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LP Giobbi‘s debut single “Amber Rose” first saw light as a poem dedicated to the bravery owned by Amber Rose (Kanye West’s ex-girlfriend). Hermixalot developed LP Gobbi after a chance meeting with Tucker Halpren and Sophie Hayley-Weld from SOFI TUKKER (iPhone X ad soundtrack). They put together Animal Talk Records as a collective of like-minded artists striving to be a positive community.
Debut single “Amber Rose” by LP Giobbi is out now via Animal Talk Records.
Co-produced with Computo and Tucker from SOFI TUKKER. “Amber Rose” is the quintessential anthem with a devastating house beat, sprinkled with addictive horns and the empowering lyrics of Hermixalot’s poem written back in 2008: “I Amber Rose on these hoes”. The track is a sure summer hit and accurate representation of our times where LP Giobbi manages to “reach the enlightenment afforded by a clusterfuck of inclusivity.” Among her wide-ranging skillsets, Hermixalot displays tons of charisma, spunk, fearlessness, DJ decks, blacks and whites, DAW systems, fields of sci-fi synthesizers, sequins, feathers and leopard prints. And she is not afraid to use them.
Hermixalot on the poem about Amber Rose she kept coming back to:
[separator type=”thick”]I wrote a poem about Amber Rose when she first came into the public consciousness as Kanye West’s girlfriend in 2008. It was just when blog culture was emerging, and I was struck by the media’s portrayal of her—she was alternately dehumanized and slut-shamed for her history as an exotic dancer and completely silenced and stripped of her agency as a famous man’s companion and nothing else. Ten years later, my best friend asked me to lay something down for a track, and I kept coming back to that poem. Amber had, in the last decade, completely reclaimed her narrative. She was a feminist icon because of her Slutwalk initiative, she was an outspoken critic of the lack of intersectionality in MSM feminism, and she was a thriving CEO and mother. So, the song for me is about reclaiming the world’s gaze, which is especially important in this moment in time when women of colour, sex workers, queers refuse to be silent anymore in the face of oppression. “I Amber Rose on these hoes” is an encouragement to send a “fuck you” to anyone who doubts your agency or tries to put you into a specific box that makes them comfortable while ignoring your humanity and your power. I don’t think I would’ve laid down this track for a male producer, because the message would’ve been lost. The fact that I—a Black, queer, woman—was able to team up with LP—a white, cis-, straight woman—and make an anthem about empowering the “others” of society reiterates the importance of representation, which brings the message of the song full circle.
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