An Ode to Girl Power: New Orleans' Artist Boyfriend Announces Debut Album Sugar & Spice
From the gender wage gap to
the pink tax and all the way down to plain and simple unequal treatment, the
modern woman has a slew of grievances with "ordinary" societal standards of today.
With this kind of nonsense bogging up the lives of your average 21st
century women, a loud and proud female voice to shake up gender roles and fight
the patriarchy has never been more of a necessity. Thankfully, New
Orleans' musician, Boyfriend might just hold that empowering feminine quality
we're in search of, and the female musician has announced her
debut album, Sugar & Spice, to come out this September 9. Look out,
ladies. This could possibly be our long-awaited ode to girl power.
Boyfriend's Sugar & Spice and the Title Track as a Realistic Feminist Voice
With an ever-growing musical
repertoire featuring an array of singles and EPs with deep-hitting bassy beats
and lyrics tailored to your inner feminist, Boyfriend's upcoming album, Sugar
& Spice, is promised to give the girls the power we deserve. Luckily
enough, we don't have to wait to at least get a taste of what Boyfriend is serving
up. The album's title track, featuring T-pop icon, Pyra, is out now, and you
can listen to it on all
major streaming platforms. Opening with an echoing drum beat and layering with notes
of hip-hop and rap, "The title track pokes fun at the still-prevailing
mythology of the feminine mystique using nursery-rhyme cadence" says Boyfriend.
With the release of Sugar
& Spice, the female singer hopes to hit home against the blatant exploitation
of the feminist voice for consumeristic purposes. She explains, "With girl
power commercial campaigns and media trends, 'feminism' can be flattened into a
marketing scheme… seeing an empowered woman in a tampon commercial or an
all-female Ghostbusters cast does not an equal world make. Representation of
course matters, but all of these representations are ultimately on behalf of
consumerism and can mask the reality of women's rights day to day." The
upcoming album calls out these media tactics that pacify the feminist voice by
providing a more realistic representation of women's equality and rights in
their everyday lives, as can already be heard in the title track, "Sugar &
Spice."
The rest of the album is
sure to follow this theme of a down-to-earth feminist commentary this coming September.
Upcoming tracks will feature dynamic collaborations with some of Boyfriend's favorite
femme powerhouses of the music industry, including New Orleans' bounce movement
icon, Big Freedia, garage rock-esque Death Valley Girls, and TikTok famous Bailey
Flores, among many others. With some big-name production on board and the next
track, "Dance with the Devil (Feat. Pussy Riot)" scheduled for release later
this month, the voice of girl power is ready to get a whole lot louder.
Boyfriend: A One-of-a-Kind Musician and Performer
Debuting her stage name
Boyfriend back in 2012, the New Orleans-based artist has been doling out radical
rhymes for almost a decade now and accruing much-deserved praise from around the
world. Boyfriend's music provides a provocative lyrical commentary that gives
the power back to the women, touching on societal themes such as the
patriarchy, gender roles, sexism, and body positivity. Her powerful feminine
prowess doesn't just stop with radical lyrics and what Rolling Stone has
coined as "high concept booty bass." Boyfriend offers a one-of-a-kind live performance
experience, flaunting iconic vibrantly colored hair curlers, vintage lingerie,
and trademark glasses each time she takes the stage. To learn more about
Boyfriend and her music, be sure to check out her website and tune in to Sugar
& Spice this September 9. The voice of girl power is sure to get
louder, prouder, and a whole lot sweeter.
