Videos: Alice Bag, ’77’ and ‘Se Cree Joven’

Daiana Feuer on March 15th, 2018

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Alice Bag is very straightforward, disarmingly so. The legendary L.A. punk artist’s second full-length solo album, “Blueprint,” arrives March 23 from Don Giovanni Records and, much like her self-titled 2016 record, its songs call out society’s bullshit constructs. “We’re all constantly building structures of many different kinds,” explains Bag. “So, it’s up to us keep things on track and moving in the direction we want to see them go. Otherwise, we end up with an idiot in charge.”

Here are two examples: “77” lambasts patriarchy in the workplace. Why indeed are women in 2018 still making 77 cents to every man’s dollar? The song features guest vocals from Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, The Julie Ruin) and Allison Wolfe (Ex Stains, Bratmobile), who play secretaries alongside Bag in the music video, being mistreated by their bosses, Shirley Manson of Garbage and Seth Bogart. Inspired by her own experience with ageism, “Se Cree Joven” sees Bag taking criticism from other women because she has blue hair and dresses however the heck she wants. “A couple of women were talking about me and my appearance behind my back (they assumed I didn’t speak Spanish),” she says. “Instead of giving them a piece of my mind, I walked away and let it fester until it became a song about not giving a s— what other people think.”

||| Watch: “77”