Interscope has released the official music video for Elle’s version of Robyn’s “Dancing On My Own”, from the “Teen Spirit” soundtrack! You can watch it below.

In a new interview for Billboard, Elle talked about wanting to play a popstar and the feeling of letting loose on stage. The article drops some of the big names she got to work with while recording tracks for Teen Spirit, and explains the song selection by director Max Minghella. You can read it in full below. Additionally, our gallery has been updated with a photo session featured in the March 9 issue of the magazine.

“I always had this dream of being a pop star,” says Elle Fanning. Sitting at a corner table at West Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont in a gauzy ivory dress, the 20-year-old actress is so happy to be talking about how her dream finally came true in the new movie Teen Spirit that she lets her mint tea go cold. “That feeling, like I can just let loose and perform, was so attractive.”

In Teen Spirit, Fanning plays Violet Valenski, an introverted but tenacious English teenager who enters a singing competition in the hopes of escaping her dreary home life. Throughout the movie, Fanning sings various pop showpieces, in the end taking the stage in front of a live studio audience to deliver a primal performance of an unexpected song. To anyone familiar with Fanning’s career, her magnetism onscreen is no surprise. Still, watching her as Violet is like witnessing a best new artist Grammy winner at the moment of birth.

Written and directed by first-time filmmaker Max Minghella (perhaps best known as Nick on Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale), Teen Spirit, which LD Entertainment and Bleecker Street will release on April 5, follows Violet from her humble beginnings, half-heartedly singing ballads in a local pub, to the titular televised competition. The role required Fanning not only to cover existing songs like Robyn’s “Dancing on My Own,” but to also record an original track with producer Jack Antonoff, which Fanning calls a “super surreal” experience. “Jack did [Taylor Swift’s] reputation. He recorded [Lorde’s] ‘Green Light,’” she says. “I felt like, ‘Wow — maybe I am good.’”

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The SXSW 2019 line-up has been announced, and Elle’s “Teen Spirit” will be screened at the event! You can see the full list here.

Teen Spirit (United Kingdom)
Director/Screenwriter: Max Minghella
The film follows Violet, a shy teenager who enters an international singing competition with the help of an unlikely mentor. Driven by a pop-fueled soundtrack, Teen Spirit is a visceral and stylish spin on the Cinderella story. Cast: Elle Fanning, Zlatko Buricteent, Rebecca Hall (U.S. Premiere)

Hey guys! I hope you’re having fun this Holiday season! ♥ I’ve been away lately, but I finally managed to squeeze in a few gallery updates that you might enjoy. Elle was sighted this month arriving at LAX Airport and shopping with her sister Dakota Fanning, and both sets of candids can be found here. Miu Miu, the high fashion brand she’s been posing for since 2014, released a Holidays 2018 campaign called “Famous Cats”, and a few pictures of Elle’s promotional photoshoot can be found here.

The movie “Teen Spirit”, starring Elle, is set to premiere in the United States in April, and you can watch the official trailer below. Promotional stills of her can be seen here, including a few I added earlier today.

I have finally found some time to watch the movie “Mary Shelley” – which is now on Netflix in many countries – and I absolutely loved it. It is honestly one of my favorites of Elle’s now, and I hope you guys watch it when you have the chance. Moreover, I’ve gotten my hands on a copy of “The Vanishing of Sidney Hall”, so you can expect screen captures of both movies to be added to our photo archive soon.