Do I Make You Horny Baby? - A musicological analysis of current sexual music made by women in relation to contemporary feminism

Abstract: In this study I examine current sexual music, made by women. I focus on songs made and/ or performed by contemporary female artists working in genres - such as hip-hop, pop and R&B - that fall under the umbrella term popular music. What kind of methods do these artists use to make a song feel or come across as sexual? Is it the lyrics? The sound? Could these songs come across as more or less sexual depending on the methods used? How do these songs stand against two commonly known feminist stances? These are all questions I examine in this study. I have conducted an music analysis on three different contemporary female artist's songs with the aim to shed light on today's sexual music. I discuss two commonly known feminist points of views and there relation to sexual music. My findings show that the sexual music I have examined use multiple of different methods to make the music come across as sexual. It also shows that all the songs have one foot in each of the two feminist stances, making for a grey area of subjectivity.