PLEASE tell me people on tumblr have been keeping up with that wannabe riot grrl band with disney-level "punk" aesthetics that came out of nowhere and people are calling them an industry plant because im so invested in this
ok so basically this band called the tramp stamps dropped a teaser for this song on tiktok that people quickly starting mocking because of the very fetishizing girlboss "i wish i was gay" lyrics and their very vanilla punk look. i'd link the original video but they removed the sound because everyone was making fun of it so here's the music video.
what came into question quickly after was 1) their very "disney" punk aesthetics & corny half-baked "feminist" themes 2) the fact they've only been a thing since november 2021 but somehow already have a website with animated graphics, merchandise, and full music videos 3) the fact none of them looked like this like eight months ago 4) the fact there's a "stan account" on twitter that is absolutely a sock puppet run by one of them
there's so much more that we could go into but that's the major gist of it so far
Wait let’s not forget the best part! The lead singer said the N word multiple times on her old Twitter and is a trump supporter LMAO
HOWWWWW did i know from watching that single music video that this was some dr. luke bullshit
They also did a tiktok challenge that's like "sing along if you know it punk edition" and the LEAD SINGER did not know a my chemical romance song....
Like this isn't me gatekeeping or whatever bc I'm not even that involved in the scene but this is like claiming you're british and then not knowing who the queen is
The MCR part wasn’t even the worst part of that specific video. They didn’t know Bring Me To Life by Evanescence and THEY LITERALLY LISTED AMY LEE AS ONE OF THEIR INFLUENCES. Like they seriously just googled woman punk/alt singers and called it a day 🙄
Ooh, spicy! Trying to be positive here, these are the good takeaways I can muster:
1. Based on the comments on YouTube, they’re trying to profit off of a resurgence in alt rock, which means somewhere out there, there’s an alt rock resurgence!
2. We’ve been so starved of good alt music in the last decade, I think some people were on the brink of accepting Coldplay out of sheer desperation. It’s nice to see we’re finally a comfy enough scene again that we‘re confident DRAGGING someone who doesn’t seem to be in it for the music (or just generally isn’t a great person? Those lyrics are positively on the mad-and-rad-agrro-“punk”-girl rapey end of the spectrum... phew, read your own fucking lyrics guys. Also, 12K dislikes to 2k likes? The internet does not disappoint)
3. Let this be your reminder to support other great new female alt/punk bands. Listen to more from the Regrettes, stream Pinkshift, Pinksuits, Big Joanie, Doll Skin, Pale Waves, Black Honey, Shake Chain, Billy Nomates, The Tuts, Charmpit, Meet Me @ The Alter, Adwaith, Goat Girl; I could go on!