Kim Gordon - "BYE BYE 25!"

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It's very rare for us to cover reworked versions of songs we've already covered, but most artists aren't Kim Gordon and most songs aren't as important as her new version of 2024's "BYE BYE." "BYE BYE 25!" keeps the hip hop/trap/noise sound of the original, but the lyrics have been changed to ones censored by the Trump administration. It's basically a list of words and phrases such as "gay," "commercial sex worker," "abortion," "diversity," "measles," "transgender," etc. It's not exactly a catchy song, but it's a vital reminder of the changes our government has undergone in just a few months. It's also exactly what we'd expect from an artist who has been so important for the past forty plus years.

Kim Gordon says of her latest single:

"(Producer and collaborator) Justin Raisen had this idea to redo ‘Bye Bye’ starting at the end of the song. When I was thinking of lyric ideas, it occurred to me to use words taken from a site that had all the words that Trump has essentially banned, meaning any grant or piece of a project or proposal for research that includes any of those words would be immediately disregarded or 'cancelled.' I guess Trump does believe in cancel culture, because he is literally trying to cancel culture."

You can watch the video for "BYE BYE 25" below. All proceeds of the song and shirt will be donated to reproductive rights nonprofit Noise for Now. For more on Kim Gordon, check out the artist's website.