Paris Paloma Engages The Female Gaze With ‘Pre-Raphaelite’
The title refers to the women in portraits by artists of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, who were depicted as opposing “conventional” Victorian beauty standards. Paloma commemorates these women through her new song by referencing the paintings as well as their contributions to the movement while admiring them as important historical figures rather than simply muses.The song morphs a fairytale with a modern pop cadence to bring praise to women while respecting them as the centre of the success of...