Zendaya Covers Complex Magazine As Their “Women Of The Next Year”

Zendaya is on the cover of the December 2015/January 2016 issue of Complex magazine. The young actress was chosen as the magazine’s “Women Of The Next Year”. Highlights from her interview are below.

On actively thinking about being a role model: “Of course. I think it’s a responsibility, but like Tupac Shakur, I’m a real model. Which means: I’m not pretending to be something that I’m not, because like he said, people are going to be disappointed when they find out who you are, because it’s not going to be what you presented to the world. So just keep it real. I’m a good kid and that’s all.”

On when we can expect her second album: “There’s no date yet. At this point, I’m trying to, at least for me, perfect everything. I’m a perfectionist. I’m a Virgo, so everything has to be exactly the way I want it. It’s also sticking with your vision. Once you really find that, a lot of people have opinions and you just got to really stay focused.”

On being in Taylor Swift’s music video for “Bad Blood”: “Just a text message. She literally texted through someone and was like, ‘Hey, I think you’re dope, I want you to perform in my video.’ I was like, ‘Thanks, that’s dope.’ Boom, that was it. Thanks bro. And here we were, and she was just really nice to me. She’s one of those people who make you feel very comfortable and made sure my family was taken care of and everyone was comfortable.”

You can check out even more from Zendaya’s issue here.