This is about a girl who is a junkie and willing to do anything for publicity. With the sex video reference, it could be about Paris Hilton, although lead singer Scott Weiland wouldn't comment on the song.
UK rocker Tony Newton, bassist of the band Voodoo Six, alleged that Velvet Revolver stole the riff and melody of this song from Newton's own "Cyber Babe," which he wrote for his previous band Dirty Deeds. In August Velvet Revolver agreed to pay Newton 20 percent of all royalties from Contraband and the single dating back to 2004, plus all future royalties on the song. Newton told Rolling Stone magazine the background to his plagiarism case: "A couple of years back, a mate of mine in L.A. called me to say he'd heard what he thought was my song on the radio, and that he had been a bit shocked when he realized it was Velvet Revolver," said Newton. "When I checked it out myself, I genuinely couldn't believe it, because it wasn't as if it was close… it was basically the same riff. Anyway, I called my publishers to check whether they knew anything - which, of course, they didn't - and then basically left it with them. I never really expected to hear any more about it and was as surprised as anyone when I heard that Universal had settled with Velvet Revolver."
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