Jessica Winter's big star energy on My First Album
The queen of sad bangers plays fast and loose with pop history on her debut, because she's good enough to
There aren’t many pop stars who can tour with Death Grips and Rebecca Black. Who are able to collaborate with a member of experimental LA rap trio clipping and homegrown drag demon Lynks. Who began life in a duo linked to Fat White Family (PREGOBLIN) and is now here presenting her version of Kylie Minogue on a debut album called My First Album.
‘Pop punk’ is already a thing where guys in Vans Authentics pretend they’re still in high school and sing about what horny dogs they are, but if it weren’t, it would be Jessica Winter. Perhaps Rebecca Black too, who Winter took to Soho club The Box after they last played in London together to see a performer drill a hole through his penis before Winter got mortal drunk and threw up in the club’s entrance. Gotta get down on Friday. My First Album features plenty of lyrical nods to Winter’s subversive view of the mainstream, formed somewhere between being the daughter of a glamour model and life in the Fat White’s side…