Self Esteem has shared a sexually charged new single, ’69’ – test it out beneath.
To usher in Valentine’s Day, Self Esteem has dropped the hyper-sexual and political house-influenced monitor because the second preview from her extremely anticipated upcoming album ‘A Difficult Girl’.
’69’ sees Self Esteem – actual title Rebecca Lucy Taylor – price sexual positions, championing the need of communication throughout intercourse, and take a jab on the inequality that ladies face in terms of satisfying males.
The newly launched monitor additionally options drag icon Meatball, who has spoken about the identical themes of their podcast.
Self Esteem sings through the tune’s opening verse and refrain: “Doggy model feels alright, missionary 40 energy burnt for me / Scissoring, I discover that fascinating / Spooning is all the time soothing / The one factor I hate, ‘cos I can’t focus / no I simply can’t abide, yeah I’ve by no means the time, to 69.”
A music video for ’69’ – directed by Piers Dennis – is because of launch in a couple of hours, and sees Taylor talking at an addicts nameless session, slowly breaking out into dance choreography and turning the session into an intense dance occasion, full with purple strobe lights.
Self Esteem mentioned of ’69’ in a press assertion: “I all the time wished to jot down a tune that lists intercourse positions and charges them. Plenty of my music is saying the issues I wrestle to say in actual life. I like the thought of clearly speaking your wants in a single fast, three-minute home tune. It is usually political – girls nonetheless are anticipated to cater to others sexually; I can’t hear one other dialogue about ‘faking it’, it upsets me an excessive amount of! There’s sufficient inequality within the male/ feminine dynamic as it’s. Our our bodies undergo a lot extra ache and struggling, please god allow us to get the pleasure the place we will!”
The tune’s inclusion of drag queen Meatball was icing on the cake for Taylor: “I’d already written the tune after which months later my all-time favorite drag queen Meatball mentioned just about the identical on her podcast Sloppy Seconds, and I knew it needed to make the album!”
Self Esteem is because of launch the 12-track file ‘A Difficult Girl’ on April 25 by way of Polydor – you possibly can pre-order a replica right here. She’s already previewed the follow-up to 2021’s Mercury and BRIT-nominated ‘Prioritise Pleasure’ with the one ‘Focus Is Energy’, launched final month.
In response to a press launch, Self Esteem’s ‘A Difficult Girl’ album is about taking again management of your individual life – all whereas exposing the surplus and extra labour that ladies are anticipated to undertake. It’ll embody appearances by Moonchild Sanelly, Nadine Shah and Life With out Buildings‘ Sue Tompkins.
Self Esteem has additionally introduced a stay “theatrical presentation” of the album forward of its launch. The brand-new intimate present from Taylor – titled ‘A Difficult Girl Dwell’ – might be coming to the Duke Of York’s Theatre in London this spring. A restricted run of 5 exhibits has been scheduled for April 16, 17, 18 and 19 – with the latter date that includes two performances. All exhibits at the moment are bought out.
Again in 2021, Self Esteem was featured on the cowl of NME, the place she spoke about her final album ‘Prioritise Pleasure’. “I’ve executed years of remedy, executed loads of work on myself, and skim each fucking e book you possibly can fucking examine it, and it comes again all the way down to true self-acceptance and self-love,” she mentioned, talking in regards to the internal work she has executed to have the ability to make music in the way in which she desires to.
“It’s the reply to every thing, nevertheless it’s nonetheless one thing that you just’re meant to not do. I am going down this highway so much, and I get fairly upset. However then I believe, no – simply maintain in my little a part of the world, my group, accepting myself, loving myself, after which make my little foolish songs and do my little foolish dances. And if somebody can be taught from that and go it ahead, a minimum of I’m doing one thing?”
