David Bowie’s Daughter Lexi Jones Says She’s ‘Not Making an attempt to Fill’ Father’s Sneakers

Do not anticipate Lexi Jones to sport a Ziggy Stardust look anytime quickly.

After David Bowie and Iman’s daughter quietly launched her debut album Xandri earlier this month, she shared a susceptible poem to Instagram about how she’s “not a duplicate” of her late father, who died of liver most cancers on Jan. 10, 2016.

The poem, titled “David Bowie’s Daughter,” opens with musings on being the kid of a “legend” however feeling like “extra than simply his title.” Jones notes that individuals “see the blood” and “hear the sound” however “miss out on her” as a singular being.

“They examine me to his heights, like I am supposed to succeed in his mild, however I am not right here to chase what’s already been executed,” she writes. “By loving what I do, I really feel I’ve already received.”

Jones’ poem continues with ideas about how she’s garnered each followers and individuals who “snicker at how I transfer,” whereas the identical people anticipate her “to hold on a legacy” that is not her “reality.”

“I am not a duplicate, not a shadow. I am only a lady that is as confused as you,” she provides.

“I am not making an attempt to be that somebody, that every one love and admire so. I am creating my very own rhythm, letting my true self present,” says Jones. “However no person is aware of the way it might really feel, to be continuously despaired, then lastly simply saying ‘f— it,’ then being throughout in contrast.”

The poem concludes, “However I will maintain transferring, maintain doing me, even when the world is tough to please. I am not making an attempt to fill his footwear. I am simply making an attempt ot discover my very own peace.”

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Bowie — who additionally shares son Duncan Zowie Jones with ex-wife, mannequin and actress Angie Bowie — and Iman welcomed Lexi in 2000. 5 years later, the Somali American mannequin informed PEOPLE of their household in an interview, “We’re very regular.”

On the time, Iman would take Lexi to music and dance classes, and she or he mentioned Bowie and Lexi would play music collectively on a regular basis. Quick ahead about twenty years, and their daughter’s debut album was launched on April 2.