Scene Queen is back with a new track titled “18+”. You can check that out below.
On the new single, Scene Queen says: “A portion of the proceeds from this song will be given to RAINN in solidarity with survivors. I wrote “18+” to be controversial and I hope that’s what I’ve achieved. When I wrote the song I made it my mission to make something that sounds like an intense personal call out but also broad enough that it covers an entire epidemic within the scene. Having people arguing over which band I might be upset with, arguing over security measures taking place in the scene, or even arguing whether the lyrics are good or just borderline unsettling is the exact point of the song: to get people talking about what we’ve refused to talk about in the scene the last ten years.
“When I left the scene around 2015, because it no longer felt like a safe space for women, I swore that if I ever came back I would make it my mission to set fires until it was safe. I alluded to this heavily on Bimbocore Vol. 2 with my song “The Rapture (but it’s Pink)” featuring Mothica, but “18+” is me finally making the first step into that.
“Predatory behavior is something that has been happening in the scene for years and still happens now. If I waited for the perfect time and the easiest way to start the conversation, I would never get the chance. Since writing this song I’ve been terrified. Will I be harder to book? How many bands will hate me? Etc. but I realized this exact fear is the reason there’s not many songs like this. And it’s the reason it keeps happening. Who better to start the conversation than someone living in the scene rn?”
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