Lexi Jones, the late David Bowie’s daughter with supermodel Iman, quietly released her debut album, Xandri, earlier this month. Now, the 24-year-old artist has shared a poem about the weight of expectations cast in the long shadow of her iconic father.

“I’m the daughter of a legend/ But I’m more than just his name,” Jones writes. “They see the blood, they hear the sound/ Yet fail to see me, don’t feel the same.”

She continues, “They compare me to his heights/ Like I’m supposed to reach his light/ But I’m not here to chase what’s already been done/ By loving what I do, I feel I’ve already won.”

“I’m not a copy, not a shadow,” Jones adds. “I’m creating my own rhythm/ Letting my true self show/ But nobody knows how it may feel/ To be constantly despaired/ Then finally just saying,...