I fucking flip that bird fucking all day long. My fingers are exhausted. […] I’m constantly having a running narrative in the car when I’m by myself driving. I mean, boy, you can learn so much about human nature just by driving around Los Angeles in your car. It is fucking depressing and terrifying.

—Shirley Manson, via The New Cue

I was inspired by Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit, and this idea of suddenly being aware that a lot of the time, when you’re choosing to engage with men about certain subjects, they automatically assume that you know nothing and that they are the ones who know everything. I was also inspired by hanging out with Liz Phair and feeling a little taken over by her spirit. I wanted to sing a song like she does, where she always picks a really low register in her voice. It’s an acerbic look at the male ego and how women often choose, myself included, to form ourselves around this ego in the room in order to keep the peace and not have an angry man. We make these little compromises on the surface, but behind our eyes, there’s a whole other perception of what’s going down.

—via Apple Music