English electronic singer-songwriter Låpsley has come out as a bisexual woman. The singer took to her social media account and gave out a statement regarding her sexuality.
“I am so open in my writing but often find it difficult to be as confident being vulnerable on my social media platforms.” The singer opened up the emotional post with her admitting the difficulty of expressing her vulnerability on the online world.
She continued, “My sexuality is something I have struggled with understanding and accepting since I was a teenager and through a mixture of teenage trauma, the local culture and moments of bullying I associated anything to do with my sexual behaviour and sexual identity as being shameful. So although my close friends and some family have been aware. I come out to the world, now, with pride, as a bisexual womxn.” See the post below.
In the spirit of Pride Month this year, Låpsley (whose full name is Holly Lapsley Fletcher) has taken this perfect-timing opportunity to speak out about the coming to realisation of her own sexuality. The “Station” singer is no stranger to lending her voice about gender and its significant impact on society, just like her recent single “Womxn“, which she also referenced in her coming out statement.
The track is a brilliant cut from her highly acclaimed sophomore record ‘Through Water‘ released back in March 20 (via XL Recordings). Fletcher titled the song after the feminist movement aiming to include non-cisgender women with the term “womxn.” The singer also mentioned, on her past Instagram Story, the movement by students of Goldsmiths, University of London as another inspiration to name the track as such.
‘Through Water‘ has met with widespread positive reviews from many major music critics with the likes of The Guardian, who deemed the record “intensely poetic and powerful,” as well as Pitchfork who praised Fletcher’s songwriting skills. The LP also spawned another single “My Love Was Like the Rain“, which was included in the ‘These Elements‘ EP, an introduction to the full-length.
Elsewhere, Fletcher appeared in the line-up of The Glastonbury Experience, in which the festival uploaded footage of iconic live performance by numerous artists. The now 24-year-old singer performed there back in 2016; check out the videos via the BBC’s official site.
