Don't Call Me Darling

A song for angry asian womxn & LGBTIQA+ , QTIBIPOC, cis BIPOC women & girls – and people of all genders who feel it!

1. I wrote this genre-mutating, trans punk meets Tchaikovsky song because I was sick of cis men calling me darling. I felt dysphoric and like it was a belittlement tax for being read as female. When “attraction” or “interest” disappears as soon as you speak your mind, it's obvious that they weren't expecting you to be a sentient being. 

2. “Don't Call Me Darling” originally had TWO sections but another man called me darling again! So the song grew to FOUR sections.

3. I would so love to see this song used in drag, burlesque and/or covered by another artist.

4. My friend told me she listened to this at the gym!

5. Don’t Call Me Darling was released on 2016 by my former band, Squid & The Krakens.

6. It's 2021 and NO ONE CALLS ME DARLING ANYMORE. Ps. I can sing better now!

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VIDEO DESCRIPTION:

Most of the video is a still illustration of Lychee Hopkins, an angry East-Asian femme with black hair in a bob, just walking down the street (from left to right), wearing a “Leave Me Along” t-shirt, and avoiding tiny slithering sex pests which are about 50 times smaller than her.
At the start of the video, the title appears “Don’t Call Me Darling” in purple courier font.
Then it says: Music & Lyrics by Squid. With no apologies to Tchaikovksy;)
At the end of the video, there are some credits for the video.
The final graphic which appears at the time of the drum crash is an image of the EP this song is from: “The Flying Coffee Machine”.

More about the colours:
The three identical black line drawings of the Lychee Hopkins appear side by side with different backgrounds as follows:
Left = lime green
Centre = lemon yellow
Right = pink/purple

Lychee’s boots are red and the shades are slightly different due to the filter method used to create the different coloured backgrounds.

 
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