Self Esteem and Moonchild Sanelly team up for gender-bending new single ‘Big Man’
nme.comSelf Esteem and Moonchild Sanelly have teamed up for a collaborative new single, ‘Big Man’. Check it out below.The song marks the first release from the former – aka Rebecca Lucy Taylor – since her BRIT and Mercury Prize-nominated 2021 album, ‘Prioritise Pleasure’, and “explores the nuances of modern masculinity and gender roles”.“I’m a big man/ Yeah, I’m a fucking big man/ What are you?” the pair sing over an electronic beat.Speaking about working with South African musician and dancer Sanelly, Taylor explained: “Me and Moon wrote a song from the perspective of a good boyfriend.
The ones that are just chill and secure so they just leave you to it. The ones that don’t want a medal for doing the bins.“The ones that see that you’re working your tits off so they go and get yet another thing you’ve ordered and missed the delivery of from the post office.
The ones that don’t take your success as a direct threat to their existence. To me, this is real masculinity.”She continued: “We have both collaborated with Johan Karlberg on our records and I’m so grateful to him for introducing us, it was a joy to make this song together.”‘Big Man’ arrives with an official music video, which Taylor described as “an inverse ‘I Want To Break Free'” by Queen – referring to the band’s iconic 1984 visuals.
The clip sees the two artists undertake various household chores while donning oversized suits.“[Director] Piers Dennis executed this gorgeously cos he’s a fucking Big Man.
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