When I talked to Faye and Atom, it was already past 2 AM in Brazil. I was tired. Completely exhausted. And if I felt that way, I can only imagine how they must have been feeling, especially Faye... but they met every single person. No rushing. No stress. No losing the smile on their faces. U have to be INCREDIBLY professional and have an enormous amount of respect for ur fans (maybe even too much) to push beyond ur own limits just to make sure everyone gets a little bit of what they came for: attention and love and respect.
And no, I didn't say "Top Atom". Honestly, it felt disrespectful to reduce that moment to a joke when two artists were sitting there in the middle of the night, after a packed day full of commitments, willing to listen to whatever I wanted to say.
Instead, I told Faye that I don't think she fully understands how extraordinary she is or how much she represents. An actress beyond the ordinary. An incredible singer. A businesswoman. A hairdresser. An artist with a capital A. And of course, a beauty queen.
I told Atom that what she said few times is true: a lot of the love that reaches her comes through what ppl already feel for Faye. But I also told her that's only part of the story... cuz it's very easy to love her simply for who she is. And once u get to know her, loving and admiring her becomes the most natural thing in the world. I told her it's impossible to watch BOL and think that was her first acting role.
"What a beautiful job u both did!". Yeah, I remember to say it out loud... I told Faye that BOL was incredible cuz you can genuinely feel the difference it makes when there's a sapphic woman behind the cameras.
I told her to keep going. No matter the genre she chooses: more women need to be behind the scenes.
I told them that social media noise doesn't matter cuz it doesn't represent real life. What matters are the ppl who were in that room today. Those are the real ppl whose lives are touched by their art. And here is nothing more important than that.
And then I thanked them. I thanked them for the effort. For the kindness. I thanked them both for believing in themselves and for continuing to believe in themselves. I asked them never to doubt how important and talented they are. I also asked them to stay true to who they are, cuz that's exactly how they inspire other women to do the same.
I could see the exhaustion in their eyes but I could also see the emotion, the care, the attention, the kindness, the respect, the dedication...
It's the morning after now. I woke up, and they've already been on a flight to Peru for hours. And I'm still proud that I didn't say "Top Atom". I'm proud that I chose (and managed) to say what actually matters: that, above all else, it's the art they create that makes everything worthwhile. And that I was able to say out loud how grateful I am that neither of them stopped believing in themselves.
Ps: They're so beautiful in person. And they speak so softly 🫠🤏🏻❤️
Ps 2: rveryone was REALLY screaming their lungs out, to the point that I couldn't hear them sometimes ahahhahahahaha
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@atomprys, thank u! ❤️🌻🍑
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