#we need an archive of all the incredible queer music happening on tiktok tbh

[darkshrimpemotions]

A young person in a white sweater and olive green pants sits in a room with lots of posters and pictures on the wall, holding an acoustic guitar. A caption in pink letters says: "I wrote a song about watching the Barbie movie and having a menty B about not relating to womanhood in a gender sense but relating to girlhood and that community in regards to upbringing."

They strum a melancholy tune and sing in a soft voice:

"Used to pretend I could take off my chest, on and off, on and off like velcro. My own kind of joyride: a shirt from the boy's side and a flannel rolled up past my elbow. Teenagehood provoked me and soon, womanhood choked me, but sisterhood held me with care. The strictness confused me and like in the movies I suppressed what I could pretend wasn't there. I guess I was trying to unravel the world. I didn't grow into a woman, but I grew up as a girl."