What a Girl Is

"What A Girl Is" is a charity single performed by Denisea Wilson, Achal Prakash and Nausheen Ali, the three female leads in the 20th Century Fox production 5:13. It was released six months before the film was screened in cinemas. The song was was recorded during the film's production and was part of Fox's anti-bullying initiative. The song as well as its music video was released in February 2015.

Theme
The song encourages young girls and women to love and accept themselves and ignore society's beauty standards.

Music Video
The music video for "What A Girl Is" was released in February 2015 featuring the girls along with female students from Burbank High School. Wilson and Prakash strut down the street recruiting girls to join them, and using spray paint they paint inspiring messages all over the school and the school's exterior. They eventually recruit Ali and head to the street for a belt out of the final chorus.

Trivia

 * This is considered to be Nausheen's first proper song as a solo artist, meaning that it was the first song she was featured on that didn't involve or include any members of her former girl group WE5WOMEN.