Le Tigre Return With Pro-Hillary Clinton Song “I’m With Her” & The Internet Is Kind Of Over It
Le Tigre were the stuff of turn-of-the-millennium dreams, a feminist synth-pop/punk band whose catchy songs were as flashy as their politics and advocacy was fierce. After three albums they went out on top, following major label 2004 LP This Island, which gave us the rowdy, timeless bop-and-shuffle of “TKO” and “After Dark.” Exactly why Kathleen Hanna, Johanna Fateman and JD Samson never properly put out new music again, who knows?
Well, wait a minute, though — let’s not speak to soon. Because last month Hanna announced that the trio were back in the studio working on a new cut. The fruits of that labor arrived this week in the form of “I’m With Her,” a song and music video project — done in collaboration with video artist Laura Parnes and the coalition Filmmakers For Hillary — that is, as you might guess, a politically-themed, pro-Hillary Clinton anthem.
“The energy of ‘I’m With Her’ is a reminder that Le Tigre never totally went away,” Pitchfork wrote this week. “Their songs have remained feminist anthems, and each member has been an outspoken voice in the struggle for equality.”
SPIN was a little more wink-wink with their praise, noting, “The Hillary Clinton campaign is now also notable for the reunion of Le Tigre. Because nothing is more punk than political endorsement, the trio has returned with ‘I’m With Her’…”
BUST also enthused, “The video is an ode to powerful women, Hillary Clinton, and of course, cats (come on, it’s Le Tigre!)”
Still, not all corners of the World Wide Web were thrilled with the trio’s choice of music for their return. Slate staffer Christina Cauterucci called “I’m With Her” a “sorry, deflated version of the Le Tigre that informed my feminist awakening.” She goes on to add, “It’s sad that Clinton’s opposing candidate is so profoundly offensive that he’s spurred a seminal feminist band to record an unenthusiastic election tune that’s just a few notches cooler than that soul-splitting, Glee-ified version of Rachel-Platten’s ‘Fight Song’ the DNC produced against any urges toward decency.”
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And that’s just the websites. If anything, the track is proving for some to be as polarizing as the very presidential candidate it endorses. Below, see a roundup of mixed Twitter reactions to Le Tigre’s first new song in 12 years, “I’m With Her.”
listening to the Hillary Le Tigre song, think there’s a verse about pet food in it
— Harriet the sty (@trash__fire) October 20, 2016
So like…. what the fuck is up with Le Tigre’s whack ass endorsement song + music video for Hillary Clinton…….
— 🌹 (@jssbrwr) October 20, 2016
In today’s example that 2016 is some weird fucking fever dream, Le Tigre reunited and released a new song supporting Hillary Clinton.
— Jordan Donnelly (@theJDonnelly) October 20, 2016
that new le tigre video is fucking criiiiiinge worthy
— trashmanplanet (@skeletalgarbage) October 20, 2016
Wait. Le Tigre just dropped a comeback track that is an ode to Hillary AND 🔥🔥AF. WE CAN HAVE NICE THINGS!
— Jason Rayner (@thejasonrayner) October 20, 2016
Le Tigre’s new single “I’m With Her” is horrociously awful. Nevermind the political context, the song itself is just plain bad.
— Sean Logic (@SeanLogic) October 20, 2016
As much as I love Le Tigre, “I’m With Her” gives me the strongest case of second hand embarrassment oh my god.
— SpookySaltySkeleton (@_iron_wang) October 20, 2016
Watching Lin-Manuel Miranda turn 10 Crack Commandments into a Hillary song has scarred me. Le Tigre wasn’t half this bad.
— Noah McCormack (@noahmccormack) October 20, 2016
@FortyDeuceTwits used to love Le Tigre, and really hope HRC wins, but… I kind of hate the song :-(
— Adam Altogether (@mozartface) October 20, 2016
I love Le Tigre but no. It’s just awfully sycophantic &, well, just awful 🙉
— Sezzy Wilson (@sezzyhearts) October 20, 2016
le tigre got back together to make the worst music in the world and make me regret liking them in highschool, rating this experience -4/10!
— peep (@peach_meme) October 20, 2016
so u know the le tigre ‘im with her’ song? the lyrics are pretty “amazing*”
*by ‘amazing’ i mean ‘make me want to die of embarrassment’ pic.twitter.com/hA8GLvJIj8
— 🎃 homoelitist ☭ (@mouton_n0ir) October 20, 2016
I’m with her, I guess, but I really just love Le Tigre.
— Deidra Ferguson (@deidraisgreat) October 20, 2016
I really need to take some mushrooms or something and play that Le Tigre song onna loop.
— Church E. Arson’s 🎃 (@PainfulBinder) October 20, 2016
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