Sad13

Wanting to counteract the misogynistic mail messages in mainstream pop music, Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis began making her have subversively catchy music as Sad13 (pronounced “sad thirteen”). The project’s root base began when Dupuis fulfilled rapper Lizzo while on tour with Speedy Ortiz; a enthusiast of Lizzo’s music, Dupuis collaborated with her on “Cellar Queens,” a melody about women producing music independently that became Sad13’s debut one in January 2016. Motivated, Dupuis composed and recorded even more Sad13 tracks early that yr inside a Philadelphia bedroom she sublet from a pal. The outcomes became the full-length debut Slugger, which Carpark released in November 2016.