Adding to their current discography of unapologetic and politically aware music, Softcult once again tackle unpleasant yet contemporary themes in their new single, BWBB.

Following their empowering and formidable recent releases Spit It Out and House Of Mirrors, the Canadian duo Softcult return with their impactful new single BWBB, which is accompanied by equally powerful visuals. Due for release on 8th February 2022, the potent pair also announce their forthcoming EP Year Of The Snake, of which BWBB is the first single from.

On a bed of shredding guitar riffs and intense drums, passionate vocals emphasise misogynistic injustices and outline the danger in the ‘boys will be boys’ ideology, which detaches men from responsibility for their harmful actions. With resonant lyrics such as “boys will be boys but these boys aren’t men, and these girls didn’t ask to be touched by them”, BWBB is a compelling female reclamation of power which openly defies gender-based injustice.

Opening with the powerful rhetorical question “have you ever been afraid to walk alone at night?”, the music video for BWBB features the balaclava-adorned Softcult sisters protecting themselves with baseball bats, emphasising the fearful reality and lived experience of women and femme people. Closing with another commanding statement referring to the disturbing prevalence of victim-blaming, the visuals end with the words “it’s not ‘where she was’, it’s not ‘how she dressed’.”

Speaking on the track, Softcult explain:

We wrote ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ about gender violence and the double standard, hypocrisy and dissonance of the ‘bro code’. Covering up for your buddies after they’ve assaulted someone creates a dangerous environment, especially for women. All of us need to be allies in this fight against gender violence and hold our circles accountable. The line “if there’s one in your company, I wonder when they’re gonna come for me” sums it up pretty well.

Essentially a musical manifesto against the misogyny and sexism which women and femme people experience in a significantly male-dominated industry and world, Softcult’s sound is refreshingly forthright and purposefully inciting social change.