Kim Gordon says she’s “probably not a fan of Taylor Swift”
Kim Gordon has mentioned she’s “probably not a fan of Taylor Swift“.
The Sonic Youth singer and bassist launched her solo album ‘The Collective‘ in March this 12 months, and is because of carry out at Quantity Pageant on the Artwork Gallery of New South Wales on July 18 and 19.
Talking to The Guardian in a brand new interview, Gordon was requested her most controversial popular culture opinion.
“I don’t know if it’s controversial however I’m probably not a fan of Taylor Swift,” she replied. “I couldn’t inform you what her music appeared like, really.” As a substitute, Gordon mentioned she most popular “pop icons” like Billie Eilish.
Gordon just lately launched her disorienting new single ‘ECRP’ in June to coincide with the beginning of her European tour for ‘The Collective’.
In a four-star overview of ‘The Collective’, NME wrote: “Right here the 70-year-old balances her lower than industrial sensibilities with crunchily on-trend manufacturing and relatable lyrics about rotten capitalism and fragile masculinity – if these sound like themes she explored throughout Sonic Youth’s ‘90s heyday, it solely goes to indicate how little has modified.
“Not all of those experiments fairly come off: the economic clang of ‘It’s Darkish Inside’, on which she drawls, “they don’t train clit in class / Like do Lit”, veers near ‘Yeezus’ parody. It’s notable, although, how up to date her distorted art-punk sounds, given the continued grunge resurgence and the truth that Olivia Rodrigo’s taking The Breeders on tour this 12 months. Regardless of her new album’s title, right here is an icon who’s spent greater than 4 many years making really particular person artwork.”
‘The Collective’ was additionally named as among the finest albums of 2024 to this point, described in a nutshell as “a clangorous, chopping experiment with entice beats and abrasive noise”.
Gordon’s second solo album options singles corresponding to ‘Psychedelic Orgasm’, ‘I’m A Man’ and ‘BYE BYE’. It follows Gordon’s 2019 debut solo album ‘No Residence Report’.