Girl Crush - Blame Girls

Name: Girl Crush - Blame Girls
Uploaded: 2019-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Released on International Women's Day (March 8, 2019) by Swedish/British 'promcore' duo Girl Crush (Ottilia Kjulsten and David Sugar), 'Blame Girls' was written in direct response to the Brett Kavanaugh Senate hearings of late 2018 and the wave of misogynistic online commentary the duo observed across social media platforms and news…

2019 · Late-2010s Independent Electropop (2019) · music video

2019Late-2010s Independent Electropop (2019)Late-2010s feminist electropop / DIY UK-Scandinavian indie scene

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Released on International Women's Day (March 8, 2019) by Swedish/British 'promcore' duo Girl Crush (Ottilia Kjulsten and David Sugar), 'Blame Girls' was written in direct response to the Brett Kavanaugh Senate hearings of late 2018 and the wave of misogynistic online commentary the duo observed across social media platforms and news comment sections. The song and video operate as an ironic, empowerment-forward…

Why it matters

Girl Crush's 'Blame Girls' represents a key artifact of late-2010s UK-Scandinavian electropop microgenre culture, exemplifying the 'promcore' aesthetic the duo self-coined — a fusion of nostalgic synth-pop, dream-pop, and feminist lyrical directness. The track sits at the intersection of…

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