{"id":844754,"date":"2025-04-30T17:12:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T22:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/david-bowies-daughter-lexi-jones-insists-shes-not-a-copy-of-her-famous-father-in-defiant-message-as-she-releases-debut-album\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T17:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T22:12:16","slug":"david-bowies-daughter-lexi-jones-insists-shes-not-a-copy-of-her-famous-father-in-defiant-message-as-she-releases-debut-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/david-bowies-daughter-lexi-jones-insists-shes-not-a-copy-of-her-famous-father-in-defiant-message-as-she-releases-debut-album\/","title":{"rendered":"David Bowie’s daughter Lexi Jones insists she’s ‘not a copy’ of her famous father in defiant message as she releases debut album"},"content":{"rendered":"
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David Bowie<\/a>‘s daughter Lexi Jones\u00a0shared a defiant message to critics as she released a debut album – insisting she isn’t a copy of her famous father.<\/p>\n

The late singer’s only daughter Lexi, 24, real name Alexandria Zahra Jones,\u00a0has released her debut album Xandri, with a sweet nod to her dad.<\/p>\n

Lexi, who is the youngest child of late music legend David and his supermodel wife Iman, 69, has been inspired by her parent’s music legacy.<\/p>\n

But it appears that the pressure from the public to follow in her father’s very successful footsteps has taken a toll on the star.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Taking to Instagram, Lexi posted a heartfelt poem which gave an insight into her emotions and the pressure of being David’s child.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She penned: ‘David Bowie’s Daughter, that gets your attention, ay?’\u00a0<\/p>\n

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David Bowie ‘s daughter Lexi Jones shared a defiant message to critics as she released a debut album – insisting she isn’t a copy of her famous father\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The late singer’s only daughter Lexi, 24, real name Alexandria Zahra Jones, has released her debut album Xandri, with a sweet nod to her dad (David pictured in 2003)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘I’m the daughter of a legend, but I’m more than just his name. They see the blood, they hear the sound, yet fail to see me, don’t feel the same.’<\/p>\n

‘They compare me to his heights, like I’m supposed to reach his light. But I’m not here to chase what’s already been done. By loving what I do, I feel I’ve already won.’<\/p>\n

To finish her verses, she reminded her followers that she is ‘not a copy’ and ‘now a shadow.<\/p>\n

She penned: ‘I’m not trying to fill his shoes. I’m just trying to find my own peace.’\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last week, she posted exclusive snippets of her songs alongside never-before-seen videos of her childhood – including a heart-warming clip of her and David.<\/p>\n

Lexi posted a video of her and her father singing when she was a child.<\/p>\n

Xandri, a Greek word meaning ‘defender of mankind’, was released on Wednesday featuring tracks including Through All The Time, Moving On and Standing Alone.<\/p>\n

A fan in her comments pointed out she resembled her father’s voice in her new music.<\/p>\n

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Lexi, who is the youngest child of late music legend David and his supermodel wife Iman, 69, has released her debut album Xandri, with a sweet nod to her father<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But it appears that the pressure from the public to follow in her father’s very successful footsteps has taken a toll on the star\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Last week, she posted exclusive snippets of her songs alongside never-before-seen videos of her childhood – including a heart-warming clip of her and David\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

One wrote: ‘The apple certainly hasn’t fallen far from the tree! Let me do a remix @_p0odle_’.<\/p>\n

Last year, Lexi<\/a>\u00a0described the anguish she felt after losing her father.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

‘I confused living life with surviving life’s days by filling my body’s bottomless void, drowning myself in toxins and poison,’ she recalled.<\/p>\n

‘I involved myself in things I never expected to be part of. Situating myself in situations that contributed to the already crumbling foundation of my family eventually led to lonely isolation.<\/p>\n

‘I’ve hurt the ones I loved most with hateful words to make them feel at least a little bit of the pain I went through every day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘It felt easier to label myself as a psychopath, rather than to have admitted to the lack of introspection in an effort to justify my harmful actions.<\/p>\n

‘Growing to be such a violent and angry individual was unbelievably contradictory to the sweet and gentle little girl I used to be.’<\/p>\n

Lexi grew up in New York with her father and Iman, his second wife.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She has previously said: ‘I have struggled with mental health issues. Art has always been a coping mechanism to get out of dark places.’<\/p>\n

One the anniversary of her father’s death last year, Lexi shared a heartwarming video of her as a young girl playing the piano alongside the beaming rocker.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The video appears to show father and daughter in the recording studio with young Lexi effortlessly displaying her talents on the keyboard.<\/p>\n

She also shared a sweet photo of her cuddling up to her beloved parent who gazed at her adoringly. Lexi captioned the post: ‘7 years ago today. I miss you’.<\/p>\n

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A fan in her comments pointed out she resembled her father’s voice in her new music<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lexi (left) grew up in New York with her father and Iman, his second wife Iman (right) (pictured together when Lexi was a child)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Lexi has a half-brother, the film director Duncan Jones, 53, whose mother is the singer’s first wife, Angie Bowie, 75.<\/p>\n

Duncan was named Zowie Bowie to rhyme with his father’s stage name, but he started using the name Duncan aged 18.<\/p>\n

After her birth, it was said that Lexi helped her father put his workaholic attitude ‘into perspective’ and give him the will to stay healthy after his first heart attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n

David kept his liver cancer battle mostly private, and succumbed to the disease in 2016, just days after turning 69.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Dion Motsinger
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