Hannah Reid, the lead singer of renowned electro-pop trio London Grammar, has designed and launched a new T-shirt. This was made to celebrate International Women’s Day, which is celebrated around the world on March 8th.
The T-Shirt features the band’s logo and the words ‘Formidable Young Woman’ which Reid recounts as a security guard naming her, whilst not letting her backstage to her own show! Tweeting about the ordeal, Reid stated, ’“I was just like, ‘For Fucks sake’. If I was fucking Chris Martin, he would not be called a formidable young man. To me that’s just code for ‘bitch’.”
Taking to Twitter, the singer stated, “For #InternationalWomensDay I wanted to launch this new tee with 100% of the profits going to @CareIntUK – an amazing women’s charity working to save lives and achieve equal rights and opportunities. Love to all the formidable young women out there.”
For #InternationalWomensDay I wanted to launch this new tee with 100% of the profits going to @CareIntUK – an amazing women’s charity working to save lives and achieve equal rights and opportunities. Love to all the formidable young women out there.
https://t.co/05IIf2Jyrv pic.twitter.com/1KiXRufbfo
— London Grammar (@londongrammar) March 8, 2021
Care International UK is a charity that supports women and girls to fulfil their full potential, “because when one woman is helped out of poverty, she brings her family and community with her”. Founded in 1945, the charity would send ‘CARE packages’ across the globe to those fighting poverty in the harshest environments.
Reflecting on past experiences within the music industry, Reid tells NME, “If I’m strong-minded, I’m being really ‘difficult’ or I’m being a ‘bitch’, whereas for the boys they’ve just got ‘integrity’ over what they do. It can be a really, really tiny thing – but if you have it every day, and it becomes a thousand moments, it can actually change who you are… You can’t let it go when it’s happening all the time.”
Reid is just one of the many many women who have dealt with patronisation during their music industry careers. Paloma Faith also tweeted her support of Care International UK, saying “Happy International Women’s Day! Today is a celebration of women but also a day to demand more from our society. I’m supporting @careintuk in calling for more women in leadership and decision-making positions.”
Happy International Women’s Day! Today is a celebration of women but also a day to demand more from our society. I’m supporting @careintuk in calling for more women in leadership and decision-making positions.#StopTellingHalfTheStory #March4Women #IWD #palomafaith pic.twitter.com/PvbSgYzocj
— Paloma Faith (@Palomafaith) March 8, 2021
To pre-order Hannah Reids T-Shirt, click the link here. To read her full interview and accounts with NME about being her experiences within the music industry, the conscious and unconscious biases and the difference in treatment toward her than her male bandmates, click here.
