Aubrie Sellers Defies Convention, Takes On Celebrity Culture
Mini-Series of Videos Inspired by Old Hollywood Flip Gender Stereotypes and Empower Women
Aubrie Sellers has taken her role as role model to the next level.
The singer-songwriter and champion for female empowerment is calling
out the stereotypes of old and setting the record straight for the
modern woman.
After watching a few classic movie clips from the 1950s and ’60s that
weren’t very empowering for women, Sellers had a terrific idea: What if
she took those stories and re-imagined them in a way that supported
women today?
Thus began a mini-series of music videos dedicated to just that —
turning the antiquated notions of femininity and a woman’s societal role
on their ears and giving girls today a great dose of inspiration.
“I was inspired by these old films to take the female characters and
modernize them and rewrite these stories with some girl power,” Sellers
said. “On my debut album, I wrote a lot about women and their roles in
society. It’s something that I think about a lot and will probably
continue to write about on my next album.”
Sellers teamed up with L.A.-based director Millicent Hailes to direct
the videos for her songs “Magazines” and “Paper Dolls” with this theme
in mind. “Magazines,” the first of the two to premiere on CMT, rolls its
proverbial eyes at current celebrity culture and takes on the 1957
classic Funny Face starring Audrey Hepburn to address the pressures
women feel about looking and acting a certain way.
Sellers was recently featured in Elle magazine’s Women in Music issue, alongside other female power players standing out in the crowd.
Stay tuned for the next installment in Sellers collaboration with Hailes, premiering Friday (Aug. 18) on CMT and CMT.com
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