{"id":22858,"date":"2018-03-30T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/?p=22858"},"modified":"2018-08-09T17:04:31","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T21:04:31","slug":"premiere-emily-blue-cellophane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/premiere-emily-blue-cellophane\/","title":{"rendered":"PREMIERE: Emily Blue Unwraps Heteronormative Romance in “Cellophane”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former frontwoman of Chicago\u00a0math rock outfit\u00a0Tara Terra<\/a>\u00a0Emily Blue has added to her arsenal of patriarchy-dismantling sugar pop with her latest single, \u201cCellophane.\u201d Following the suit of her 2016 solo record, <\/span>Another Angry Woman<\/span><\/i><\/a>, <\/span><\/i>\u201cCellophane\u201d urges listeners to challenge the way they think about societal norms. Disguised as an irresistibly catchy banger, the song is both a critique of possessive relationship dynamics as well as a reflection on Blue\u2019s habit of preferring fantasy over reality when it comes to love. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis song is about my tendency to get really excited for the idea of a relationship, then, once I\u2019m in it, realize it\u2019s not the fantasy I built about this person,\u201d says Blue. Blue\u2019s sentiment is relatable to pretty much anyone who has been in a relationship long enough to find out their partner\u2019s flaws, whether it\u2019s leaving a dish in the sink for two weeks or actually enjoying T<\/em><\/span>he Big Bang Theory<\/span><\/i>. Once the proverbial new shine has worn away, you can\u2019t help but look back on the golden days when you thought that person was perfect. In Blue\u2019s case, that was before her partner started treating her like a possession – a little more severe than poor taste in television.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t you wish everything was still like it was back then \/ When I could call you anything I wanted to, my lover and my friend \/ And you would not possess me \/ when you would undress me,\u201d Blue sings in the opening lines of \u201cCellophane.\u201d Blue explains that the line refers mainly to male\/female relationships. \u201cEspecially in heterosexual relationships, there\u2019s this sense of ownership over your female partner, and this song is critical of that.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

However, the song\u2019s disquieting subject matter doesn\u2019t stop it from being incredibly danceable. Blue and co-producer <\/span>Max Perenchio pulled inspiration from the King of Pop himself for the song\u2019s infectious drumbeat and topped it with layers of bubbly synths and Blue\u2019s salient vocals. Following in the steps of female pop transgressors like St. Vincent and F.K.A. Twigs, Blue proves that smart, thought-provoking music and party anthems don\u2019t have to be mutually exclusive. <\/span><\/p>\n

Although Blue\u2019s upcoming EP is comprised entirely of songs about\u00a0love and sex, Blue says \u201csome of them are really quirky and almost parodies of types of love songs you would hear. Others are a bit more close to home.\u201d With \u201cCellophane\u201d as a strong introduction, Blue\u2019s upcoming release is sure to be an arresting addition to the current school of female power pop.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPeople think pop is lazy as a genre but it\u2019s a science to me,\u201d says Blue. \u201cI really love flipping the script, because that\u2019s when you come up with something really new and fresh.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Listen to \u201cCellophane\u201d below.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/emilybluemusic\/cellophane-1\/s-qmgpE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former frontwoman of Chicago\u00a0math rock outfit\u00a0Tara Terra\u00a0Emily Blue has added to her arsenal of patriarchy-dismantling sugar pop with her latest single, \u201cCellophane.\u201d Following the suit of her 2016 solo record, Another Angry Woman, \u201cCellophane\u201d urges listeners to challenge the way they think about societal norms. Disguised as an irresistibly catchy banger, the song is both […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":22860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[573,567],"tags":[7490,7492,1160,1662,7503],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Emily-Promo-Photo-2-copy-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22858"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22858"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22891,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22858\/revisions\/22891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}