Content note: discussions of gender dysphoria and body insecurities.
I always like to listen to the very first line of lyrics in new albums from my favorite artists, because – much like the first sentence of a book – I think they can tell you a lot about what the writer wants to say, and what they want you to take away from the piece of work as a whole.
So it definitely caught my attention when I heard the opening lines of Nathan Stocker’s new album Big What: “I gotta shed my stranger skin / To fuck with a body that I feel good in.”