The title of Ariane Gabriel’s song “i wanna have sex” seems simple and straightforward and in a way it is a song about erotic desire. It’s ethereal synths and Gabriel’s confident yet vulnerable vocals carry with them a feeling of rediscovery and wanting to enjoy the titular experience in all its pleasurable possibilities including the feelings surrounding it. But in the tenor of the song one picks up on the undertones and backstory of the song and a prolonged period of self-denial and accepting sex as a normal and desirable human experience. Gabriel had been abused and it zapped her sex drive for a long period of time when even the thought of sex was traumatizing. Trauma can linger with you for a year or a lifetime and everyone processes it in their own way and on their own schedule but in Gabriel’s vibrantly soft toned synth pop song one hears the sound of someone who still remembers how things were yet doesn’t want to let that limit her joy of life. Rather, fully embracing it with a refreshing frankness. Listen to “i wanna have sex” on Spotify and follow French pop artist Ariane Gabriel at the links below.
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