Cece Natalie is a pop star in the making. At 19 years old she's writing, producing, and singing all of her own music in her bedroom in Connecticut. Inspired by the sound of 2010s pop music she turns her dreams and everyday life into songs that will inevitably get stuck in your head.
If you could curate the soundtrack of any movie what movie would it be?
I would change the soundtrack for the worst movie I’ve ever seen so I could make it better. That movie was American Beach House. It was the worst, most disgusting, vile thing that I have ever had the displeasure of looking at in my whole life. So I would put really good songs all over the movie so I might be able to sit through more of it. Some fun summer songs. Like Summer by Calvin Harris or Cool for the Summer by Demi Lovato. I don’t think it would fix the movie, but it would be more tolerable.
What invention would you like to remove from ever existing?
Security Tags. They make it so I can’t steal. I used to just cut them off. Like I would take stuff into the dressing room, and I would bring scissors to cut them off. One day, a worker saw a security tag on the floor while I was in there and chased me out of the store. I was literally 14 years old, and they chased me out and then made me give everything back. But if we get rid of security tags I don’t have to worry about that.
If you were to design a fantasy character, what would it look like and what would its lore be?
It would be a beautiful princess with five eyes named Princess Baby Emily. She got bullied everyday at Caveman, Wolf, or Beautiful Princess Training Academy. People would call her five eyes and shove her into lockers and throw sandwiches at her. But she can absorb the sandwiches with her skin and inject poison into them. Everyday she gets bullied but they don’t know that she’s a lunch lady now. Secretly she injected all the sandwiches with Botulinum toxin type A. They all lined up to get their food at lunch as she giggled to herself and she muttered under her breath “take a bitch sandwich.” And they all ate the sandwiches and they never pushed her into a locker again. And you can guess why.
What type of music would you say you make?
I make love songs and then I make hate songs. I make a lot of songs about men that I hate. I make music about guys that make music and I fucking sample them in the song. And then I whisper subliminal messages in my song so they will hear it. I have more talent in my left thumb than the men who anger me into making songs about them.
What animal do you think you were in a past life?
I think I was a fish. People say I have really freaky eyeballs, like they’re really big. And when I was little I had a fish that had these really big freakazoid eyeballs, and I was like that's me as a fish. I like water, I like my big beautiful eyeballs, I like to swim, I like to blow bubbles. I just really resonate with fish.
Which historical figure do you think would like your music the most?
I can give you an actual example. My mom’s friends like my music. They’re really old. Except there's one hater, who said my song “Crumbs” has too much profanity. I don’t know why she's hating on my profanity though because she’s 60 years old and lives with her ex, which is worse than saying the word bitch. My Grandma Mary also likes my music and she's pretty old. If we’re thinking older historical figures then maybe like Ruth Bader Ginsburg or Susan B Anthony because they were girlboss and my music is mainly for girlbosses like them.
What's your ideal stuffed animal?
My cat. She’s stuffed with her organs and her life. And she's an animal so I guess she counts. I have two cats and they’re twins. Roscoe and Roxy. Roscoe doesn’t cuddle with me, he just shits on the floor. When I tell him not to, he just looks at me all sad. But Roxy is sweet, she's my stuffed animal.
If you had a non super superpower what would it be?
Well, I’m looking at my microwave right now and I know that when it beeps it makes me really mad. So I’d like the microwave to feel upset whenever it beeps so I can get revenge. So my superpower would be making objects feel emotions that I want them to feel. I would make my car keys feel really good because I decorated them so they're really cute and I want them to be happy. And my eyeliner. I love my eyeliner. And if the microwave didn’t beep it could be happy too.
What's your least favorite trend of all time?
I hate a lot of trends. I hate a lot of them equally, it’s just which one do I want to voice my hatred for. I might be one of the only people who really hates this, but I hate self promo TikToks. It's all just like “If you love scenecore and sza and need a Y2K queen princess, you’ll love this song called emo drugs in the scene club.” Or “Did I just make the new song of the summer” They’re all freaking stupid like shit. I love Sza by the way. I'm defending her noble name from those who may use it for such nonsense.
What artists do you want people reading this to check out?
Definitely Jade Nicole. And then my favorite artist right now is literally just named Ava, she literally only has two songs right now. One of them is called “Naked” and one is called “So Amazing.” Also my friend Amberlicious is very talented and has awesome music. But really if you just scroll through my soundcloud likes there will be something good.