‘I Defy’ is the second single from Dublin singer-songwriter Baba and it’s pro-woman, pro-choice, pro-equality and pro-doing what the hell you feel like as long as you aren’t hurting anybody.
Following on from her gentle debut single Empty Arms, Siobhan Lynch is back and she’s packing a punch in the shape of ‘I Defy’, a fiery pop song that challenges traditional gender roles. ‘I Defy’ is a response to a man in a pub who told Lynch that any woman who has a one night stand ‘is a slut’ and ‘deserves everything she gets’. Shocked that anyone could still think like this, Lynch wrote the chorus on her way home from the pub and by the next day, the rest of the song’s mission statement was complete. Produced by Gavin Glass, there’s a sense of well-timed urgency to ‘I Defy’. Using religious imagery and poetic flair, Lynch has penned a song that reflects the conversation that women are having across the world.
“The lyrics touch on everything that I feared growing up as a girl and that now – to some extent – still fear as an adult. Not being good enough, pretty enough, slim enough, clever enough,” she says and in a time that requires strength and that wonderful thing called sense, Baba’s ‘I Defy’ becomes a protest song.
There has been a slight delay to my new single because sometimes you just can’t rush these things but 2024 is going to bring so much music & I can’t wait to share it all 💕 #baba #babamusic #newmusic2024
There has been a slight delay to my new single because sometimes you just can’t rush these things but 2024 is going to bring so much music & I can’t wait to share it all 💕 #baba #babamusic #newmusic2024 ...
We’ve been in the studio which can only mean one thing! New music is on the way 💕 My next single was a song I thought I would A. Never be able to finish and B. Never release because it’s so very vulnerable but after working in the studio on it with @endagallery I now can’t imagine not letting it free into the world. Release date coming soon ❤️ #baba #babamusic #newmusic #love #pop #soul #love
We’ve been in the studio which can only mean one thing! New music is on the way 💕 My next single was a song I thought I would A. Never be able to finish and B. Never release because it’s so very vulnerable but after working in the studio on it with @endagallery I now can’t imagine not letting it free into the world. Release date coming soon ❤️ #baba #babamusic #newmusic #love #pop #soul #love ...
‘Flew through the night to find you
Made up in your favourite dress
Said that it excites you
I appear create a mess
Rhythm of a hurricane
Love never part of the plans
Chaos sparked a bright flame
Which I could not understand’
Back into the studio tomorrow for the weekend and I can’t wait to share the magic 😍
#baba #babamusic #newmusic #newsingle #lyrics #love #poetry
‘Flew through the night to find you
Made up in your favourite dress
Said that it excites you
I appear create a mess
Rhythm of a hurricane
Love never part of the plans
Chaos sparked a bright flame
Which I could not understand’
Back into the studio tomorrow for the weekend and I can’t wait to share the magic 😍
#baba #babamusic #newmusic #newsingle #lyrics #love #poetry
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There has been a slight delay to my new single because sometimes you just can’t rush these things but 2024 is going to bring so much music & I can’t wait to share it all 💕 #baba #babamusic #newmusic2024
There has been a slight delay to my new single because sometimes you just can’t rush these things but 2024 is going to bring so much music & I can’t wait to share it all 💕 #baba #babamusic #newmusic2024 ...
We’ve been in the studio which can only mean one thing! New music is on the way 💕 My next single was a song I thought I would A. Never be able to finish and B. Never release because it’s so very vulnerable but after working in the studio on it with @endagallery I now can’t imagine not letting it free into the world. Release date coming soon ❤️ #baba #babamusic #newmusic #love #pop #soul #love
We’ve been in the studio which can only mean one thing! New music is on the way 💕 My next single was a song I thought I would A. Never be able to finish and B. Never release because it’s so very vulnerable but after working in the studio on it with @endagallery I now can’t imagine not letting it free into the world. Release date coming soon ❤️ #baba #babamusic #newmusic #love #pop #soul #love ...
‘Flew through the night to find you
Made up in your favourite dress
Said that it excites you
I appear create a mess
Rhythm of a hurricane
Love never part of the plans
Chaos sparked a bright flame
Which I could not understand’
Back into the studio tomorrow for the weekend and I can’t wait to share the magic 😍
#baba #babamusic #newmusic #newsingle #lyrics #love #poetry
‘Flew through the night to find you
Made up in your favourite dress
Said that it excites you
I appear create a mess
Rhythm of a hurricane
Love never part of the plans
Chaos sparked a bright flame
Which I could not understand’
Back into the studio tomorrow for the weekend and I can’t wait to share the magic 😍
#baba #babamusic #newmusic #newsingle #lyrics #love #poetry
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