Model, actress and ’80s music icon Grace Jones is calling out some of the today’s chart-topping pop stars for biting her style.
Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, Kanye West, Beyoncé and Lady Gaga are all targets of the “A View to a Kill” James Bond baddie in her upcoming autobiography “I’ll Never Write My Memoirs.”
“Trends come along and people say, ‘Follow that trend.’ There’s a lot of that around at the moment: ‘Be like Sasha Fierce. Be like Miley Cyrus. Be like Rihanna. Be like Lady Gaga. Be like Rita Ora and Sia. Be like Madonna,” Grace wrote, in a excerpt that was published by Time Out on Wednesday.
While Jones didn’t mention Beyoncé by name, Sasha Fierce is Queen Bey’s alter ego.
“I cannot be like them — except to the extent that they are already being like me,” Jones continued. “I have been so copied by those people who have made fortunes that people assume I am that rich. But I did things for the excitement, the dare, the fact that it was new, not for the money, and too many times I was the first, not the beneficiary.”
Jones, who had a string of hit singles including “I Need a Man,” “Private Life” and “Slave to the Rhythm,” claims that every modern day pop star is trying to rip her off in some way.
“Rihanna … she does the body-painting thing I did with Keith Haring, but where he painted directly on my body, she wears a painted bodysuit,” she critiqued. “That’s the difference. Mine is on skin; she puts a barrier between the paint and her skin. I don’t even know if she knows that what she’s doing comes from me, but I bet you the people styling her know. They know the history.”
Jones also referred to another pop star as “Doris,” who she says “looks lost, like she is desperately trying to find the person she was when she started.”
As the rest of the millennial generation, Jones is not impressed. “They dress up as though they are challenging the status quo, but by now, wearing those clothes, pulling those faces, revealing those tattoos and breasts, singing to those fractured, spastic, melting beats – that is the status quo,” she wrote. “You are not off the beaten track, pushing through the thorny undergrowth, finding treasure no one has come across before. You are in the middle of the road.”
“I’ll Never Write My Memoirs” hits shelves on Sept. 29.
The Evolution of Miley Cyrus: From Clean and Chipper to Controversial Stripper (Photos)
Destiny Hope Cyrus, destined to become entertainment sensation known as Miley Cyrus, was born in Nashville, Tenn., on Nov. 23, 1993 to parents Letitia Jean and country singer Billy Ray Cyrus. This baby photo was snapped while Cyrus and her father were attending an Elvis Presley Tribute Concert on Oct. 8, 1994 at the Pyramid Arena in Memphis.
March 11, 2001: The future Disney star makes her adorable television debut alongside her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, in the "Doc" pilot.
Feb. 9, 2006: The young actress appeared at a Disney Channel event in New York City one month ahead of the premiere of her hit sitcom, "Hannah Montana."
Jan. 9, 2007: Cyrus charms the press with a squeaky clean smile while walking the red carpet the People's Choice Awards.
Feb. 10, 2008:Â Cyrus appears on stage next to '80s icon Cyndi Lauper at the 50th annual Grammy Awards to present Amy Winehouse. Her dress stayed on.
April, 2008: The tongue comes out during the taping of "Idol Gives Back" at the former Kodak Theater in Los Angeles.
Jan. 11, 2009: Cyrus attends the 66th annual Golden Globe Awards with her parents.
Sept. 3, 2009: Cyrus didn't strip down, but she did get down at the Teen Choice awards while performing a headline-grabbing PG-13 pole dance.
Sept. 17, 2009: Cyrus exposes a whole lotta leg during a performance at the VH1 Divas ceremony in New York City.
Jan. 31, 2010: Cyrus attends the 52nd annual Grammy Awards in attire that is noticeably shorter and tighter than previous award show outfits.
June 6, 2010: Cyrus' outfits get skimpier and shorter while performing at the Rock in Rio Madrid Festival in Spain.
Feb. 12, 2011: Cyrus rocks a mesh chest to a Pre-Grammy Gala at the Beverly Hilton.
May 10, 2011: The singer's budding sexuality is on full display during a "Gypsy Heart" Tour stop in Paraguay.
Feb. 26, 2012: Cyrus keeps it classy -- and covered -- at the 2012 Vanity Fair Oscar party.
June 27, 2012: Cyrus supports her man, and shows off an engagement ring, at the Australians in Film Awards and Benefit Dinner in Los Angeles.
Sept. 6, 2012: Her style evolution continued to surprise when she debuted a dramatically different look at last year's MTV Video Music Awards.
Dec. 16, 2012: Cyrus debuts another new look while arriving for the VH1 Divas ceremony in Los Angeles.
Dec. 16, 2012: The pop star's new attitude is on full display when taking a cue from Michael Jackson during a performance at the annual VH1 event.
May 4, 2013: Cyrus tops Maxim's annual Hot 100 List for the first time, and broke the news herself by posting this photo on her Instagram account. "My 1st Instagram is dedicated to all my fans," she wrote. "Thank you for crowning me #1 Maxim Hot 100."
May 6, 2013: Cyrus goes punk rock in honor of the "PUNK: Chaos to Courture" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City last spring.
June 2, 2013: Cyrus uploads a new Instragram photo highlighting a new necklace -- and her cleavage.
June 28, 2013: Cyrus twerks it at Y100's Mackapoolza in Miami, Fla.
Aug. 11, 2013: Cyrus continues to let her tongue do the talking after winning a Teen Choice award.
Aug. 14, 2013: Taking a page from Rihanna's social media playbook, Cyrus makes a concentrated effort to let everyone know that she likes to smoke pot by uploading this photo to her Instagram account.
Aug. 25, 2013: Cyrus arrives at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards in, uh...style?
Aug. 25, 2013: Cyrus is No. 1 on Twitter after sticking a foam finger where the sun don't shine while grinding her tiny hiney all over married man, Robin Thicke.
Aug. 26, 2013: Another day, another booty shot.
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