The first single off SZAs intoxicating new album Ctrl is called Drew Barrymore , named after the R&B singers favorite actress. The song, whose chorus goes Warm enough for ya outside baby, yeah / Is it warm enough for ya inside me, me, me, me?, addresses the way lopsided power dynamics in relationships yield low self-esteem, as SZA asks again and again if shes warm i.e. hot enough for her mans liking.

SZA has described Barrymore, whos not only referenced in the song title but makes a brief cameo in the music video, as an endless inspiration, particularly due to her roles in 90s teen rom-coms that frame her as a pariah struggling to find a dude. When I was watching Never Been Kissed , SZA told Vulture, thats my experience. I was hella outcast in school. I was watching it like, Yes! Win for all of us!

Barrymore has, over the course of her 35-year career, become the one we root for. The one whose victories feel like our own. This could be, in part, because Barrymores most iconic roles in films like Never Been Kissed, Charlies Angels and The Wedding Singer came out around the time millennial women were dressing up for middle school dances, trying on training bras and awkwardly fumbling through AIM chats with potential crushes. These PG-13 films were, at least for me, like instruction manuals, and Drews characters alternating slightly between square and badass, clumsy and confident were my guides.

But you cant talk about Barrymore without talking about her life, the way it was broadcast so publicly since she was a kid and the ways her fans sought to relate to it. What does it take for a celebrity to become relatable when their lives are anything but? Today, many stars curate or communicate their personas to fans via social media. Like Kim Kardashian, whose chronic oversharing makes her unattainable lifestyle feel like home. Or Rihanna, whose electrifying lack of filters lets you bask in her glow. Or Lena Dunham, whose dutiful posting makes her feel like your most accomplished friend of a friend of a friend.

Barrymores rise to fame, however, took place before the internet became the site where fantastical friendships between stars and fans blossom. And yet, having been an unwitting celebrity virtually since birth, her life was put on display from a young age, the gory details of her struggles and triumphs made public for all to imbibe and critique, making her somewhat of a proto-internet celebrity.

Born in 1975 in Los Angeles, California, Barrymore was the child of two actors; both her paternal grandparents and great-grandparents were actors as well. Her first-ever role was in a dog food commercial at the ripe old age of 11 months, but she became one of the most famous child celebrities after starring in E.T. at 7. One of the earliest pictures of Barrymore available via the stock photo agency Getty shows the actress when she was just 4 years old: