Review: "Biggest Fan" - Frances Whitney
- Emylee Herring
- Mar 28
- 2 min read
It’s so easy to get wrapped so tight into the idea of loving someone that you start to lose pieces of yourself for them. Cheering someone on and being their biggest fan, only to sit behind the dark curtains waiting to get pulled out into the spotlight by their side. “Biggest Fan” is a single from Frances Whitney featured on her EP "Old Hobbies." It's about the willingness to give all of yourself up for someone only to realize it’s never worth it. This song is a delusional girly anthem for all of us who have romanticized a relationship that in all reality would never be healthy. The production on this track blend folk guitar, spacious harmonies with Frances vulnerable lyricism. She laid this song out bare for us to listen and cry on our bedroom floors mourning the parts of ourselves lost to doomed love. But every piece we lose creates space for the pieces we find along the way and “Biggest Fan” is a piece of Frances journey to herself.
“Biggest Fan” feels like it’s written from a place of denial. She’s willing to sacrifice everything that makes her who she is and doesn’t realize that the other person never does the same. “What’s love if not self-sacrifice? Cut myself down a size to fit inside your life.” Love makes us do crazy things like putting someone on a pedestal who never deserved to be there in the first place. Frances writes about all the hope and good she feels when she sees this person and how all she wants is a chance to be apart of them. She concludes the song with taking off the rose colored glasses and seeing the toxicity of minimizing yourself for just some guy. “I finally see the holes in my failed plan, you’re just a man.” Understanding the things you thought you wanted weren’t what you needed to be happy.
Frances Whitney has always known deep down she was meant to be a songwriter. Residing in San Fransisco, California, she grew up playing sports most days but all her downtown was dedicated to her guitar. Once she retired sports, she felt she finally picked her identity as a musician. Frances is inspired by 70’s rock and modern indie landscapes which she’s blended together to create her own soulful and honest sound. “Easy Street” was her debut single released in 2024 and she went on to release three more singles leading to her debut EP “Old Hobbies” which now has an extended version. She loves oversharing about the good, the bad and the ugly she experiences in life. Frances Whitney is a must listen if you love artists that leave everything on the table. Check out the links down below to stay up to date with her future releases.
Written By Emylee Herring
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