Olivia Rodrigo's much-anticipated sophomore album Guts definitely did NOT disappoint — in terms of music and fan discourse. Fans are especially activated by the fourth track on the album "Lacy" because well... they think the lyrics arepretty gay!
As a WLW, I love when girls sing about girls (don't get me started on Taylor Swift). So I was curious about what the internet had to say...
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olivia rodrigo when there’s a girl and she has once again crossed the line between jealousy and homoeroticism pic.twitter.com/BnRM2rti0i
“Lacy is just about jealousy” well clearly you haven’t had a homoerotic love hate obsessive one sided relationship with a girl and it shows pic.twitter.com/8cQ4JKcG21
lacy perfectly encapsulates the feeling of finding out you don’t actually feel jealous of a girl, you’ve unexpectedly fallen in love with the girl you swore you wanted to be.
Oh so…Track 4 is the song you’re most proud of on the album? And what is track 4? Oh that’s right is LACY that’s loud AF 💅🏻🌈 pic.twitter.com/6nnW1DaEaJ
if you have a problem with queer interpretation of songs, then you're homophobic or have internalized homophobia. 🥰 i understand why more in-depth theories can be seen as invasive and invalidating but if you're getting mad at people saying "lacy is a gay song" there's a problem
smart sexy lacy i feel your compliments like bullеts on skin. dazzling starlet bardot reincarnate. i try to rationalize, people are people, but it’s like you’re made of angel dust pic.twitter.com/rgBWpfRGEf
no but the fact that SO many people are quick to explain away lacy as a "jealous girl anthem" or "from a man's perspective" just shows how little sapphic representation is in people's lives and how quickly they dismiss sapphics in this misogynistic heteronormative society ugh
“aren’t you the sweetest thing on this side of hell” is SO queercoded & the fact that she still calls lacy an “angel” & “made of angel dust” means that no matter what other people think or if they’re damned to hell she still thinks lacy is heaven sent ‘cause she’s perfect for her
HER POSTING THIS AFTER ALL THE LACY DISCOURSE JUST PROVES THAT YES LACY SAPPHIC GAY HOMOSEXUAL, AND US CALLING IT WHAT IT IS DOESN'T BOTHERS HER!!!! pic.twitter.com/Pu0BRrL6dU
To be fair, there are some other theories out there that have garnered some attention as well...
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I feel like I haven’t seen anyone talk about the fact that angel dust is another name for PCP so it’s like she’s saying Lacy is made of a drug that makes her hallucinate or distorts her perception
But idk, that's just a little less fun for me! What do you think? Are you into having fun or are you more into being boring?! Let me know in the comments!
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