After Years of the Industry Selling Her Short, Kim Petras Is Glad People Are Finally ‘Catching On’

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'Women in pop music were my only friends in high school,' says kimpetras, Billboard's 2023 Chartbreaker 📈 Read her full BBWomenInMusic feature interview:

Changing the game has become habitual for the dance-pop devotee, who signed to Republic in summer 2021. In October, “Unholy” made Petras and Smith the first openly trans and nonbinary artists, respectively, to top the Hot 100 in its 65-year history.

“My whole life revolves around strong, amazing women who do whatever they want and have an artistic point of view,” says this year’s Chartbreaker, casually vaping beneath a hoodie just days before unleashingVijat MohindraHell yeah. [Before] it was like, “Oh, the gays love her,” but people didn’t want me on their songs. I didn’t get budgets approved. It was rough.

TikTok played a role in breaking “Unholy” before radio paid attention. What are your thoughts about the app? I love the humor — nothing is so serious on there. I like that more weird songs blow up on TikTok than you would expect, like “Running Up That Hill.” The new generation just cares if they like the song. There’s less industry control because of TikTok.This is your biggest hit, and first major one without Dr. Luke as a collaborator. People have questioned your working relationship with him.

I’ve always been a songwriter. Anything I’ve done, I’ve been a big part of writing. I’ve always collaborated with different people and producers. Luke is the one person people like to pick out and be like, “This is obviously who has to write all of this girl’s music because she can’t be talented and that’s a big name.” But I am here because I’m good at writing, and I do my sh-t.was a huge thing. I’m a huge comedy fan, and I love Bowen [Yang] on the show.

 

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