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"Am I a Girl?"
Song by Poppy

General information

Album

Am I a Girl?

Released

October 31st, 2018

Recorded

2017

Genre

Dance-rock

Length

3:37

Writer(s)

Poppy
Titanic Sinclair
Simon Wilcox

Producer(s)

Titanic Sinclair
Zakk Cervini

Label

Mad Decent / I'm Poppy Records

*Am I a Girl?* tracklist
Previous	Current	Next
"Interlude 2"	"Am I a Girl?"	"Play Destroy"

"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 about Poppy questioning her identity, showing signs of androgyny and gender fluidity. Poppy expresses that she is confused about her gender, saying that she sometimes feels feminine or masculine, and that she does not want to be called a male or a female. Despite this, she seems to want to be a girl.

The song also discusses gender dysphoria, a condition in which a person experiences distress due to their assigned sex not matching their gender identity. The condition usually causes a person anxiety about their body; Poppy describes people misgendering her as a trigger to her dysphoria, as it causes her to stay awake at night.

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? — 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?.^[2]
The song was originally written as an acoustic ballad.^[3]

References

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[1] ttps://castbox.fm/episode/EXTRA:-Poppy-How-I-Took-Over-The-Internet-id1219234-id85236837

[2] ttps://twitter.com/poppyupdate/status/1060570531500617730

[3] ttps://play.acast.com/s/someonewhoisntme/32cc5865-f7bd-48db-ab31-99f1e8a047ad

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-{{Similar|the song|[[Am I A Girl?|the album]] of the same name}}
+{{Similar|the song|[[Am I a Girl?|the album]] of the same name}}
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+{{AlbumSong|song = Am I a Girl?|artist = [[Poppy]]|image = AIAGHQ.jpeg|album = [[Am I a Girl?]]|release_date = October 31st, 2018|recorded = 2017|genre = Dance-rock|length = 3:37|writer(s) = Poppy<br>[[Titanic Sinclair]]<br>[[Simon Wilcox]]|producer(s) = Titanic Sinclair<br>[[Zakk Cervini]]|label = [[Mad Decent]] / [[I'm Poppy Records]]|previousAlbum = Interlude 2|nextAlbum = Play Destroy}}
-"'''Am I A Girl?'''" is a song by [[Poppy]] and the title track from her album "''[[Am I A Girl?]]''". It is the eleventh track on the album.
+"'''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 [[Castbox.fm]]<ref>https://castbox.fm/episode/EXTRA:-Poppy-How-I-Took-Over-The-Internet-id1219234-id85236837</ref>, Poppy had confirmed that "''Am I A Girl?''" would be an album, a song and a tour.
+In an interview with Heard Well, Poppy had confirmed that "Am I a Girl?" would be an album, a song and a tour.<ref>https://castbox.fm/episode/EXTRA:-Poppy-How-I-Took-Over-The-Internet-id1219234-id85236837</ref>
 == Theme ==
-"''Am I A Girl?''" is about Poppy questioning her identity, showing signs of androgyny and gender fluidity. Poppy expresses that she is confused about her gender, saying that she sometimes feels feminine or masculine, and that she does not want to be called a male or a female. Despite this, she seems to want to be a girl.
+"Am I a Girl?" is about Poppy questioning her identity, showing signs of androgyny and gender fluidity. Poppy expresses that she is confused about her gender, saying that she sometimes feels feminine or masculine, and that she does not want to be called a male or a female. Despite this, she seems to want to be a girl.
 The song also discusses gender dysphoria, a condition in which a person experiences distress due to their assigned sex not matching their gender identity. The condition usually causes a person anxiety about their body; Poppy describes people misgendering her as a trigger to her dysphoria, as it causes her to stay awake at night.
@@ Line 30: / Line 30: @@
 Don't evaluate me as woman or man
 It's keeping me awake
+Can't differentiate a
-You're differentiating a
 '''[Chorus]'''
@@ Line 41: / Line 41: @@
 '''[Verse 2]'''
 Sometimes I have these thoughts
-Believe me, I'm confused
+They leave me all confused
-It gets so hard to me
+It gets so hard for me
 Oh, is it hard for you?
 And all these blurry lines
 Get crossed inside my head
-When I say take me home
+When I said, "Take me home"
 That wasn't what I meant
@@ Line 56: / Line 56: @@
 Don't evaluate me as woman or man
 It's keeping me awake
+Can't differentiate a
-You're differentiating a
 '''[Chorus]'''
@@ Line 74: / Line 74: @@
 '''[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
+I want to be a girl (Am I a girl?)
 '''[Pre-Chorus]'''
@@ Line 100: / Line 101: @@
 Am I a girl?
 </poem>}}
+== Audio ==
+[[File:Poppy - Am I A Girl?|center|thumb|330x330px]]
+== 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?''.<ref>https://twitter.com/poppyupdate/status/1060570531500617730</ref>
+* The song was originally written as an acoustic ballad.<ref>https://play.acast.com/s/someonewhoisntme/32cc5865-f7bd-48db-ab31-99f1e8a047ad</ref>
 == References ==
 <references />
-{{Discography}}
+== Navigation ==
-[[Category:2017]]
+{{AIAGDisc}}
-[[Category:2018]]
 [[Category:Songs]]
-[[Category:Am I A Girl?]]
+[[Category:Am I a Girl?]]
+[[Category:2018]]
 [[Category:Discography]]
 [[Category:Originals]]

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