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Bisexual Chic: The Latest Trend Influenced by Pop Music

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Why It’s OK to Kiss a Girl…and Like It

Everyone remembers the infamous kiss exchanged on stage between Britney Spears and Madonna at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. Though the term was originally coined during the nonjudgmental free-love fest that was the 70’s, “Bisexual Chic” represents the cultural trend of claiming to be bisexual merely because it’s fashionable at the moment. For our current generation, this tendency seems to have been ignited thanks to Britney and Madonna. Since then, numerous pop songs have come out encouraging people to lock lips with whoever they choose, gender not seemingly playing a factor.

Poker Face – Lady Gaga

The first few times you hear the song, you’re not quite sure what she’s even talking about. Actually, the line “Cause I’m bluffin’ with my muffin/I’m not lying I’m just stunnin’ with my love-glue-gunning” still has no clear meaning in my mind. Regardless, in a recent interview, the openly bisexual Lady Gaga revealed the hidden meaning behind her chart-topping #1 song. Poker face is the façade she slips on when she’s having sex with a guy, and doesn’t want him to know she’s actually fantasizing about another woman.  And here I thought that was every guys wildest fantasy realized!

If U Seek Amy – Britney Spears

Although she’s a mother and has been married twice, If U Seek Amy (f-u-c-kay me) is about the Princess of Pop going to a club in hopes of finding the elusive “Amy” whom she cant get out of her mind. Hopefully K-Fed has the kids this weekend! Her true intentions, however, may be questionable. Because she has a large following in the gay community, maybe she‘s attempting to be relatable by playing the see-I’m-just-like-you card. Or perhaps after all of her recent controversy she’s attempting to give the proverbial middle finger to the media and anyone watching by saying “I’ll do whatever I want and I don’t care if you like it or not. “ Both of these propositions offer classic examples of Bisexual Chic at its finest.

I Kissed a Girl – Katy Perry

Maybe the most blatant of all the songs on our list; Katy Perry is proud of her same-sex experimentation. In the chorus she assures us she likes guys as well, referencing that she’s in a relationship with a man. “I kissed a girl and I liked it/ Hope my boyfriend don’t mind it.” Many college girls have participated in the same experiment: apprehensively kissing their girl friends after a few cocktails, influenced by the encouragement of a group of drunk frat boys cheering them on. And trust me, those guys love it every time. Maybe that’s how Katy got started, and found out that instead of simply doing it for attention, she actually enjoyed the experience. What I want to know is did she leave it at an innocent kiss, or take the encounter further? Don’t leave us hanging Katy, we want details! We can only hope her next song will let us know what happened after the now notorious exchange.

Te Amo – Rihanna

After the Chris Brown assault ordeal, Rihanna has decided she is done with men. Maybe. Her latest single Te Amo sends mixed signals. With a woman who seems desperately in love with her, she agrees to dance on the beach. Allowing her to slip her arms around her waist, she warns her to watch her hands. Don’t be a tease, Riri. My suspicion that this is a confidence booster, proving to herself that she is attractive to both men and women and can get anyone she wants is confirmed in the last line of the song: “I feel the love but I don’t feel that way.” You’d think that with the storm of drama surrounding her in recent months, the last thing she would want to do is stir up more controversy. Or maybe that was the whole point.

Could this be the woman who inspired Te Amo?

Here to Stay?

According to Freud, we are all naturally bisexual. Currently 1.7 and 1.5 percent of American men and women, respectively, identify themselves as bisexual.  So is Bisexual Chic here to stay or is it another fad that will come and go? Either way it is impossible to deny that pop music has had, and will continue  have, a big impact on what society considers taboo.