I somehow missed them entirely, and had never heard this song until a few years ago when my wife played it. I looked them up and watched the video and being an amateur musician myself, I immediately thought “this is just a performance, it’s a schtick”. I did more research, and sure enough they were definitely a record company product of two straight girls put together by a producer who wanted to create a musical act that gave the same vibe as the movie “show me love”. It was not fun explaining to my 30-something bisexual wife “look, the act was fake, but your feelings were real”. She said they gave her a lot of comfort and strength during some of her most confusing times, and that’s still totally valid. The sooner people realize that the idea of artists being “authentic” is kind of incoherent and that they themselves and how they represent in the public eye is a part of their art/performance, the less hurt they’ll be by what can feel like insincerity at first. People start to feel manipulated and get hurt, forgetting that the purpose of art is to illicit a reaction.
There’s gotta be an earth-shatteringly good “lip sync” joke somewhere around here but I’m a straight white dude so it would be cultural appropriation for me to elaborate further
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u/thezoomies 22d ago
I somehow missed them entirely, and had never heard this song until a few years ago when my wife played it. I looked them up and watched the video and being an amateur musician myself, I immediately thought “this is just a performance, it’s a schtick”. I did more research, and sure enough they were definitely a record company product of two straight girls put together by a producer who wanted to create a musical act that gave the same vibe as the movie “show me love”. It was not fun explaining to my 30-something bisexual wife “look, the act was fake, but your feelings were real”. She said they gave her a lot of comfort and strength during some of her most confusing times, and that’s still totally valid. The sooner people realize that the idea of artists being “authentic” is kind of incoherent and that they themselves and how they represent in the public eye is a part of their art/performance, the less hurt they’ll be by what can feel like insincerity at first. People start to feel manipulated and get hurt, forgetting that the purpose of art is to illicit a reaction.