OPINION
ILLUSTRATION BY KELSEY GERMAN
BY JUDE DE LUNA
OUTSTANDING
FEMALE ARTISTS HERE’S MUSIC TO GET YOU THROUGH 2022, FROM THE BEST FEMALE ARTISTS being a cow, Doja Cat has shaken off the title of being a “meme” artist, skyrocketing to fame with her pop R&B/hip hop raps. “Planet Her” is a magical visual project, with Doja Cat exercising full creativity. “Love emotions such as anger and sorrow, to Dream,” a song fantasizing about resonate with the listener. In “fallen a better love, is one of the songs alien,” twigs relates her feelings on amongst this no-skip album. not fitting in with the conventional woman, something that contributed 5. Taylor Swift - “Fearless (Taylor’s to said breakup. version)” [2021] - “Love Story” Throughout the years, Taylor Swift 3. Japanese Breakfast - “Jubilee” has been an artist that people unfortu[2021] - “Paprika” nately love to hate, but she has always The band Japanese Breakfast is worked through the media’s misogyny. headed by Michelle Zauner. AlterAs the ownership of her old songs was native/dream pop album “Jubilee” sold away, she has been rerecording is a poignant celebration of joy after her songs to reclaim what was once Zauner dealt with the grief of losing her lost, starting with “Love Story.” mother to cancer. The album opens with “Paprika,” an ambitious song that 6. Britney Spears - “Oops!... I Did It feels like a dreamy parade, representAgain” [2000] - “Stronger” ing that anguish is not needed to expeBritney Spears is and always will be rience delight. an icon of this millenium. After unfairly forced into a conservatorship, with her 4. Doja Cat - “Planet Her” [2021] father as one of the conservators, she “Love to Dream” rarely had her freedom. However, after First popularly known in 2018 for her her situation was exposed, countless song “MOO!”, where she raps about
There are countless female artists that have changed the music industry. It is impossible to list them all, but here are ten that deserve recognition and praise. 1. Rina Sawayama - “SAWAYAMA” [2020] - “STFU” Born in Britain, Japanese artist Rina Sawayama has always used her music as an outlet for her culture and personal experiences. Her electropop, high-energy songs explore multiple stories personal to her, such as capitalism in the face of climate change, pansexuality, and racism. Heavy/nu metal song “STFU” in the album “SAWAYAMA,” for example, is Sawayama’s expression of rage at others’ casual microaggressions against her as a Japanese woman. 2. FKA twigs - “MAGDALENE” [2019] - “fallen alien” fka twigs writes her songs with care, mixing painful autobiographical anthems and surreal revenge ballads. “MAGDALENE” is twigs’ R&B intimate narrative after an intense public breakup. Her songs, filled with
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