Billie Eilish is the latest singer to write frankly about sex between women – without it being titillation for men. Artists from King Princess to Girli explain why it’s taken so long
Billie Eilish is the latest artist to sing frankly about sex between women – without it being titillation for men. Artists from King Princess to Girli explain why it’s taken so long
“I love that we’re having a lesbian pop renaissance”, says Australian pop star Peach PRC, real name Shaylee Curnow. “Lesbian pop was always more singer-songwriter” – the likes of Indigo Girls, kd lang, Joan Armatrading and Tegan & Sara. “I enjoy that music, but I also want to shake my arse in the club to a song about girls.
King Princess, AKA Mikaela Straus, released that song in 2018, “a different landscape” to today – “not a lot of chicks were talking about pussy”. She recalls being “shy” ahead of the single’s release, fearing that people would deem it inappropriate: “But I felt like it was a beautiful song, talking about somebody you love, and how bomb their pussy is.
Bain’s indie-pop song Touching Yourself is about longing, sexting and masturbation . She says such explicit songs do not only apply to queer relationships – “There’s nothing gay about being erotic; love and sex is universal” – but she’s unbothered if she alienates audiences outside the LGBTQ+ fanbase: “I hope I’ve put myself in a queer box!”
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