New York-based artist Deadbeat Girl (Val Olson) shares their latest single, ‘Soft’. With a voice that’s unapologetically fierce, Deadbeat Girl finds power in authenticity and vulnerability on this guitar-driven anthem.
“I was once in a relationship where my partner at the time made me feel like I was too soft or not masculine enough. They felt I was “not aggressive enough” or “too emotional”. I feel like a common experience for masculine presenting non-men is the expectation to act within the negative stereotypes of a cis-man in society. Sometimes we are expected to be emotionless, angry, aggressive, and big/strong but that is not what should be expected of anyone. People should be able to be who they are without feeling sorry or explaining themselves.
Deadbeat Girl
Be who you are and don’t let fuckin anyone tell you otherwise! Crying is cool, I promise.”
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