American Dream

"American Dream" (also known as Sleeping With The Enemy and Do What You Want) is a unreleased song written by Sky Ferreira and Vincent Turner which was intended for the scrapped 2011 album Cry Baby.

It ended up getting leaked by SkyLeaks on January 5th, 2011 on SoundCloud along with many other unreleased songs.

Theme
During this time, Sky felt very disrespected in the music industry. She was overlooked and told she wasn’t good enough.

She’s irritated that she’s still being disregarded, despite her incredible talent and work ethic. Now she’s feeling discouraged and it’s making her depressed.

The media victimize many celebrities with their bullying tendencies, then wonder why they turn to drugs or suicide. Sky is basically saying not to be surprised if they push her to that point.

Trivia

 * This is one of two (known) songs Sky worked on with Frankmusik, the other one eventually released as Ellie Goulding’s “Wish I Stayed”.