PVRIS, Tommy Genesis & Alice Longyu Gao, Burn The Witch | Bangerz N Bopz

In the 72^nd edition of Bangerz N Bopz (2024), we highlight “Burn The Witch” performed by PVRIS, Tommy Genesis, and Alice Longyu Gao.  

Bring on the bold, fierce songs! Bangerz N Bopz serves up background info and insight into songs of various styles, especially songs that raise eyebrows and stir the pot.  Featured records can be classic or brand new. In the 72^nd edition of Bangerz N Bopz (2024), we break down “Burn The Witch” performed by PVRIS, Tommy Genesis, and Alice Longyu Gao.

The women are in the house! That’s right, “Burn The Witch” is a collaboration composed, produced, and performed exclusively by women! It appears on the PVRIS (Lynn Gunn) mixtape, F.I.L.T.H.. Gunn, Tommy Genesis (Genesis Yasmine Mohanraj), and Alice Longyu Gao kick ass and take names on this witchy rock song.  Gunn, Gao, Genesis, and Rachel Kenner penned “Burn The Witch.” Gunn produced as well.  “Burn The Witch” features a dramatic instrumental from the beginning. It’s bombastic and ear-catching. There is colorful production beyond the introduction. Plenty of ear-catching, distinct sounds. A killer groove accompanies Gunn’s singing. She is the first voice heard, singing the first verse, refrain, chorus, and post-chorus.

Gunn sings unapologetically. “‘Cause you’re cutthroat, you’re deceiving / You’re a masochist on the weekend,” she sings in the first verse, adding, “Like an incubus, you a demon / When you fuck the world with no feelings.” Word! She also channels witchy things with the Shakespearean “Double bubble, toil, and trouble” (refrain) and “Burn, burn, burn, burn, burn the witch / Run, run, run, run, heretics” (chorus). Tommy Genesis takes the reins in the second verse, memorably singing, “I could be your blood donor / You could be my fuckable loner / Pussy taste like liquor / Don’t crucify my liver.” Alice Longyu Gao gets into the action in the bridge: “ALG / Naked in the street / Shameless fucking freak / My nails are on your chest / Learned from the best, I’m digging deep,” and, most memorably, “Throw me in, but I won’t float, no stopping / Can’t burn the witch.”  PVRIS, Tommy Genesis, and Alice Longyu Gao make a formidable team on “Burn The Witch”, PERIOD!

PVRIS, Tommy Genesis & Alice Longyu Gao // “Burn The Witch” // Hopeless // 2024

PVRIS, Tommy Genesis & Alice Longyu Gao, Burn The Witch: Bangerz N Bopz No. 72 (2024) [: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Hopeless; cottonbro studio, Harry Shelton, Kool Shooters, Lucas Pazeta, Mavluda Tashbaeva, Teddy Yang, Wesley Souza from Pexels]