Sit Still, Look Pretty (song)

## Track Listing

"**Sit Still, Look Pretty**" is a song by *Daya* that is featured on her self-titled EP and as the title track of her debut album of the same name. It is also the second single of both.

Sit Still, Look Pretty was made a single and sent to radio outlets on March 29, 2016. It peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 28 and has since been certified by the RIAA as Platinum.

## Background

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Daya said, "It’s about being a girl that goes after her own dreams and really fights for what she wants, and not letting anyone get in the way of that. It’s important for young girls to know that they don’t have to act a certain way or depend on someone for happiness. They can find all of that within themselves." In an interview with InStyle, she said, "It's a girl power anthem about how women can do anything men can do, and we shouldn't let anyone stand in the way of that. I've always grown up with that knowledge, so I want to be sure to pass along that message. You should never be put into a mold based on your gender." In an interview with Reservoir Media, Mike Campbell said, "‘Sit Still, Look Pretty’ relates to Daya’s experience and her message that girls and women are capable of whatever they put their minds to and that they don’t have to stick to what someone else expects of them. Guy or girl, I think we all can relate to feeling ambitious and like we don’t want anyone to dictate what we can and can’t accomplish. On a personal note, I have a lot of strong women in my life and I consider myself a feminist, so that message resonates with me in that way as well."

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Could dress up, to get love

But guess what?

I'm never gonna be that girl

Who's living in a Barbie world

Could wake up in make up and play dumb

Pretending that I need a boy

Who's gonna treat me like a toy

[Pre-Chorus 1]

I know the other girlies wanna wear expensive things and diamond rings

But I don't wanna be the puppet that you're playing on a string

This queen don't need a king

[Chorus]

Oh I don't know what you've been told

But this gal right here's gonna rule the world

Yeah, that is where I'm gonna be because I wanna be

No, I don't wanna sit still, look pretty

You get off on a 9 to 5

Dream of picket fences and trophy wives

But no, I'm never gonna be cause I don't wanna be

Cause I don't wanna sit still, look pretty

[Verse 2]

Mr. Right could be nice, for one night

But then he wanna take control

And I would rather fly solo

That Snow White, she did right in her life

Had 7 men to do the chores

Cause that's not what a lady's for

[Pre-Chorus 2]

The only thing a boy's gonna give a girl for free's captivity

And I might love me some vanilla, but I'm not that sugar sweet

Call me HBIC

[Chorus]

Oh I don't know what you've been told

But this gal right here's gonna rule the world

Yeah, that is where I'm gonna be because I wanna be

No, I don't wanna sit still, look pretty

You get off on a 9 to 5

Dream of picket fences and trophy wives

But no, I'm never gonna be cause I don't wanna be

No, I don't wanna sit still, look pretty

[Bridge]

Sure, I'm a pretty girl up in a pretty world

But they say pretty hurts

And I don't wanna sit still

I'm a pretty girl up in a pretty world

But no, I won't sit still look pretty

Sure, I'm a pretty girl up in a pretty world

But they say pretty hurts

And I don't wanna sit still

I'm a pretty girl up in a pretty world

But no, I won't sit still look pretty

[Chorus]

Oh I don't know what you've been told

But this gal right here's gonna rule the world

Yeah, that is where I'm gonna be because I wanna be

No, I don't wanna sit still, look pretty

You get off on a 9 to 5

Dream of picket fences and trophy wives

But no, I'm never gonna be cause I don't wanna be

Cause I don't wanna sit still, look pretty

Oh I don't know what you've been told

But this gal right here's gonna rule the world

Yeah, that is where I'm gonna be because I wanna be

No, I don't wanna sit still, look pretty

You get off on a 9 to 5

Dream of picket fences and trophy wives

But no, I'm never gonna be cause I don't wanna be

No, I don't wanna sit still, look pretty

[Outro]

Sit still, look pretty

Sit still, look pretty

Sit still, look pretty

Sit still, look pretty

## Videos

Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty (Lyric Video)
The lyric video was released on March 6, 2016.

Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty
The official music video was released on September 9, 2016. The music video begins with Daya sitting in the middle of a crowd of people using technology, with a slowed down whistling of the song. In another scene occurring throughout the video, Daya is shown trapped in a box The song then begins, with the people executing commands on their devices such as "Fashionista Chic." Two men approach Daya, and her outfit changes. Her outfit changes again when "Accessing Daya's secret" appears from one of the screens. A malfunction then occurs, and one of the men tweets about the "#SSLP exhibit." Daya's next outfit is "Runaway Cover Girl." Daya changes outfits again with "Golden Girl," but then she overrides the system. She attacks the men standing around her, and "Alert! System Failure" appears. Daya then makes the men take off their shirts to show them what she had to go through. At the end of the video, she traps them in the same box she was trapped in and laughs at them trying to escape.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/29/daya-sit-still-look-pretty
2. ↑ http://www.instyle.com/news/daya-interview
3. ↑ http://www.reservoir-media.com/news/post/MTc2MzItMWFkYjRh