“Head like a hole! I’m on a roll! Riding so high! Achievin’ my goals!”
The new season of “Black Mirror”, now streaming on Netflix, delivers three all-new takes on the creepy, immediate future. One of the best episodes, “Rachel, Jack and Ashley, Too”, features a lonely teenager who yearns to connect with her favorite pop star – whose charmed existence isn’t quite as rosy it appears.
Miley Cyrus is featured as the pop star, Ashley O, whose hit single sounds awfully familiar to Nine Inch Nails‘ Head Like a Hole. Now, Netflix is releasing Ashley O’s music video for “On a Roll”, which we hope leads to the release of the single digitally.
“It would be great if we released the songs, but obviously-” Producer Annabel Jones told TheWrap, with “Black Mirror” creator Charlie Brooker adding: “That’s in the hands of the gods, or record labels.”
“Or God, otherwise known as Miley Cyrus,” Jones said. “Yeah, if Miley wanted to release them that would be hilarious because they are great songs, there is no snobbery about them… There is no snobbery about pop music, it’s just that Ashley O wants to create a different identity and a different style of music in the film.”
The press release jokes: “Today, award-winning pop sensation Ashley O unveils a new music video for her single ‘On a Roll’, in which Ashley O empowers her fans to believe in themselves and to work hard to achieve their goals.”
Here’s the music video!
Reflecting on the new song, Ashley O says, “It’s really important for people to feel like they’re in control of their own destiny, and that means having the confidence to be who you want to be.” Ashley O’s manager Catherine Ortiz says the song is inspired by Ashley’s own experiences and her perseverance through her career. Ortiz states, “The lyrics to “On a Roll” are so true. Ashley has worked very hard, and now she’s going to get what she deserves.”
Ashley O’s writing process sets her apart from other artists and performers in the industry. Ashley O says a lot of her music comes to her in her dreams.
She states, “They’re kind of there in my mind while I’m sleeping, so when I wake up I have to really quickly write it down because I don’t want it to just disappear.”
Ashley O began her career at a young age singing and performing. Upon the untimely death of her parents, her aunt, Catherine Ortiz, became her primary caretaker. As Ashley O continued her career, Ortiz would later become a source of confidence for her star niece, and eventually signed on as her manager. The video debut comes hot off the heels of another buzzworthy Ashley O project: Ashley Too, the all-new, intelligent companion doll based on Ashley O’s actual personality.
