Laurel Smith Takes Down the False Strength of Tough Guy Antics on Lushly Energetic Hip-Hop Single “pink gun”

Laurel Smith’s energetic flow of words on “pink gun” pairs well with a string sample like a sanshin riff over a pulsing electronic bass line and boom bap rhythms and percussion. It’s like if a downtempo song had some scrappy attitude. That suits well a song taking aim at the type of insecure man that dismisses women that don’t fit some narrow and problematic view of how women are supposed to be like women are a product they’re ordering online. Smith in the song becomes a nightmare for that kind of man and the song has the type of attitude that turns the dismissive attitude back on the one who is used to dealing it out but with interest. In the end the song also unmasks that “meninist” or incel prose as some laughable tough guy thing when really the lack of sensitivity and vulnerability diminishes your humanity, that thinking of gender roles and relationships in a twisted version of even traditional senses is at best odd and leads to self-destructive behavior. The lush production and low key sense of menace and not so understate confidence makes the song appealing from its first moments and carries through to the end. Listen to “pink gun” on Spotify and visit Laurel Smith’s LinkTree for connections to her online presence.