Last weekend I was standing in line for some Fashion Week sale that I didn’t even get into trying to figure out Dorian Electra’s new industrial-strength electroclash track “Shutting Up.” Why do I feel like I listened to this song obsessively from 2009-2011 and never again since? Why am I scrolling all the way back to I Created Disco-era Calvin Harris right now? I know that’s what Dorian was going for, just like I knew as soon as I saw the single art that Taylor Momsen was rocking that look in NYLON Korea in 2011.
If I really wanted an answer, I’m pretty sure I’d find it in the Fischerspooner “Emerge (Junkie XL Remix),” but I don’t even know if “Shutting Up” counts as electroclash revival, because Boys Noize produced it—this is the genuine article! It’s so much fun, especially if you imagine Dorian singing, “I need your hands on me now/To keep me from opening my mouth” during the hottest scene in the new Wuthering Heights movie. Next up I’m cuing Boys Noize’s own new track “Sh5b0mbe,” then running back “Easter Pink,” then horsegiirL’s new song “only the best” and MGNA Crrrta’s “Pür Love,” and from there it’s going to be Cobra Starship ft. Leighton Meester and Icona Pop’s “I Love It.” So glad we solved this.
