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That's Livvy alright

  • February 15, 2010
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They say you should never judge a book by its cover and the same, sometimes, goes for songs. Well, meet Livvy.

Livvy is proof that in some cir­cum­stances, presented only with a cover, it actually is quite possible to get a fairly good feel of things. We got an email from Livvy over the weekend. It's one of those emails you finish reading with a sense that the only positive outcome will be if it turns out to be a viral.

Here's how her biog starts.

"Offensive", "vapid", "frothy", "bubblegum", "out­rageous", "morally bankrupt" and "undeni­ably infec­tious"… these are just some of the words that have been used to describe "Jailbait", and the not-yet-legal mind behind it, sixteen year old singer/songwriter, Livvy.

It continues:

Of her debut single, she says, "'Jailbait' is about the role of the underaged, hyper-sexu­al­ized girl in society. That girl who takes half naked photos of herself in the mirror with her camera phone. It's about por­no­graphic ideals infilt­rat­ing our col­lect­ive con­scious­ness — this obsession with youth and beauty. I'm not saying that any of this is wrong, I'm simply stating that it is. This song is me coming to a societal real­iz­a­tion."

Well let's see how this 'societal real­iz­a­tion' makes itself known through the song's lyrics.

Bad things happen when you hear my name

Deny your attrac­tion but I've got no shame

16 will get you 20

Don't even think about it because baby I'm
Not your girl­friend
Not the girl next door
Not your girl­friend

I'll give you just enough then leave you wanting more

Jailbait I'm jailbait

You try to stay away but you can't obey

Oh dear.

Want to hear the song?

[audio:jailbait2010.mp3]


Our favourite thing about the email is that after treating us to a song cel­eb­rat­ing the lighter side of pae­do­philia with a social con­science and lightness of touch that makes Ke$ha seem almost sentient, Livvy leaves us with this splen­didly formal signoff.

Thank you in advance for any con­sid­er­a­tion and for your time, feel free to contact me at your con­veni­ence.

More Livvy at myspace.com/officiallivvymusic.

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