Allie X, Off With Her T*ts | Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈

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In the 50^th edition of Beaming with Pride ️‍ (2024), we highlight the song, “Off With Her Tits” performed by Allie X.

Prepare to beam with P-R-I-D-E ️‍! Beaming with Pride celebrates, embraces, and spotlights songs by LGBTQ musicians or allies. Here, we provide background and insight into musician(s) and analyze + go gaga over the decadent bops served up. When the music dictates deeper, more transcendent discussion, we ensure the point is fully articulated. All styles of music are welcome while the songs can be classics or brand-spanking new. So, without further ado, in the 50^th edition of Beaming with Pride ️‍ (2024), we highlight “Off With Her Tits” performed by Allie X.

“My body is a prison / But how can I escape?” Haven’t we all asked that question regarding some part of our anatomy at some point? LGBTQ+ allies can deliver bops that make the listener beam with pride, too. Canadian singer/songwriter Allie X (Alexandra Hughes) is a staunch ally of the LGBTQ+ community, and in 2024, she delivered one of the year’s most thought-provoking songs: “Off With Her Tits”. The title of the highlight from Girl With No Face is on the nose, but the theme and lyrics are deeper and more transcendent. “Off With Her Tits” may not be intentionally written for those that identify as trans, for example, but you can see how the lyrics could relate to gender-affirming surgery:

“Then I called the doctor

Said, ‘Miss what can you do?’

She told me she’d cut them off

I said, ‘Sign me up for June’

I went to the teller

Took out 10K in cash

She said, ‘Bitch, are you joking?

I wish I had that rack’.”

Even from other identities in the community, the body dysmorphia alluded to lyrically connects. Allie X penned and produced this provocative masterpiece.

From the beginning, the body issues plague Allie X, or the character portrayed. Although her beauty is admired, she’s perturbed (“Stubborn Aphrodite”). In the chorus, she’s clear she desires/prefers being flat-chested (“I’m flat with a wit /… Off with her tits”). In the second verse, she’s unhappy because her chest has grown larger than she’d like. However, ‘he’ likes the sight, speaking to unwanted objectification. “He noticed in the show said he liked it, and I cried,” she sings, adding, “Take this flesh and suck it out / And stop the ridicule.” While the songwriting and her desire to “be parallel” is the crowning achievement of “Off With Her Tits,” musically, Allie X is the sugar honey iced tea too. The dark, gothic-pop instrumental backdrop is fierce providing ample fuel for her electrifying vocal performance (the groove, the synths, the minor key). The melodies are ear-catching and tuneful from start to finish. “Off With Her Tits” is a song that many can relate to for different reasons.