#dansy

The unapologetic upcoming alternative-pop artist Dansy has been busting down the doors of the music scene since she entered it in 2021, plowing through with groundbreaking singles you’ll be glad you heard before they blew up. As a self-proclaimed “strong, thick, queer woman of colour”, this tour de-force of an artist looks to show you what you’ve been missing out on, and her newest single ‘Bad Actress’ does just that.

Thundering through an alternative-pop angst and undertone of empowered angsty Avril Lavigne-esque pop-punk, ‘Bad Actress’ storms into your eardrums with an all-consuming desire to be heard and truly listened to. Wrapped within the openings of a looping, moody electric guitar riff, ‘Bad Actress’ right away establishes a tenseness on the surface, building up to something you can tell is going to be grand. Gravelly distorted guitar strums soon pound in along with intermittent drum clashes as the staple guitar riff fades out, adding a darker edge to the track’s continuing calm before the storm, all the while Dansy’s strong, self-assured vocals find themselves rightfully taking your full focus. Half pettily, half proudly delivering each line, ‘Bad Actress’ spills from her confident tongue with an ease you can’t help but feel empowered by. The chorus clashes into a euphoric high, rising from these murky undertones into a full-fledged moment of high frictions and a wall of sound determined to break out of the nearing three minute shackles it’s created within. As her vocals leap into a dominant higher range, Dansy really shows off the extent of her commanding singing and how utterly infectious it can become. Between her crazy rhyme schemes and a beat you’ll find yourself dancing and head-banging along with, Dansy has woven a song that’s vigorously exceptional, recreating any expectation of what you’d expect from alternative-pop and bringing her own flair to the table.

The multifaceted lyrical unfolding of ‘Bad Actress’ is one that’ll surely leave you thinking for a long time after pressing play, delving through Dansy’s unwinding streams of consciousness. As she runs through judgements on those who are consistently dishonest and twisting the truth to their own benefit, Dansy explores the way many manipulate those around them and can never accept their faults: ‘I don’t understand why people practice saying things they know deep down never happened.’ Merging these behaviours with Dansy’s own contrasting experiences, she sings ‘I’m a bad actress, I’m terrible at lying’ , finding herself swept up in others’ strings of exploitation and expected to play the part. But her character simply never allows her to follow through with it as lines like ‘there’s always consequences to my actions, consider it a blessing and a curse, call it drama, call it karma, call my bluff’ make it pretty clear that her speaking the truth will always come to fruition. Further continuing ‘my opinion won’t stay hidden’, Dansy makes it clear she’s quite the character, candidly herself regardless of the wreckage it may cause to be so blunt and honest. As people attempt to blur their truth into reality and leave her second-guessing herself, lines like ‘you’re trying to confuse me’ show the deep-rooted strength Dansy bears, trusting herself always and letting no one deter her from the reality she’s lived through. With a lot to unpack inside of ‘Bad Actress’ , there are really many ways you can interpret what is being explored, and that of course makes it all the more fun to listen to.

Check out ‘Bad Actress’ here to appreciate Dansy’s powerful narrative and anthemically loud sound.

Written by: Tatiana Whybrow

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