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"Am I a Girl?" is a song by Poppy and the title track from her second studio album Am I a Girl?. It is the twelfth track on the album.
Background[]
In an interview with Heard Well, Poppy had confirmed that "Am I a Girl?" would be an album, a song and a tour.[1]
Theme[]
"Am I a Girl?" is based on a time in Poppy's life when she was questioning her identity, showing signs of androgyny and gender fluidity. In a 2018 interview with Nylon, she stated "some days I feel like a boy, some days I feel like a girl, so I haven't figured it out yet".[2] However, she would later clarify in an interview with Flaunt that she is a girl, but "[believes] that everyone should be able to identify with whatever they choose".[3]
The song also discusses gender dysphoria, a condition in which a person experiences distress due to their assigned sex not matching their gender identity. Poppy describes people calling her a binary pronoun as a trigger to her dysphoria.
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
I want to be a girl
In all the normal ways
Pose for a photograph
Put on my pretty face
Thank God I'm not a boy
I'd always have to pay
Pretend that I was strong
And never got afraid
[Pre-Chorus]
Please don't complicate me
I don't understand
Sometimes, I'm feminine
Sometimes, I'm masculine
Don't evaluate me as woman or man
It's keeping me awake
Can't differentiate a
[Chorus]
Girl
Am I a girl?
Am I a boy?
What does that even mean?
I'm somewhere in between
[Verse 2]
Sometimes, I have these thoughts
They leave me all confused
It gets so hard for me
Oh, is it hard for you?
And all these blurry lines
Get crossed inside my head
When I said, "Take me home"
That wasn't what I meant
[Pre-Chorus]
Please don't complicate me
I don't understand
Sometimes, I'm feminine
Sometimes, I'm masculine
Don't evaluate me as woman or man
It's keeping me awake
Can't differentiate a
[Chorus]
Girl
Am I a girl?
Am I a boy?
What does that even mean?
I'm somewhere in between
[Post-Chorus]
Am I a girl?
Am I a boy?
Am I a girl?
Am I a boy?
Am I a girl?
[Bridge]
I want to be a girl
I want to be a girl (Am I a girl?)
I want to be a girl
I want to be a girl (Am I a girl?)
[Pre-Chorus]
Please don't complicate me
I don't understand
Sometimes, I'm feminine
Sometimes, I'm masculine
Don't evaluate me as woman or man
It's keeping me awake
Can't differentiate a
[Chorus]
Girl
Am I a girl?
Am I a boy?
What does that even mean?
I'm somewhere in between
[Post-Chorus]
Am I a girl?
Am I a boy?
Am I a girl?
Am I a boy?
Am I a girl?
Audio[]
Poppy - Am I A Girl?
Trivia[]
- The YouTube audio was originally titled "12 Poppy Am I A Girl", as this was how it appeared as a YouTube notification.
- Poppy has confirmed that this was the first song written for Am I a Girl?.[4]
- On November 25th, 2018, Poppy tweeted out "Am I A Girl (stripped)", hinting at at either a stripped version of the song or the album of the same name. However, this never materialized.[5]
- The song was originally written as an acoustic ballad.[6]
References[]
- ↑ https://castbox.fm/episode/EXTRA:-Poppy-How-I-Took-Over-The-Internet-id1219234-id85236837
- ↑ https://www.nylon.com/articles/poppy-am-i-a-girl-interview
- ↑ https://flaunt.com/content/poppy
- ↑ https://twitter.com/poppyupdate/status/1060570531500617730
- ↑
- ↑ https://play.acast.com/s/someonewhoisntme/32cc5865-f7bd-48db-ab31-99f1e8a047ad
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