Whatever

Album: Whatever (2007)

Songfacts®:

  • This is the title track of Jennifer Batten's third solo album. Jennifer commented on the record's creation in her track by track commentary: "Originally I started writing a lot of these tracks for Jeff Beck when I was in his band. My third CD has been long over due so in the end I'm happy to have these tracks for myself! He got me interested in electronica and I'm very happy to have that as a new direction with all the amazing inspiring sounds available today."

    Jennifer was in Jeff Beck's band for three years from 1998. She played on Beck's CD’s Who Else and You Had It Coming, which were both supported by world tours.
  • Jennifer said regarding this song: "'Whatever' brings the record back to Los Angeles and gives a pathetic tribute to the cultural degradation in the language of the modern youth. They use the word 'whatever' to replace most words in the language, due to laziness. The song makes use of various samples of people and accents saying 'whatever.' The focus is on total nonsense surrounded by melody and a whacky guitar solo. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    DeeTheWriter - Saint Petersburg, Russia Federation, for above 2

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