On Friday, the great-grandchildren of 'It' girl Clara Bow shared their excitement after Taylor Swift named Track 16 after the late actress.
, Nicole Sisneros and Brittany Grace Bell — the granddaughters of Bow’s son Rex Bell Jr. — shared that they felt “chills” after listening to Swift’s song dedicated to the iconic actress, calling both Swift and Bow “it girls.” Track 16, “Clara Bow,” serves as the closing track of the standard edition of“ both raw and amazingly talented artists,” Sisneros told the outlet, calling the song “hauntingly beautiful.
Bow was a film actress in the 1920s and is the true, first “it girl,” thanks to her Hollywood sex symbol status and, well, starring in the 1927 film,Bell shared that she loved Swift’s lyric “This town is fake, but you’re the real thing” and how it referred to how “Bow was unapologetically herself despite the media noise in Hollywood and societal norms of the 1920s and 1930s.”. A teaser of the visual showed Swift with razor-thin eyebrows and dark lipstick, similar to Bow’s style in the 1920s.
“It’s really remarkable for Clara to be back in the media attention, 100 years later,” Bell added. “That’s a testament to her legacy. I hope this inspires the younger generation to learn about Clara’s story and feel inspired by her perseverance.” edition two hours later. The full project features 31 songs, including “I Can Fix Him ,” “The Alchemy,” The Black Dog,” and “The Albatross.
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