This song seems to be a pretty straight-forward sex-positive reappropriation of the word “slut,” analogous to how the word “queer” has been reappropriated by queers (in academia, there is even talk of “queer theology”). But the laid-back tone and style of Chastity Belt contain another message. There...
We're just a couple of sluts
Going out on the town
Fooling around
Getting all dressed up
Just to dress back down
Ooh
To all the girls in the world
Trying to take off their shirts
Ladies it's okay to be
It's okay to be slutty
Ooh
We're just a couple of sluts
So what?
We like to fuck
We just wanna have some fun
Grind up on everyone
Ooh
To all the girls in the world
Trying to take off their shirts
Ladies it's okay to be
It's okay to be slutty
Ooh
Cool Slut was written by Annie Truscott & Julia Shapiro & Lydia Lund & Gretchen Grimm.
Chastity Belt released Cool Slut on Mon Mar 23 2015.
Asked about her stand on words like “slut” and “bitch” by Ladygunn magazine, Singer Julia Shapiro said:
I love them. I like to put a positive spin on those words. I just bought a hat in Venice Beach that says “bitch” on it and I’ve been wearing that around. I think it’s cool to reclaim those words....