Scissor Sisters, “Let’s Have a Kiki” | LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶

On the 1^st edition of LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶 (2022), we highlight the song, “Let’s Have a Kiki” performed by Scissor Sisters.  

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ring on the B-O-P-Z, like #SLAYYY! LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶 is a column t that embraces, highlights, and celebrates singles and tracks by LGBTQIA musicians.  On LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶we provide background info and insight into the respective musician(s), as well as analyze + go gaga over the bops being served up.  Furthermore, when the music dictates deeper, more transcendent discussion, we ensure the point is articulated to the fullest.  All styles of music are welcome and the BOPZ can be classics or brand-spanking new. So, without further ado, on the 1^st edition of LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶 (2022), we highlight 🎵 “Let’s Have a Kiki” performed by 🎙 Scissor Sisters.

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Theme & Lyrics ✍ 

“Boots, ten, queen.” Woo! One of the best and most popular songs by the LGBTQ pop collective 🎙 Scissor Sisters is 🎵 “Let’s Have a Kiki.” “Let’s Have a Kiki” appears on the band’s fourth studio album, 💿 Magic Hour, released in 2012.  Surprisingly, previously, I’ve failed to write about or include this queer delight on any columns or playlists on The Musical Hype – shame on me!  “Let’s Have a Kiki” embodies elements of queer culture, which makes it truly memorable. Furthermore, think of this record as an education to those green regarding gay culture.

Providing annotations to Genius regarding the song, frontman 🎙 Jake Shears does a fine job providing insight.  This includes his experiences with gay clubs and those clubs being shut down by police for no good reason.  🎙 Ana Matronic mentions this lyrically during the spoken word intro (or verse… whatever it is): “So, then I get to the club looking like a drowned, harassed rat and I’m greeted, not by Miss Rose at the door, but our friend, Johnny Five-Oh.” Of course, following Ana’s intro, we step right into the actual kiki, via the chorus:

“Let’s have a kiki, I wanna have a kiki

Lock the doors tight

Let’s have a kiki, motherfucker.”

Woo! So, what exactly is a kiki – “That is the question!” While a “kiki” sounds sexual, it’s a misconception! Sure, Shears speaks of the translations of the word in other languages referencing private parts, but within the context of a song, it’s “a party for calming all your nerves / We’re spilling tea and dishing just desserts one may deserve.”  The killer reference that is Urban Dictionary confirms this: “A party including good music and good friends, held for the express purpose of calming nerves, reducing anxiety and stress and generally fighting ennui. May involve locked doors, tea, and salacious gossip.” Also, consulting  The Queen’s English by Chloe O. Davis, a kiki is described as follows:

A social gathering of like-minded friends. A kiki is marked by intimate, fun-filled conversations, and hot gossip.[1]

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Final Thoughts 💭

Safe to say, Scissor Sisters make a kiki sound like a blast.  If you have never experienced the jubilant listening experience that is “Let’s Have a Kiki,” gurlll, u betta get on dat! This is the Sisters at their very best, and certainly most queer!

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🎙 Scissor Sisters • 💿 Magic Hour • 🏷 Polydor • 🗓 2012
Scissor Sisters, “Let’s Have a Kiki”: LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶 No. 1 [📷: Anna Shvets, Brent Faulkner, Kurious, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, Polydor]

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[1] Davis, C. O., & Akpan, P. (2021). In The Queens’ English: The lgbtqia+ dictionary of lingo and colloquial phrases (pp. 184–184). essay, Square Peg.

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