Overlook concerning the canine days, the “Days of Girlhood” are right here! TikTok persona Dylan Mulvaney kicked off the week with the discharge of her debut non-holiday single “Days of Girlhood” (March 11) and adopted that up with the revealing of the monitor’s official music video on Wednesday (March 13).
“Calling girls of all ages / Ladies like me gotta be taught the fundamentals / Final look, fast change, sip champagne / Playin’ catch up ’trigger we missed the pre-game,” she croons over a thumping pop-rock association crafted by Nick Monson. Co-penned by Mulvaney and Skyler Stonestreet, the sugar-sweet pop single finds the influencer exalting the clichés of girlhood and honoring the impactful girls in her personal life.
Later within the music, which bears its title from that of her viral TikTok vlog sequence, Mulvaney seems to reference her Bud Mild controversy, chanting, “Boys on the dance ground, it’s lastly clear / The patriarchy is over, you possibly can maintain our beer!”
The music’s Kajal-helmed music video opens with Mulvaney taking the dreaded “stroll of disgrace” earlier than assembling her girlfriends to begin a restoration course of that features bubble baths, glasses of champagne, enjoyable choreography by the swimming pool, and a robust dedication to pink, Barbiecore aesthetic. A number of influences seem within the clip, together with Gigi Beautiful Getty, Veondre Mitchell and Loren Gray.
On Tuesday (March 12), Mulvaney shared a prolonged vlog reflecting on her second 12 months of publicly transitioning to her Instagram and TikTok profiles. On the finish of her reflections, she highlighted The Trevor Undertaking, a nonprofit targeted on LGBTQIA+ suicide prevention, saying, “Each time that you just stream my music or apply it to a social media app, any earnings that I make by Satisfaction Month, I will probably be donating to The Trevor Undertaking.”
Mulvaney’s debut pop single comes per week after Woman Gaga got here to her protection. In celebration of Worldwide Girls’s Day (March 8), Mulvaney shared a photoset of her and Woman Gaga posing collectively and interacting on the set of a photoshoot. An avalanche of transphobia ensued and on Monday (March 11), the Oscar-winning “Shallow” singer rebuked the vitriolic trolls.
“It’s apparent we nonetheless need to do as a society to make room for transgender lives to be cherished and upheld by all of us,” she wrote. “I really feel very protecting on this second, not solely of Dylan, however of the trans group who continues to cleared the path with their infinite grace and inspiration within the face of fixed degradation, intolerance, and bodily, verbal, and psychological violence… I hope all girls will come collectively to honor us ALL for Worldwide Girls’s Day, and will we try this all the time till THE DAY that each one girls are celebrated equally.”
Whereas “Days of Girlhood” marks Mulvaney’s first correct pop single, it isn’t her first musical launch. Final 12 months (Dec. 15, 2023) she launched a dark vacation single titled “Blue Christmas.”
Take heed to “Days of Girlhood” and watch the music video above.
