Before the existence YouTube and six-second videos that captivated us and destroyed our attention spans, the world of makeup was an entirely different beast. What used to happen when you gave a child their first makeup kit—whether you might have had this experience yourself or had a little cousin or someone you babysat—was a recipe for disaster, or rather, a creative explosion. It’s also, in some way, a rite of passage to end up with dozens of colorful powders and sticky glosses all over. Foxx Bodies‘ first single “Bad Kid” from their new album Vixen, which is out November 5 on Kill Rocks Stars, celebrates that messiness in euphoric rock swirls.
The makeover chaos featured in the single’s video mirrors Bella Vanek’s emotional roars about, well, being a bad kid. Together, Bella Vanek, Bailey Moses, Adam Bucholz, and Matt Vanek embrace that complicated label. Every distorted guitar run from Moses feels like a cathartic eye roll at whatever adult tyrant labeled them as such.
“This song is a shape-shifter,” says Bella Vanek. “When I am feeling happy and optimistic, it is so fun to sing and scream and it gives me energy. On a bad day, I weep while singing this song and my stomach hurts and the screaming feels like every piece of me leaving my body. It sounds so dramatic, but I swear this song could fit into any moment of my life and be relevant.”
Watch the video for “Bad Kid” below and pre-order Vixen here.
