PREMIERE: Chicago's ANDIE Sings the "He's Not What You Need Blues"
PREMIERE: ANDIE's "He's Not What You Need Blues" taps into the uniquely queer experience of being dumped for someone of another gender.
Chicago's ANDIE (aka Andie Williams) seeks to bring her queer and polyromantic perspective to the sounds of the blues, jazz, and soul. She embraces an old-school sound with ANDIE, channeling all-time favorites like Amy Winehouse as well as newer soul artists like Nai Palm of Haitus Kaiyote. Her sultry new song "He's Not What You Need Blues" delivers both a sizzling vocal performance and an ice-cold groove.
ANDIE contributed an essay this spring for Atwood Magazine's Women's History Month series, writing a piece called "A Step-by-Step Guide to Being a Girl’s Girl in the Music Industry (No Matter Your Gender!)." In the piece, she outlines ways for being an advocate and ally in a one's music scene.
"'He’s Not What You Need Blues' is for every person who has been left for someone else, but more specifically I wanted to tap into the uniquely queer experience of being left for someone of an opposite gender and the feelings of jealousy, gender envy, and bitterness that can come up in oneself," she explains. "I could not find a song to portray this feeling when this experience happened to me, so I hope people can resonate and heal with this song."
