When I saw Jenny Lewis trending on Twitter, I was overjoyed.
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As a Jenny Lewis Stan ™, there’s nothing I love more than talking about how incredible Jenny’s music is. So I was shocked that the reason she’s trending is because some people are unhappy she’s the opener for Harry Styles on his North American tour dates.
who actually is jenny lewis?? like ofc i know she’s opening for h but like?? who is she? is she big in the us bc to compare her to hendrix??? literally never heard of her https://t.co/TMq8fbeoPT
y’all get mabel or king princess while we have jenny lewis…this is what we get for living in the US
I wasn’t the only one outraged. Even Sarah Silverman chimed in to defend The Indie Queen.
Kids complaining about Jenny Lewis opening for Harry Styles = kids booing Jimi Hendrix for an entire tour when he opened for the Monkees
And so did a bunch of other people:
Apparently I need to have a conversation with some sorely misguided children about my personal savior, Jenny Lewis.
plenty of stupid shit i’ve tolerated on twitter over the years but the thing that has me worked up is learning there are somehow people who don’t think jenny lewis is the greatest
jenny lewis is trending because all the teens going to harry styles are upset shes the opener
sorry but the youngs are bad now
Now, if you’re a Harry Styles fan and don’t know who Jenny Lewis is, and are upset you’re not seeing King Princess, I get it. Younger Harry Styles fans didn’t grow up bawling to “Portions for Foxes” and “A Better Son/Daughter” or listening to “Glendora” while dealing with dating someone who is totally wrong for you.
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So, here’s a mini Jenny Lewis primer:
She was first a child actor, playing the cute redhead kid in the ’80s movies Troop Beverly Hills and The Wizard.
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She later went on to form a band called Rilo Kiley with Blake Sennett (yes, Joey the Rat from Boy Meets World) in the late ’90s. (They also dated, but that’s a whole other story.) The band broke up in 2013, and she now performs solo.
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Before Taylor Swift penned songs about boy troubles and wanting to be understood, Jenny was there. (She also dated Jake Gyllenhaal way before Taylor did).
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Taylor’s a fan, and included her music in an iTunes playlist in 2010!
She’s also friends with a bunch of Hollywood A-listers, like Kristen Stewart, Brie Larson, and Anne Hathaway. They starred in her video for “Just One of the Guys.”
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So if you’re riding the Jenny hating train, put on her former band Rilo Kiley’s The Execution of All Things, or her recent solo album On the Line with an open mind, and see if you become a fan.