Laura Jane Grace has returned with the first single from her forthcoming yet-to-be-announced album. The acoustic track is called ‘Dysphoria Hoodie’, and sees Grace sing about wanting to hide away when experiencing dysphoria as a trans person, while also paying tribute to her favourite hoodie.
“This is a song about gender dysphoria and your favourite hooded sweatshirt,” Grace says. “Any trans person out there knows what a dysphoria hoodie is — it’s the hoodie you wear when feeling low and dysphoric and you don’t want the world reading your gender. Hide your body shape, hide your head, and disappear as much as you can. Wrap yourself up in it like a blanket anywhere you go. Make your flesh become cotton. Instant protection from the outside world. My dysphoria hoodie happens to be an Adidas hoodie, so yes, this is in fact really just a tribute song to my favourite Adidas hoodie.”
‘Dysphoria Hoodie’ is the first piece of new music from Laura Jane Grace since 2021’s ‘At War With The Silverfish‘ EP.
Laura Jane Grace‘s forthcoming album will be released through Big Scary Monsters/Polyvinyl Record Co.
‘Dysphoria Hoodie’ Lyrics
Dysphoria Hoodie, please do swallow me
Dysphoria Hoodie, please do swallow me
When your ends are all threadbare no better feeling
On a Saturday morning with weed and coffee
A feeling of safety is blanketing me
Your arms of protection are wrapped around me
When it says A.D.I.D.A.S on my chest
All day long I dream of sex
When I’m not thinking about Jesus
Help me Jesus
Save me Jesus
Stay away from the city its full of assholes
But out in the country is where fascists roam
Plenty reasons to fear when you don’t fit the mold
You are my armor when facing the world
A feeling of home worn wherever I go
When it says A.D.I.D.A.S on my chest
All day long I dream of sex
When I’m not thinking about Jesus
Help me Jesus, oh god
Save me Jesus
When it says A.D.I.D.A.S on my chest
All day long I dream of sex
When I’m not thinking about Jesus
Help me Jesus
Save me Jesus
I can change, when I’m ready to change
I may wear this hoodie for 10,000 days
Without a wash in between
Same dirty black jeans
T-shirt with no sleeves
Dysphoria Hoodie, please do swallow me
Dysphoria Hoodie, please do swallow me
Dysphoria Hoodie, pull tight your drawstrings
