The musician drops a sexy, fun, and empowering record that empowers the femme and LGTBQ+ communities.
Bimbocore royalty Scene Queen knows how to get the party started with fun, freeing, and catchy music, and her debut album Hot Singles In Your Area, out on June 28th via Hopeless Records, showcases this ability well. The 15-track album features iconic anthems celebrating sexual freedom, hyper-femininity, LGBTQ+, and everything in between with a little help from collaborations with WARGASM, The Ready Set, and 6arelyhuman. With song titles like ‘MILF’, ‘BDSM’, ‘Peg’, ‘Oral Fixation’, ‘Climax’, ‘Whips and Chains ‘, and ‘Mutual Masturbation’, there’s something for everyone, whatever listeners are into. Connected to the early 2000’s, everything from the riffs to the cover art shows Collins’ attachment to the era with the music speaking to the specific experience of growing up as a girl. Her music shows the cracks in society and breaks down the walls we put up every day. To show that although this new scene may look different, we are all pink on the inside. Unlike anything in metal right now, Scene Queen uses sweet riffs and catchy to create her brand of metal, one that creates a safe space for femme and LGBTQ+ fans in a rock scene that has made them feel less than welcome, giving them freedom from the cage that misogyny and larger society can put them in.
Whether one has been on Tik-Tok, seen her live shows, or viewed her creative music videos, listeners are aware of the artist’s ability to craft an empowering lyrical narrative that speaks to female power, LGBTQ+ acceptance, and taking on misogyny that is catchy, cathartic, and worthy of head banging all at once. Fierce, vibrant, and angst-filled, New York-born and Ohio-raised Scene Queen, born Hannah Collins, uses her hyper-feminine aesthetic to come at the throats of genre purists and misogynists. Along the way, the singer finds her power and embraces her voice, taking listeners along for self-discovery. Tunes such as “MILF” and “Finger” promote inclusivity, acceptance, and normalization of finding one’s sexual pleasures in a fun and unique way, while turning the definition of metal on its head. Through songs such as the cathartic banger “Pink Push-Up Bra” and “Whips and Chains“, the singer sheds her trauma and takes her power back through aggressive lyrics, giving an outlet to her pain, something that every listener can scream along to.
The record sports a string of female power anthems that speak to the singer’s experiences with exploring her sexuality and growing up in the early 2000s within the confines of stringent definitions of femininity. On the heavy and powerful track “Pink Push-Up Bra”, Collins aims at those who commit sexual assault while “18+” tackles sexual abuse within the music industry. Not relegating herself to one sound, Scene Queen also showcases her singing abilities on the track “Climax”, the closer to an album that sees Scene Queen truly step into her power and musicianship. Suited for various environments— from headbanging in your room, hanging out with friends, and screaming the lyrics at a show— the record speaks to listeners on a universal level.
Scene Queen is more powerful than ever on this record, naming and owning her experiences and demolishing misogynists along the way. Speaking to the warrior in all of us, Scene Queen gives listeners the power to take their personhood back after trauma and see that they can still live an expressive, free life afterward. With this record, Scene Queen cements herself as the epitome of emo and an exciting voice in the genre.
