sees it, so that’s why I look so moody.”
“I’m not made of china/I’m not made of glass”
Over the years Victoria has had to tell with a lot of public attention and scrutiny, and in 2001 she would have already faced a lot of it following her time in the Spice Girls. For example, just months after giving birth to son Brooklyn, she was weighed on national television.
However, in this lyric she appears to want to show us she’s made of strong stuff and doesn’t allow the negativity to get her down.
“Don’t wrap me up in cotton wool/ Upon a pedestal.”
If anything shows Victoria’s IDGAF attitude it’s this lyric, which shows that she can have fun and wants to let loose, and doesn’t need protection from anyone.
And she also doesn’t want to be set up on a pedestal to be this mysterious figure, as she’s just a down to earth woman.
“Would it shatter your illusions if this angel had a past?”
Again this lyric from the pre-chorus really hones in on the message Victoria seemingly wants to put out that she’s human, and has faults and a history, and it’s impossible for her to be the “angel” everyone wants to see her as.
Going to listen to this again on repeat for the rest of the afternoon.
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