Think of the film Midsommar when Dani (Florence Pugh) watches her shitty boyfriend get burnt alive at a flower-filled pagan festival in Sweden.īut Paloma is hesitant to embrace it. “Female rage” is a term that’s widely been attached to Paloma’s track, as well as the increasingly popular genre of music described by some as “witch-pop” or “neofolk” that evokes the notion of empowered women ready for vengeance. Paloma wants it known that while all women carry the weight of unpaid physical and emotional labour, this “goes so much deeper for women of colour, trans women and disabled women.” In her video, describes misogyny in Desi culture, which she says involves being “a slave for her in-laws” and “accepting the abuse is better than being a divorcee”.Īnother user, translated the lyrics into British sign language, with the caption “When words resonate too much”. TikTok user Olivia Kirby uses the soundtrack as she uses the aps filters to warp her body to show different “beauty standards throughout the decades”. “I’m not at the centre of this song anymore,” Paloma says, gratefully. Since writing lyrics in her bedroom as an avenue for her own feelings, Labour has grown into a beast of its own as women from all backgrounds and experiences use it to create videos that describe how the patriarchy has impacted them. Paloma shares the story behind the viral soundtrack to ‘female rage’ #parispaloma #parispalomalabour #labour #emotionallabour #women #domesticlabor #domesticlabour #emotionallabor #labor #singersongwriter #misogyny #femalerage #femaleragetok #feminism #womenoftiktok ♬ original sound – The Big Issue – The Big IssueĪ relatively unknown artist until recently, Paloma has only started releasing songs towards the end of 2020, and had little idea the reach Labour would have.
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