We’ll cut to the chase: It stands for “Fuck you back.” Don’t expect Poppy to censor herself again, though. Our beloved cult leader and musical chameleon proclaims “fuck” a whopping 28 times in her new single “FYB,” which dropped today (September 23) like an explicit atom bomb. The new track fights angst with angst, as Poppy candidly recites the facts of life: “Fuck the world / And it’ll fuck you back.” The bigger threat? “Fuck the girls / And they’ll fuck you back.”
“FYB” feeds us the acidic first taste of Poppy’s forthcoming EP Stagger, which is due out October 14. And if this claws-out, bite-back anthem is an indication of anything — and given the sound of past albums Flux and I Disagree, we reckon it is — it’s that more Poppy-punk is on the horizon.
Dig “FYB” below (and it’ll dig you back).
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