Gen And The Degenerates have released a Big Hit Single (literally)
Watch the video for Gen And The Degenerates’ Big Hit Single, which is a fun, tongue-in-cheek response to their label Marshall Records.
Gen And The Degenerates have released a Big Hit Single… quite literally.
The collective’s new tune was cheekily written following a chat with their label Marshall Records, with vocalist Genevieve Glynn-Reeves explaining: “If you want the highbrow answer, then Big Hit Single is about the experience of creating art under late capitalism. If you want the lowbrow – and slightly more honest – answer, then Big Hit Single is me trying to wind up our label.
“They’d made quite a reasonable request: ‘Please can you write more songs like the song that did well and stop experimenting with every genre under the sun in a completely chaotic and hedonistic manner?’” Genevieve continues. “Unfortunately, I have issues with authority… My parents often regale me with the tale of my Year 4 parents’ evening, in which my teacher described me as ‘too wild, in the bohemian sense’.
“If Mrs Baker couldn’t get me to behave, then what chance did Marshall Records have? Luckily, they have a good sense of humour over at Marshall.”
Brilliant!
Watch the video for Big Hit Single below:
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