Sick - Laura Jinn

What this video is

Released in October 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, 'Sick' by Laura Jinn carries extraordinary contextual irony — a track about the dual meaning of 'sick' (slang for 'cool' versus literal illness) written in 2019 but finalized under quarantine in Brooklyn. The song emerged from a broader examination of how society pathologizes marginalized people, particularly women, and the word's loaded social…

Why it matters

The track represents a micro-label, self-produced entry point into the 2020 hyperpop-adjacent, electropop underground — bridging emo, riot grrrl, synth-pop, and hardstyle influences into a DIY 'absurdist goth pop' sound. As a pandemic-era debut single released without major label infrastructure,…