Beautiful Little Fools

“Beautiful Little Fools” is the first single Jorja Smith dropped after the release of her 2016 EP  Project 11. It was released on March 8th, 2017 to mark International Women’s Day.

Background
“Beautiful Little Fools” is a feminist anthem which sees Jorja Smith questioning the way women have and feel the need to present themselves based on how society told them to. The song clearly questions the idea of feminine beauty as it is dictated by the media and by society in general.

The song was written by Jorja Smith when she was 16 after reading  The Great Gatsby. As Genius' News Editor Chris Mench pointed out, the title and theme of the song are an allusion to a quote from the book in respect to a child by the beautiful but shallow, sharp but bored, inventive but subdued, Daisy Buchanan: