Fantasia has released five studio albums Free Yourself (2004), Fantasia (2006), Back To Me (2008), Side Effects of You (2013), The Definition of... (2016), and a holiday album, Christmas After Midnight (2017).
In addition to her music career, Fantasia has also ventured into other pursuits such as publishing, acting, and Broadway. In her memoir "Life is Not a Fairy Tale", she reveals intimate details about herself, including her functional illiteracy. The book was later adapted into a Lifetime movie of the same name in 2006. Directed by famed actress and choreographer Debbie Allen, it received 19 million viewers, making it Lifetime's second-most viewed program of all time.
During 2007, Fantasia was on Broadway performing as Celie in The Color Purple, the hit musical based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker. Her performance had earned rave reviews and helped boost ticket sales as well as her album sales. After her Broadway stint ended in January 2008, Fantasia was back on the road again touring and is said to be preparing for her next studio album.
2. Fantasia is also the first name from the French symphonic metalband Fairyland. They called themselves 'Fantasia' when they made demos like 'Cruel Death' and 'The King'. But when they came with their debute album, they changed their name in Fairyland.
3. Fantasia is a progressive rock band from Pietarsaari, Finland. Originally named St. Marcus Blues Band (founded in 1967), the bassist Markku Lönngren came up with the new name from Amazing Blondel's album called "Fantasia Lindum" and thus changed the name to "Fantasia" in 1973.
The band defined their sound somewhere between progressive rock and hard rock although the sound mainly resembles to those of the other 1970's prog rock bands, such as Finnish compatriots Wigwam and Tabula Rasa. Fantasia released only one self-titled album in 1975 with only 2000 copies sold (which made it a almost a "rarity" amongst the prog rock collectors), but has been reissued on CD by Rocket-Records in 2010.
Line-up: Hannu Lindblom (guitars & vocals), Harri Piha (bass), Karl-Erik Rönngård (drums) and Roul Helantie (organs & piano).
4. Fantasia is an expiremental trap metal band founded by Zxphyr
I'm Doin' Me
Fantasia Lyrics
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Sometimes as women we give more than we should
To a man that just don't treat us good, No
Gave him my heart my time
Did all that I could in the past to keep him here with me, yeah
But now I woke up, Opened both my eyes up
Realize that I don't need any other.
Man, if you can't love me equally,
Nothing more beautiful then knowing you're worth
And finally, I know exactly what I deserve
[Chorus:]
I'm doin me, this time around
I'm doin' me, don't need you now
I rather be by myself, I won't let your drama hold me down
I'm doin' me, this time around
I'm doin me, I've finally found
I'd rather be by myself, I'm doin' me.
[Verse 2:]
Won't spend another minute wasting my time
On a man, hey, that only tells me lies, no
Aint saying that I don't need love
But them games, I don't need that in my life, no
[Chorus]
I'm doin me, this time around
I'm doin' me, don't need you now
I rather be by myself, I won't let your drama hold me down
I'm doin' me, this time around
I'm doin me, I've finally found
I'd rather be by myself, I'm doin' me.
I could pray for you to act right everyday
But it ain't up to me to make you change
Life is too damn short to live unhappily
So I'm being selfish and putting myself in first place
[Chorus:]
I'm doin me, this time around
I'm doin' me, don't need you now
I rather be by myself, I won't let your drama hold me down
I'm doin' me, this time around
I'm doin me, I've finally found
I'd rather be by myself, I'm doin' me.
I'm doing me
This time around
I'm doing me
This time around
No more crying, going thru hell
It's so good, I'm lovin myself
I'm doin' me
This time around
I'm doin' me
I'm doin' me
Yeah Yeah
I'm doin' me
Yeah Yeah
In Fantasia's song "I'm Doin' Me," she talks about the growth and empowerment she has achieved through her past experiences with a man who did not treat her with the love and respect she deserved. She reflects on the times she gave him everything, but realized she did not need him to validate her worth. In the chorus, she declares that she is doing herself this time around and does not need anyone to bring her down. She is putting herself first, and that is the most beautiful thing anyone can do. She does not need to waste any more time on someone who only tells her lies and plays games. Even though she prays that he will change, she knows it is not up to her to make him do so. Fantasia sings with confidence that she has finally found herself and would rather be by herself and happy than live unhappily with someone else.
Line by Line Meaning
Sometimes as women we give more than we should
As women, we often overextend ourselves for men who don't appreciate it.
To a man that just don't treat us good, No
We do this for men who do not treat us respectfully.
Gave him my heart my time
We give them our heart and our time.
Did all that I could in the past to keep him here with me, yeah
We do whatever it takes to keep him with us.
But now I woke up, Opened both my eyes up
But we have realized our worth and stopped compromising.
Realize that I don't need any other.
We realize we don't need any man who cannot treat us equally.
Man, if you can't love me equally,
If a man cannot love us equally,
Then you don't need to be with me
he doesn't deserve to be with us.
Nothing more beautiful then knowing you're worth
There is nothing more beautiful than knowing our worth.
And finally, I know exactly what I deserve
We finally know what we deserve.
Won't spend another minute wasting my time
We won't spend another minute wasted on men who lie.
On a man, hey, that only tells me lies, no
We refuse to entertain men who tell us lies.
Aint saying that I don't need love
We are not saying that we don't need love,
But them games, I don't need that in my life, no
but mind games aren't necessary in our lives.
I could pray for you to act right everyday
We could pray for them to treat us better,
But it ain't up to me to make you change
but it's not our responsibility to make them change.
Life is too damn short to live unhappily
Life is too short to be unhappy,
So I'm being selfish and putting myself in first place
so we are putting ourselves first.
No more crying, going thru hell
We refuse to cry or go through hell again.
It's so good, I'm lovin myself
It feels good to finally love ourselves.
I'm doin' me
We are focusing on ourselves.
No more crying, going thru hell
We refuse to cry or go through hell again.
It's so good, I'm lovin myself
It feels good to finally love ourselves.
I'm doin' me,
We are focusing on ourselves.
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@herwebblooms
2022 and this song is speaking for my soul. 😍
@priscillawilson9703
I didn't think id have to pull on this song like a scripture tho, its 2023 and i guess this "bs" never ends.
@tgreen2751
Dec 2023
@TheLakeisha09
I'm glad that Fantasia has came back stronger. We need real people like her to make us wake up sometimes. She's human just like all of us, her voice is wonderful!!!
@ellesynchronicity
This song is so empowering, thank you, thank you, thank you, for creating this song and believing what you sing. It is felt!!!
@VallyreMusic
I love this song... she express herself.. way to go Fantasia
@moemoe2010100
I love this song. It makes me want forget about everything and just do me as well.
@nellyluscious
My favorite Fantasia song hands down!! ''I know exactly what I deserve...''!!
@eriondabney7836
Fantasia. Erion 19
Love. Voice is the best in all of the world and you are a great
@mrtruthhurts2307
You stay around iconic music