Taylor Momsen looking slightly cleaner then usual but still with WAY TOO MUCH eyeliner on the September cover of Teen Vogue. The 16-year-old singer-actress has glammed up her wardrobe (on the cover, she wears a Burberry trench, a Topshop shirt and a DKNY skirt).

We are all so used to seeing Taylor as Jenny on GG but now she has giving us a sneak peek at her real self and her band The Pretty Reckless. Taylor says music has always been her first passion and recorded almost all of her freshman album before signing with Interscope Records. “I wanted to have it all done so I could say, ‘Here’s who I am, either you like it or you don’t.’”

In her interview Taylor talks about dating boys her age and how she almost became Hannah Montana… Weird. Anyways at 16 this girl has already made a huge life change so I cant wait to read about it, this chic intrigues me.

• On being mature for her age: “I live a very adult life: I have two different careers; I’m on tour. What am I going to do, hang out with the high school kids? I just can’t relate to what they talk about—it seems so petty … My parents know that I’m not going to date someone who’s sixteen. Boys are so much less mature than girls as it is; there’s just no way— I would eat a boy my age alive.”
• On her rock-n-roll look and sound: “I had long, pretty hair, and it didn’t fit me. I’m pretty, but I’m not, like, a “pretty girl.” So I pulled up a bunch of photos of Joan Jett and said, “Do that to my hair.” There was a distinct change in my wardrobe, too, and I know people were a little, um, taken aback. But it wasn’t me that changed—it was just that I decided to start being myself. Now I do my own makeup, my own hair, and dress myself, and it feels better … I would never want to do something in music that isn’t representing me—I’d feel like I was faking myself. I wanted to have it all done so I could say, “Here’s who I am, either you like it or you don’t.”
• On whether she’s relieved she didn’t get chosen for Hannah Montana after being a finalist: “I think it’s a great opportunity for Miley, but yeah, I guess I am relieved. If I had gotten the part, it would be a very different show. It wouldn’t have worked for me. I push back.”