photographer Terry Richardson through friends and now she's a regular feature on Terry's Diary website and he directed a video for her grunge-pop epic Red Lips. Sky soon found herself adopted as a fashion muse - she recently became the face of Forever 21 - and is wisely using all of this to her advantage. She's been provided with exposure and cash to independently write and record music. Pulling her hair back from her face and putting her head in her hands, she laughs about working as a model: "I never thought I could do it. I mean, I'm not very tall and everyone always said I was funny-looking."

With the pieces of the puzzle slowly coming together, Sky is in a much better place, having recently fallen inlove with Zachary Cole Smith, frontman of celebrated NY indie band DIIV. He's only her second boyfriend, the first faded away after three years together. "I think we both kind of gave up," Sky says. "We were both still kind of in it, but were also kind of done." She met Cole last year through mutual friends at CMJ, they started hanging out and instantly began dating. "We didn't really know each other, and it's funny because we'd get in fights, and it was weird because I'd be like, 'I don't even know you that well yet.' But then after fighting you like that person so much more. If that's not happening, then there's something weird going on. It's fun though."

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