Like many artists, trans icon Mel Incarnate has found solace and comfort in music. She uses it to channel her pain, and address moments, issues and events in her life that hold genuine power and meaning to and for her; sobriety, her early stages of transition and abuse trauma in Alabama being just three. She uses horror inspired lyrics and synths to help unfold her brain into melody and, with vengeance out for her abusers, she owns all her shame and mesmerizes audiences with her no-holds-barred performance style and lyrics.
Mel delves into some deeper personal issues in her synth-heavy hyperpop dance banger of a debut single, “Big Tits”, which PopWrapped are delighted to premiere. Discombobulating, hyper-zealous, and a little unhinged, the track delves into the star’s disconnect between body and mind, and does so through something that can only be described as “musical dissociation.” Reflecting the experience of body dysphoria in its musical structure, the song’s personal lyrics strike a discordant note against the track’s aggressively high energy.
Mel says of the song: “‘Big Tits’ is about my lifelong desire and need to present as a woman. A need I was taught in my childhood was wrong or evil. Now in my 20’s, I celebrate my transition and embrace what used to scare me through music. I get to declare love for myself and my body, a notion I thought I would have to take with me to the grave.”
The song, the first single from her upcoming EP Tranic Attack which is due for release in September, ultimately ends on a theme of resilience, self-sufficiency, and celebration of the self, persevering in spite of it all. “I don’t need to touch nobody / I can fuck myself,” Mel sings under a heavy coat of autotune and glossy production – “Big Tits” is an anthem for self-discovery, wrapped up in a little chaos.
Give “Big Tits” a listen below and for more information on Mel Incarnate, follow her on Twitter and Instagram.
