Scars to your beautiful es uno de los singles de Know-it-all (2015), el álbum debut de Alessia Cara.
La canción es una afirmación de amor por uno mismo y de aceptación. El vídeo, concebido por la misma Alessia, muestra a supervivientes de cáncer, transexuales y otras personas contando sus historias y abrazando su propia belleza.
"El mundo a veces nos dice que no deberíamos ser felices si no encajamos en ciertos estándares de belleza", dice Alessia. "'Scars to your beautiful' es mi llamada de atención, la belleza no es solo un look, una forma, una talla o color. La belleza se presenta en todas las formas tangibles o intangibles dentro y fuera. Tenemos que admitirlo".
El mensaje de la canción es el eje de su colaboración con I AM THAT GIRL, el movimiento que ha estado sirviendo de inspiración a chicas en los pasados seis años para que se amen, se expresen y sean ellas mismas.
Alessia y I AM THAT GIRL estrenaron un anuncio con una campaña centrada en "la conversación honesta sobre nuestras cicatrices físicas y emocionales, y de todas las cosas que no hablamos habitualmente".
"'Scars to your beautiful' es una enorme dosis de autoestima
uno de los más profundos y poéticos temas de autoestima que llega a las ondas en mucho tiempo" - Teen Vogue
"Un himno de amor por uno mismo para las chicas de cualquier lugar
la recién llegada ofrece al mundo con su talento una mirada al mundo, con una sabiduría que supera su corta edad" - VIBE
"En 'Scars to your beautiful', la decidida voz de Cara y sus textos profundos te atraen para que le prestes mayor atención" - Billboard
Letra
[Verse 1]
She just wants to be beautiful
She goes unnoticed, she knows no limits
She craves attention, she praises an image
She prays to be sculpted by the sculptor
Oh, she don't see the light that's shining
Deeper than the eyes can find it, maybe we have made her blind
So she tries to cover up her pain and cut her woes away
Cause covergirls don't cry after their face is made
[Chorus]
But there's a hope that's waiting for you in the dark
You should know you're beautiful just the way you are
And you don't have to change a thing
The world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful
Oh, oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh, oh
And you don't have to change a thing
The world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful
[Verse 2]
She has dreams to be an envy, so she's starving
You know, covergirls eat nothing
She says "beauty is pain and there's beauty in everything"
"What's a little bit of hunger?"
"I can go a little while longer," she fades away
She don't see her perfect, she don't understand she's worth it
Or that beauty goes deeper than the surface, oh, oh
So to all the girls that's hurting, let me be your mirror
Help you see a little bit clearer the light that shines within
[Chorus]
There's a hope that's waiting for you in the dark
You should know you're beautiful just the way you are
And you don't have to change a thing
The world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful
[Bridge]
No better you than the you that you are
No better you than the you that you are
No better life than the life we're living
No better life than the life we're living
No better time for your shine, you're a star
No better time for your shine, you're a star
Oh, you're beautiful, oh, you're beautiful
[Chorus]
And there's a hope that's waiting for you in the dark
You should know you're beautiful just the way you are
And you don't have to change a thing
The world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful
And you don't have to change a thing
The world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful
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