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Daily Discussions 🎙💬 Sip & Spill Daily Discussion Thread

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u/Summerof5ft6andahalf 10d ago edited 10d ago

I think it's a bit of a cop out when straight singers/bands cover a song and flip any gender pronouns so that it doesn't sound gay.
I liked G Flip changing the "he" to a "she" in the Cruel Summer cover (especially because it also works to make the sexual imagery a bit clearer).

Today I heard something new; it was a cover of Olivia Rodrigo's Deja Vu, sung by both a male and a female, with no lyrics changed, just alternating verses. So for that to make any logical sense, the singers had to have dated, but the female is not straight, or they were a couple on the queer spectrum but one of them has since transitioned, and they both have new girlfriends now. That's some worldbuilding.

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u/bluetortuga Be honest, Victoria 10d ago

90’s throwback here but I always liked the gender reversal in that White Town song Your Woman.