More songs by Davina Michelle
Description
Once upon a time, people said, “It's hard for women,” but now they say, “Women can do anything.” And this is not just a slogan, but a working instruction. Here, there is a march, an anthem, and a dance on high heels all at once. First, it's about how hard it is to prove the obvious, and then it's about how fun it is to live once you've proven it. The brain is sharp, the heels are high, the mood is rosy, but with a hint of steel. Every line says: not an angel, not a miracle, just a person who knows how to be themselves, even when the world tries to explain how it should be. And here she is - flying, hair blowing in the wind, laughing loudly, bills paid, plans grand. So what? She has a manicure, a degree, and confidence. Man, now that's a woman.
Production company: Reye Films
Director: Rebecca Weltner
Producer: Yentl Vlahos
Assistant producer: Joshua Nahar
Runner: Silje Jacobs
Director of Photography: Daan Hattinga
First Assistant Director: Kasper Fry
Camera Operator: Erwin Smith
Best Guy: Rick Ubink
Stylist: Nga Ho
Stylist: Perla Dina van Munster
Stylist: Gabriela Pullmannova
Hair Stylist: Arno Schönmaker
Makeup Artist: Beyanur Pinarbasi
Cast: Pauline de L'Or
Melissa van Beek
Milo Zoer
Julia Heukeshoven
Anna Ridwan
Benita Bokum
Editing: Rebecca Weltner
Colorist: Giovanni de Dugd
Color studio: Colorist on demand
BTS photographer: Charlie Lankhuizen
Music producer What A Woman: Sebastian Brauer
Music and lyrics: Davina Michelle, Sebastian Brauer
Piano: Noah Zilman
Vocal engineer: Noah Zilman
Bass guitar: Marcus Ritveld
Strings: Jonas Pap and Jasper van Rosmalen
Acoustic Guitar: Sebastian Brauer
Electric Guitar: Sebastian Brauer
Drums: Sebastian Brauer
Mixing Engineer: Alex Genea
Mastering Engineer: Randy Merrill
Supervision: Martin Svier
Lyrics and translation
Original
A will and a way in a young girl's life
Are fading away through today's state of mind
Long roads lie ahead to prove she can
Do all that once was meant for a man
Don't get me wrong, I adore them
But I thank the Lord she made sure that I am a woman
Oh, fresh out of college, best of her year
Bursting with knowledge, she wants that career
But the list is long and the risks are mad
Her fertility makes her incompetent
Don't get me wrong, I adore men
But all of my girls put their hands up in the air
One for the mothers
One for the daughters
Sing
Man what a woman
She is bold, she is brave, she is beautiful
She is booty and brains, she got it all
Man, what a woman
Man, what a woman
Whip your hair in the wind and go hard in heels
Yeah, we paint the town pink, that's how freedom feels
Man, what a woman
Man, what a woman
Gotta work, gotta pay for a happy home
Not a bird, not a plane, it's supermom
She's a farmer, a dancer, an entrepreneur
She's beating cancer, she finds the cure
She working at breakneck speed
Same tasks
So she wants the same paycheck is that too much to ask?
Oh with a grin on her face she relives her past
Younger years feel like days, and they're smiling back
Cause time only changed with the eye can see
She's still that boss babe at 93
Every age, every shade, every shape and size
All my dolls, all my babes, put your hands up in the air
One for the mothers
One for the daughters
Man, what a woman
She is bold, she is brave, she is beautiful
She is booty and brains, yeah she got it all
Man, what a woman
Man, what a woman
Whip your hair in the wind and go hard in heels
Yeah, we paint the town pink, that's how freedom feels
Man, what a woman
Man, what a woman
Remember the woman, remember the one
Think like a woman, lead like a woman
Love like a woman, if you're a woman
You can do anything
And today's state of mind needs to let the sink in
Oh, don't get me wrong
I love my men
But I thank the Lord
She made sure that I am a woman
Man, what a woman