Elsewhere, on the brilliantly-titled You’re So Fucking Pretty, an element of this comes up again. Realising she had something of a crush on another woman, Lydia found herself wanting to write about it, in a heart-fluttering track that celebrates love and crushes and emotions and feeling gooey when you see someone. But there was pause for thought. It wasn’t the news she was bisexual, so much as “imposter syndrome” that she wasn’t supposed to be writing about it, even though it’s who she is. That part was, she says, “the only thing I was scared of”.
“I felt I wasn't scared about people knowing I was bi, I was scared about people telling me I wasn't allowed to be,” says Lydia. “Which did actually happen. Like, there were weird things that happened once that song was released, where there were like, a few funny, weird things, people making comments about bi people. That was really hurtful and weird.”
Though it was Lydia’s idea, the lyrics were something of a collaborative work, something which helped find the confidence to put pen to paper and say exactly how she felt.
“We wrote that song in Joshua Tree together. I wasn't alone, and I had Janessa and Brooke to connect with me on my story and on the lyrics, and helped me find the words,” she says.
And for the iffy reaction from some quarters, upon its release as a single, much of the reaction was overwhelmingly positive. Moreover, it was from people who saw themselves in it. And the thing from the band’s side is, three of the four members of The Regrettes could have done with having a song like this themselves.
“I think it's a funny thing, where coming out has to be this thing where you're entitled to know, like, who someone is, and more,” explains Genessa. “I was so excited to put this out, because I think it's something that I could have used when I was in high school. It was a combination of being like, ‘This is who I am,’ and also I know there's a lot of other people feeling that way. All of us kind of just talking about it and our shared experiences.”