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Over the past 2 years, Seattle-based singer-songwriter, Dorothea honed her sound and song-writing to reflect not only the world at large, but her place within it. Her debut single "Mean Woman" is a culmination of breaking out as her solo-project and follows her appearance in Tame Impala's "Lost In Yesterday" music video earlier in 2020.
Inspired by the likes of Lana Del Rey, Angel Olsen, and Joni Mitchell, "Mean Woman" touches on the complicated and often contradictory relationships people, particularly women, have with image. By confronting her own worst critic head-on in the track, Dorothea wades through a lifetime of internalized expectations, willfully strateling the line between self-loathing and loving through this tender rocker.
Dorothea recorded "Mean Woman" with local Seattle producer, Hunter Rath and musicians,Joe August, Chase Rabideau, and Wyatt Gardner.
lyrics
She'll take you by surprise
She always does
Her words they cut like knives,
Sharp to the touch
Got emotions that'll shake you to your core
Like a drug, she keeps you coming back for more
On your knees, say please
You're begging for more
She says "Honey, come and please me
I know it ain't easy to love a girl like me"
She says "Don't you ever leave me,
I'll try to make it easier to love
A girl like me"
Chorus:
Mean woman, she's a mean woman
Mean woman, indeed
But you need that woman,
yeah you need that woman oh
She'll ignore you, then ask you to stay
You can't please her make her happy
but you can't get away
Mean woman, mean woman
She'll take you out and then ask you to pay
Got you wrapped around her finger, yeah
You love her anyway
Mean woman, mean woman
She can act like a lady when she wants to but
She's just a femme fatale
All the girls know her tricks
Yeah she's shady but
You love her anyway
Chorus 2X
She's all I need, woman so mean
She's all I need, woman so mean
She's a mean woman, indeed
credits
released April 24, 2020
Original music, lyrics, and performance by Dorothea
Music arrangement by Dorothea and Joe August
Engineering, Mixing and Production by Hunter Rath
Electric/lead guitar, Chase Rabideau
Acoustic guitar, keys & synths, bass, percussion by Joe August
Over the past 2 years, Seattle-based singer-songwriter, Dorothea honed her sound and song-writing to reflect not only the
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