The keen reader might remember Queen Anne from an article we published last year, praising ‘Lexi Loves Me’ as “exploding into a blissfully cinematic pop triumph, echoing a Lana Del Rey on her best day”. We stand by our words; a glance at the Los Angeles-based outfit’s subsequent single ‘Watch Me Win It’ confirms our suspicion, albeit with heightened kinetic charge and a more grounded rhythmic aura. ‘Baby Girl (likes to lie)’ delivers a hybrid between the two instead.
Marking Queen Anne’s latest offering, ‘Baby Girl (likes to lie)’ continues the project’s cinematic spell, taking refuge in a strikingly melodramatic and brooding character, although there’s a lot of playfulness and quirkiness in it. It’s the perfect song for Katie Silverman, Queen Anne’s head honcho. A gifted singer and songwriter, as well as an experienced actor, the young creative crowns the single with her luscious and malleable vocals, which, as always, leave a lasting impression on all of us.
Delving deeper into the witty and playful lyrical ethos that propels the record, Silverman explains: “The most important thing to know about ‘baby girl’ is that the lyrics aren’t literally true. I actually hate lying, and my mother knows everything about me. The most challenging part of the process was honestly naming the song. No song, to my knowledge, has ever gone through so many iterations, maybe ever. Ultimately, we picked “baby girl (likes to lie)” because nobody was strongly in favour of it, and sometimes, in art, it’s important for everyone to be a little bit upset with the outcome.”
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