Girlfriend

This gender-bending funk jam finds Héloïse Letissier, a.k.a. Christine and the Queens, adopting a masculine swagger in a relationship. Girlfriend – don't feel like a girlfriend But lover – damn, I'd be your lover "I initially set out to smash against macho culture and macho men," Letissier said. "I became obsessed with this idea of the macho man, and still being a woman. 'What does it mean if I'm this figure, and I'm a woman? Does it make me an aberration? Is it joyful?'" "I felt I had to address female desire and it's diversity," she added. "How sometimes it's blacked out or ignored. It's still something quite suspicious or slightly dirty. I felt like it was important to be more unapologetic about that." "There are hints of nights spent having sex and coming back covered in sweat", Letissier continued. "Like a male figure, the young hero who has love stories, and comes back in the morning and his friends are like: 'What happened to you?' I want to be that."

The song was released on May 17, 2018. The French version titled "Damn, dis-moi," was also dropped on the same date.

"Girlfriend" features Dâm-Funk a funk musician, vocalist and producer from Pasadena, California. He has also worked with Snoop Dogg and Ariel Pink.