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Singer's Emotional Song List: Tears, Love, and Unbearable Rapper
15 Mar
Summary
- Singer finds Le Tigre's 'Deceptacon' life-changing with its angry, feminine sound.
- Fontaines DC's 'A Hero's Death' evokes deep emotion due to its connection to her father.
- She once loved Kanye West's 'Black Skinhead' but now finds him unbearable.
The singer, known for her work with Savages, reveals the deep personal significance of various songs throughout her life. A formative experience was discovering Le Tigre's 'Deceptacon' in 1999, a track that profoundly impacted her with its 'angry and feminine' energy. She recalls playing David Bowie's 'Dollar Days' recently at the British Library for an album anniversary.
Emotional resonance defines her relationship with Fontaines DC's 'A Hero's Death.' This song holds immense personal value as she played it for her father during a period of illness, making it too difficult to listen to now. Conversely, she admits to secretly liking Kanye West's 'Black Skinhead' from the past, but can no longer publicly endorse it due to his later political statements and views, finding him unbearable.
Her musical taste spans diverse genres, from the party-starting punk electronic sound of her friends Sextile to the cathartic post-hardcore of Chastity. For more solemn moments, she finds solace in Talk Talk's 'Eden' for her funeral and the emotional depth of Oliver Leith's opera about Kurt Cobain for moments that evoke tears.
