Blondshell Returns with “What’s Fair”
Sabrina Teitelbaum, who goes by Blondshell, thinks mother-daughter relationships are naturally complicated.
This summer, she’s been playing her new song “What’s Fair” at festivals. On Wednesday, she released it officially, along with a fuzzy video showing her and her band in the studio. The song has a sunny tune but talks about dark topics like trauma between mothers and daughters. One line goes, “I grew up fast without you/Did my lashes in the bathroom/And some things you’d like to skip/16 sucking dick in the bathroom.”
“I think that any relationship between a mother and a daughter is inherently complicated,” said Teitelbaum. She feels this way because of her own experiences filled with trauma and loss. “What are you allowed to expect, what is normal, what behavior from a parent is okay or not okay etc? And to what extent does ‘normal’ even matter, when your experience is all you have? I was just trying to sift through the past when I wrote this song, and I mostly had a lot of questions.”
Blondshell’s latest song follows her hit “Docket,” made with Bully, which made it to Rolling Stone’s Best Songs of 2024 list. She’s been busy touring since her debut album last year and shared some photos from her journey.
At Lollapalooza, Teitelbaum talked to Rolling Stone about her new record. “It feels more grown up,” she said. “I know who I am more now than I did a couple years ago. I am a mature woman making an album.”
Fans can really connect with her honest music.
Sometimes, life’s like a rollercoaster; you never know what’s coming next.
