
Songs NSFW: The female artists celebrating cunnilingus
My neck, my back...
[A]s fourth wave feminism infiltrates the music scene, female artists are taking a stance with social taboos – singing more and more songs about mental heath, menstruation, masturbation, sex and simply not giving a fuck.
Self-produced artists like FKA twigs, Grimes and ABRA are paving the way through a male dominated industry. Girl bands of the indie-rock and riot grrrl persuasion (Dream Wife, Skinny Girl Diet, Savages and Warpaint) are playing by their own rules and although this years festivals are undoubtedly lacking in female headliners, there are still plenty of reasons to celebrate the work of female artists.
With so many new empowering female voices writing songs about real life shit, we decided to collate a bunch of tracks that (unlike rapey mainstream pop songs) unashamedly embrace the art of female fellatio. We’ve got you the good, the bad and the dirty…
ABRA – FRUIT
ABRA is the self-proclaimed “Darkwave Duchess” who currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia. With a feature on Archibold Slim’s “STYX” and two EP’s under her belt there is no wonder the DIY singer is currently on everyone’s “one to watch” list. “Fruit” is the bass-heavy, haunting track taken from her first album Rose.
“Come chase the night with me
They say I’m bad, you say it back
But you know you don’t believe that
Eat the fruit that feeds your spirit
On your knees, now baby eat it, eat it.”
SÄLEN – COPPER KISS
Sälen is an electro-pop trio from East London made up of Ellie Kamio, Paul Taylor Wade and Is Tropical’s Simon Milder. Since their debut of “IILWMBF” back in 2015 the band have been working on their trademark sound and incongruously overt lyrics (as can be heard in their track “Copper Kiss”). For those unfamiliar with the term, a quick urban dictionary search will get you in the know.
“Give me your best Copper Kiss
Let’s bite until our lips are split
You kinda look like him
I’ll dress and act like her
Dreamt of fabricated love
…
Pour your metal in my mouth
Lick my lips and taste yourself
Let me roll your blood on my tongue, oh no
Oh no it stained my clothes.”
KAMAIYAH – NXGGAS
Featured alongside Drake in YG’s single “Why You Always Hatin” the female rapper from Oakland, California has released a handful of songs including “How Does It Feel” and the NSFW track “NXGGAS”. “NXGGAS” is probably the most overtly sexual track since Lil Kim’s “How Many Licks”.
“I got a nigga out in Oakland he be ridin’ for me
Gives me head till I’m red then I ride him sleep
Cruise the streets in his jeep to ride of my freak
We don’t tell nobody nothin’ we just lie and we creep
In the same damn rolls still nobody knows nothin’
We be knockin’ boots, lickin’ ass, and we tongue kiss
Hit the back room, come back my dress unzipped
He gon’ zip it back before they notice we be fuckin;
A freak like me and I’m a freak like him
He’s a freak in the sheets, flexible, I bend
When he gets me alone Lord knows I sin
One time then again and again and again, oh.”
FKA TWIGS – TWO WEEKS
FKA Twigs is certainly not one to shy away from producing provocative songs that hold strong feminist statements. Take her confrontational 2015 EP M3LL155X and its 16-minute long audio-visual for example… “Two Weeks” follows in same suit with its erogenous lyrics about female lust and Egyptian goddess-themed music video (the one where FKA Twigs pours milk into the mouth of her doppelgänger).
“Feel your body closing, I can rip it open
Suck me up, I’m healing for the shit you’re dealing
Smoke on your skin to get those pretty eyes rolling
My thighs are apart for when you’re ready to breathe in
Suck me up, I’m healing with all the shit you’re dealing
Motherfucker, get your mouth open, you know you’re mine.”
JAPANESE BREAKFAST – EVERYBODY WANTS TO LOVE YOU
Hailed from Philadelphia, Japanese Breakfast is the pseudo name for Michelle Zauner’s (Little Big League) side project. Her dreamy lo-fi sound and unapologetically blunt lyrics make for some cheeky, kaleidoscopic summer listening.
“Can I get your number?
Can I get you into bed?
When we wake up in the morning
Will you give me lots of head?”
DESTINY FRASQUERI– ORANGE BLOSSOM
You might know Destiny Frasqueri better as Wavey Spice or Princess Nokia, the Afro-Nuyorican hip-hop artist from New York. Her three prosperous EP’s (Metallic Butterfly, Honeysuckle and 1992) assert the sweet sound of female empowerment. “Orange Blossom” taken from her socially conscious and soulful second album Honeysuckle explores love, lust and coming-of-age.
“Orange blossom
Favourite flavour
Hot and Tender and I’m fragrant
You can peel me little sour
I’ve been dripping for an hour
Little juicy how you do me
Made for eating self consuming
…
You’ve been begging for my presence
Orange blossom tastes like lemon
It’s not sugar, it’s all natural
Eat me barely like an apple
You can chew, you can swallow
What I do you gonna follow
Taste me, touch me, know you love me,”
and then there’s always this 2002 classic from Khia…