L Devine announces new mixtape with sex-positive single "Girls Like Sex"

"Girls Like Sex" is L Devine's first single of the year, following last year's "Don't Say It", and is the lead single from her upcoming mixtape Near Life Experience: Part 1.

L Devine says of the song, "For me, this song is about reclaiming my sexuality and flipping the tired old narrative that sex is for men and feelings are for women on its head. I want the song to empower women having casual sex. Production-wise, I love how the song disguises itself as sweet and innocent to begin with but then the pay-off is so tough and dirty. It’s basically a ‘fuck you’ with a smile! I wanted to make sure the song came out in time for Pride as I feel queer icons and queer artists have always been the artists who weren’t afraid to talk about sex in their music and make it fun and liberating."

"Girls Like Sex" will feature on Near Life Experience: Part 1 alongside "Naked Alone", "Don't Say It" and four new songs.

She adds of the project, "I wanted to push the boundaries of pop music but at the same time, really hone in on the lyrics on Near Life Experience. As a whole, this project is a lot more introspective than my previous releases. It’s about self-evaluation. The songs are all different moments of heart-searching, whether about my mental health, who I am in a relationship, my expectations as a woman, or whether I’m good person or not. The title is a play on words of near-death experience. To me, it symbolises all the times I thought I nearly knew what the experience of life meant, only to be proven wrong. And that I definitely do not have it all worked out."

Near Life Experience: Part 1 will be followed by Near Life Experience: Part 2 later this year.

Tracklist:

1. Priorities
2. Off The Grid
3. Be In Her Bedroom
4. Wish That You Saw Me
5. Don’t Say It
6. Naked Alone
7. Girls Like Sex