#HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE FIRST NU METAL SINGER EVER

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Y’all motherfuckers was really gonna let our special guy’s birthday get away from me??? SHAME-

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International Women’s Day Special

Getting to Know...

Delilah Bon.

Built on the foundations of no-nonsense real-talk and a message of female empowerment, there is a new Brat-Punk artist pricking up the ears and turning the heads of an army of women and young girls everywhere and her name is Delilah Bon. Her new single stands up for women everywhere, and the accompanying music video has just been unveiled today on International Women’s Day 2021.

A properly gnarly, pedal-to-the-metal single, ‘I Don’t Listen To You’ obliterates genre boundaries, fusing hip-hop, nu-metal, punk and everything in between. Fittingly titled, the outspoken message is everything Delilah represents, and the premise started by rounding up her own troupes. Originally a short video message for her TikTok fans, the video blew up over night with thousands of views and responses. It was this solidarity that inspired Delilah to write and release a full track with an accompanying music video capturing women worldwide that resonated with her message.

Born from a relentless desire to create and express herself, as well as address issues women face in society, Delilah Bon is the alter ego of grunge artist Lauren Tate, the lead singer and guitarist of Hands Off Gretel. Renowned for her gritty lyrics, fuzzy guitars, gruelling bass lines and stadium-sized vocals, this is no exception. Following on from singles ‘Bad Attitude’ ‘School,’ and the call to arms anthem ‘Where My Girls At?,’ Delilah’s already garnered a huge following and has a debut album on the way.

Made by a woman, for women everywhere, Delilah delivers the perfect International Women’s Day anthem and we were lucky enough to chat to the inspirational artist all about the project, 'I Don't Listen to You', her dream all womxn supergroup and what she has planned next. Read the Q&A below.

Hi Lauren! Happy IWD! And also Happy Birthday! For anyone discovering you and/or this project here for the first time, tell us how Delilah Bon came to be.

"Delilah came about completely by accident. I guess I knew deep down I would release the music someday but when I first began writing what I consider to be 'Delilah songs' I didn't intend to put them into the world for a while. I was having a hard time on tour with my band 'Hands Off Gretel' after I'd spoken out about women's safety at shows, basically saying I was sick of being treated with less respect than the guys in the band, constantly having to deal with creepy guys and sexist comments. On one hand I had girls messaging me, sharing their experiences and thanking me for being vocal and on another I had certain guys saying they would no longer support my band because my message made them uncomfortable. There was this really awful vibe on tour where I felt like something was going to kick off at any moment and I just didn't feel in control. It made me realise I couldn't please everyone and still please myself, I knew I had to put myself first. So I went back to what made me happy, writing songs for me. I wrote a handful of empowering rap songs and played them in my earphones whilst on tour to remind myself that I was a boss bitch. I'd never rapped before, I guess I just had a lot to say so it came quite naturally. Delilah saved me in a dark time where I almost forgot what I was doing it all for in the first place."

We love Hands Off Gretel and your solo material too but I feel like Delilah is defnitely you being completely true to yourself. Zero fucks given. Would you agree with that?

"Naturally, I'm ever evolving. I have many dreams, many parts of myself that I worry an entire lifetime won't give me enough time to explore. When I was younger I loved Britney Spears, I loved glitter and dancing, drag queens and dress up. My teenage years were filled with discovering as many angry female singers as I could and wanting to scream like Brody Dalle. I was depressed at school and hated everyone basically. So I ran with that energy and built an entire band around the teenage girl I was and I loved it. 6 years later I'm 24 and back into dress up, I'm listening to Britney, I'm dancing around the garden in my pink tracksuit and I feel like a kid again. There's so much more to me than the teenage girl that started a band all those years ago, I haven't even scratched the surface yet. I want to wake up and write a song, record and produce it myself, plan a video and release it the same month. I need that creative freedom. When people are telling me to do something, it makes me want to rebel and do the opposite."

You have just released the badass music video for your viral TikTok hit 'I Don't Listen To You'. Absolutely perfect for IWD and really empowering. Please tell us how the idea for the visual came about.

"Well I mean, Initially I wasn't going to release that as a full track as the song was only 1 minute long. But BAM, Over night it hit 50K views and over 500 comments, people asking for the full song on Spotify. I was freaking out, refreshing my phone every few minutes to see more and more videos coming from girls around the world using my sound. People were identifying with the lyrics straight away, sharing their stories with each other in the comment sections and thanking me for my message. So 72 hours later I'd written and produced the full song in my studio. It almost killed me, I was so stressed and so worried nobody would actually care once I put the song out but I knew I had to do it. The song wasn't just mine anymore, it felt like ours. I was in the studio straining my eyes, with a numb arse on that computer chair because I wanted to give these women the song that made them feel empowered. I knew I wanted to include all the fans in the video, at first I wasn't even going to be in it at all because I wanted to make room for them. It challenged me as a producer and writer and as soon as I saw all the fan videos come flooding in, I got really emotional. I just sat and cried. It's one of the highlights of my career so far."

Wow, I can imagine! That does sound so incredibly inspiring. Talking of inspiring musicians.. If you could form an all womxn supergroup, which artists would you choose to join you and why?

"Wow my gosh that's a hard one, I love so many women. Ok so Grimes would be the DJ, up on her decks with bouncing pigtails and glow stick bracelets, then Bigklit will be my backup screamer (my hype queen). I want Rico Nasty too, her raspy rapping is my favourite. I just want a load of hype girls on stage, dancing around with words painted on their skin. My list of dream collabs is endless!"

What's next for Delilah Bon? What can you tell us about the forthcoming full length? Do you plan to take Delilah to the stage in the future?

"As I wrote and produced this album I danced around my music room and pretended to be on stage. I could hear the crowd already! I know it's the kind of album that will go down so well live because the energy is so contagious. I have no plans to tour it this year though as I'm busy with my band but I will eventually. The album is 12 tracks long and will be dropping in May. Eeek I'm so excited. Obviously feminism is at it's core and I can't wait to see my dad's face when he hears the lyric about vibrators haha! It's daring and fresh, I think the people that get it will freaking love it and the people that don't like it, don't get it. Whatever the case, I love what I'm doing and have never felt so empowered by my own music before."

We can't wait to hear it!

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revenge... 1 to 99, added extra question: Why do you love Yuri so much?

1. What is you middle//full name?          My middle name is Ewelina. I know, very original considering that my first name is Karolina

2. How old are you? 18 and still acting like child

3. What is your birthday? 22th of July. Best month of the year X3

4. What is your zodiac sign? Cancer ^^

5. What is your favorite color? Purple! And blue as well… Maybe pink too…

6. What’s your lucky number? 4 and 9

7. Do you have any pets? Yes an 11 years old dog. Though he acts like he would be 5 years old and he’s an ass. But a lovely ass

8. Where are you from? Poland

9. How tall are you? Around 166cm

10. What shoe size are you? In European measures 39 or 40, depends

11. How many pairs of shoes do you own? Umn… 4 maybe?

12. What was your last dream about? Ugh, that was a weird one. I have a small crush on one of my classmates. He can be really charming sometimes and my brain apparently thought that it is a good idea to dream about a moment when he actually is kissing me in classroom. Though the strange part was that his behavior was actually Yuuri’s behavior. So a nice combination, but… My classmate isn’t that charming as Yuuri sadly. So dream stays a dream.

13. What talents do you have? Pissing off people around me, get attached to fictional characters to the point that I am caring and am worried about them like for real people, learning languages, liking hard languages, coming up with ideas for one-shots or drawing from thin air, being very grumpy sometimes… And being a no life for the most part of my free time

14. Are you psychic in any way? My intuition is usually right, and the annoying voice in the back of my head too… It is very annoying!

15. Favorite song? Just like mentioned before “Leave Out All The Rest” by Linkin Park

16. Favorite movie? "101 Dalmatians 2: Patch’s London Adventure" and this won’t change

17. Who would be your ideal partner? Considering the fact that I like well… The not so normal people… A grumpy and sometimes funny and with an edgy character boy would be good ^u^

18. Do you want children? If possible then yes, why not?

19. Do you want a church wedding? Nah

20. Are you religious?  Nah

21. Have you ever been to the hospital? Yeah, a few visits in there because of my family… I hate hospitals

22. Have you ever got in trouble with the law? Nope, I am an angel fake smile, *hides the huge smirk crawling up my innocent face*

23. Have you ever met any celebrities? Nope

24. Baths or showers? Showers definitely.

25. What color socks are you wearing? Fluffy blue ones. My grandma bought them for me ;u;

26. Have you ever been famous? Right now in my high school class. I am famous for the person with sharp tongue. Really, I can be such an asshole to some people…

27. Would you like to be a big celebrity? Nope, I want to stay as I am. On the side, doing my own stuff without a care for the outside world.

28. What type of music do you like? Heavy metal, Neue Deutsche Härte, Nu metal, Orchiestral music, Japanese music, games soundtracks

29. Have you ever been skinny dipping? No

30. How many pillows do you sleep with? One fluffy one. I love fluffy things X3

31. What position do you usually sleep in? On the right side, curled into a ball

32. How big is your house? Little flat with kitchen, bathroom and two rooms

33. What do you typically have for breakfast? Eggs! I love eggs :3

34. Have you ever fired a gun? No

35. Have you ever tried archery? No, but it seems to be a lot of fun

36. Favorite clean word? Comfy

37. Favorite swear word? Fuck, but I like to use my native language meaning for this word. It sounds better

38. What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without sleep? You do not want to be near me without something to defend yourself if I don’t sleep more than 3 hours

39. Do you have any scars? Nope

40. Have you ever had a secret admirer? No, I am not that beautiful… And probably my charisma is way too original for normal people

41. Are you a good liar? Yes, a very good one!

42. Are you a good judge of character? Yes, I am usually observing someone for a long time before I am showing my true self. I don’t trust anyone, besides my friends.

43. Can you do any other accents other than your own? Yes, English and a bit of German

44. Do you have a strong accent? Let’s be honest, Polish doesn’t have a very strong accent. If it comes to English than yes, I do have strong one. And about German accent… Still working on it :3

45. What is your favorite accent? Without a doubt, German

46. What is your personality type? Dunno, didn’t do that test

47. What is your most expensive piece of clothing? I don’t know

48. Can you curl your tongue? Yeah

49. Are you an innie or an outie? Innie

50. Left or right handed? Right handed

51. Are you scared of spiders? No that much. Just little thingies walking on their small 8 legs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

52. Favorite food? *scratches my head*  Chicken soup with self made noodles

53. Favorite foreign food? Pizza or Spaghetti

54. Are you a clean or messy person? Clean, I hate mess

55. Most used phrased? Dunno

56. Most used word? Just

57. How long does it take for you to get ready? In the morning before school? An hour

58. Do you have much of an ego? Sometimes *sweats*

59. Do you suck or bite lollipops? Suck

60. Do you talk to yourself?  A lot. And then my mom thinks that I am talking to her

61. Do you sing to yourself? Yes, it helps to concentrate on things

62. Are you a good singer? Dunno, ask my dog Dog: Woof!

63. Biggest Fear? Being left alone

64. Are you a gossip? No

65. Best dramatic movie you’ve seen? I am not watching movies, though I came up with very dramatic au for my oc x canon character. Not gonna tell because smart me is too shy

66. Do you like long or short hair? Long or middle. They are fun to draw

67. Can you name all 50 states of America? No. I have problems with Polish map and you want me to know states of America?

68. Favorite school subject? German all the way!

69. Extrovert or Introvert? Introvert

70. Have you ever been scuba diving? Yes, once or twice

71. What makes you nervous? Talking out loud in front of people who I don’t know. Getting involved into situation where a lot of people needs to get their voice about something

72. Are you scared of the dark? No, dark is nice and calm.

73. Do you correct people when they make mistakes? Yes because I just have the urge to do so

74. Are you ticklish? *hides my legs*  Not at all ^^

75. Have you ever started a rumor? I am not that kind of asshole

76. Have you ever been in a position of authority? I think not

77. Have you ever drank underage? I hate alcohol so nope

78. Have you ever done drugs? Look at the answer above

79. Who was your first real crush? Fuck real crushes, let’s go to fictional characters. This asshole *points at Bakura*

80. How many piercings do you have? Only on ears but I am not wearing any earrings

81. Can you roll your Rs?“ No

82. How fast can you type? Fast

83. How fast can you run? Not so fast

84. What color is your hair? Brown

85. What color is your eyes? Hazel. From light blue to light green or green, to gray blue.

86. What are you allergic to? To people who have tendency to piss me off

87. Do you keep a journal? No, but if we are counting the many one-shots I wrote to keep my ideas in one place then yes

88. What do your parents do? They are old, they are relaxing

89. Do you like your age? Kinda. I would rather be older though. Be after collage and such, have work already and have my own flat

90. What makes you angry? Oh God… People who thinks they are better for whatever reason, people who thinks that it is bad to have something original in yourself, people who wants to outsmart you just because they want to dump their shit on you, people who gossips behind your back, people who… *a few hours later*  And finally people who are just sexists.

91. Do you like your own name? Yes, I do. Long names are cute

92. Have you already thought of baby names, and if so what are they? Fuck, Dalia do not laugh, don’t you even dare… I like the name Jörgen and if my plans go as planned then maybe I will have the opportunity to give it to my child. Maybe… Ah, dreams…

93. Do you want a boy a girl for a child? Neither will be good

94. What are you strengths? Hiding my true self before others, being able to cut myself off from society for most of the time, being creative

95. What are your weaknesses? Choosing favorite characters - they are dying or are suffering or are treated badly by the writers and fandom, plushies, heavy metal music - especially Rammstein and Metallica

96. How did you get your name? My mom overheard name “Karolina” on one of the parties when she was younger and she liked it so she thought of giving me that name

97. Were your ancestors royalty? From Polish side yes, but only from my dad’s side and from German side? Ich weiß es nicht ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

98. Color of your room? Purple and green. And I want it to stay like that

99. Color of your bedspread? Purple and blue for now

Your extra question: Why do you love Yuri so much?Oh… Oh God *blushes* Well…It is not only because @amiiera pulled me back into Arc V and made me make oc for Yuuri, but… He’s not only handsome and cute and adorable. His voice is perfect, like a melody for me, his behavior is charming as well and his smirks really can make me fell really weak and squeak more than I was squeaking while seeing Vector, but the thing is, I can relate to him very much. The thing about being alone, without family, without friends. I went through hell in Primary school. I was without anyone who could shake me and woke me up from this nightmare. @true-lab were - and I really hope so that they still are - my only friend at that time, but even though, I still felt alone. Now to the parents stuff… When I was younger my dad drank a lot and I don’t have very happy memories from that time. I was always closing myself in fictional world, trying to not listen to my dad or ignore him completely so yeah, childhood almost without parents is checked as well.Now to other point why I like him so much. The way writers treat him and the way fandom treats him is just awful. Not only Arc V writers are really bad, but fandom doesn’t see that abusive relationships are bad and they are - in my opinion - shipping Yuuri with the worst characters they can. And I kinda want to protect him from everything. I just… Want to make him happy even if I had to make whole new au for him and my oc. I just want to see him happy for once. He deserves it, and I don’t care what other people thinks about him. 

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Do all of the asks, please :)

Okay!  1. What is you middle name?Gene2. How old are you?213. When is your birthday?Veterans day4. What is your zodiac sign?Scorpio5. What is your favorite color?Yellow6. What’s your lucky number?117. Do you have any pets?I own one dog and a snake8. Where are you from? Born and raised in central florida

9. How tall are you?6 feet even

10. What shoe size are you?9 1/2

11. How many pairs of shoes do you own?2 pairs of boots, and one pair of flip flops12. What was your last dream about?All the clocks at work were spinning backwards and my coworkers were eating each other. 13. What talents do you have?I can play guitar, I can suck my nose in and I can almost always quote a song14. Are you psychic in any way?When I was a kid I used to kinda get Deja Vu about twice a week. I would dream of a thing happening and then a week to three months later it would happen. I knew the layout of my moms new apartment we had never been into because of it, I even knew where a metal box was buried by my grandmas house that my cousin  put there years before. if that counts for anything.15. Favorite song?All of them.16. Favorite movie?Forest Gump17. Who would be your ideal partner?someone human and alive18. Do you want children?either 0 or a football team, no other options19. Do you want a church wedding?I don’t mind really20. Are you religious?not particularly 21. Have you ever been to the hospital?When I was born22. Have you ever got in trouble with the law?Nope23. Have you ever met any celebrities?Nu-uh24. Baths or showers?Showers25. What color socks are you wearing?White26. Have you ever been famous?I made it into the local paper for playing air guitar27. Would you like to be a big celebrity?Nah28. What type of music do you like?All of it29. Have you ever been skinny dipping?Not yet!30. How many pillows do you sleep with?Two31. What position do you usually sleep in?On my side, hugging a person or pillow32. How big is your house?Three bed, two bath, 2000 sq feet33. What do you typically have for breakfast?I usually skip breakfast 34. Have you ever fired a gun?Often35. Have you ever tried archery?I was one signature away from getting my archery merit badge in the boy scouts36. Favorite clean word?Okey-dokey37. Favorite swear word?CUNT38. What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without sleep?48 hours, with a rock concert in the middle 39. Do you have any scars?Tons40. Have you ever had a secret admirer?I had a very nice girl start talking to me on tumblr and  she was very sweet. I hope she is doing okay now.41. Are you a good liar?Yep42. Are you a good judge of character?Mhmm43. Can you do any other accents other than your own?Not well, but I can attempt some44. Do you have a strong accent?Nah45. What is your favorite accent?Eastern European 46. What is your personality type?Outgoing, Friendly 47. What is your most expensive piece of clothing?I own an obnoxious blue suit. Like popsicle blue48. Can you curl your tongue?Yep49. Are you an innie or an outie?innie!50. Left or right handed?Right51. Are you scared of spiders?Nope52. Favorite food?Free53. Favorite foreign food?Authentic Mexican food54. Are you a clean or messy person?Messy, But I try and be clean!55. Most used phrased?It is what it is.56. Most used word?Yo57. How long does it take for you to get ready?about 60 seconds58. Do you have much of an ego?I am the greatest.59. Do you suck or bite lollipops?Bite Bite Bite60. Do you talk to yourself?It helps me think so yeah61. Do you sing to yourself?Always!62. Are you a good singer?NOPE63. Biggest Fear?Dying alone64. Are you a gossip?Never, I keep all my secrets65. Best dramatic movie you’ve seen?The Lion King66. Do you like long or short hair?On me? long.  A partner? Short.67. Can you name all 50 states of America?Florida and 49 not floridas (I can probably get 45 ish)68. Favorite school subject?SCIENCE69. Extrovert or Introvert?Extrovert70. Have you ever been scuba diving?Nope71. What makes you nervous?Public Speaking72. Are you scared of the dark?Nope73. Do you correct people when they make mistakes?Sometimes74. Are you ticklish?I’ll fight you (yes)75. Have you ever started a rumor?No76. Have you ever been in a position of authority?Mhmm77. Have you ever drank underage?Yep78. Have you ever done drugs?Nope79. Who was your first real crush?5th grade, Shelby Sawyer80. How many piercings do you have?One, My septum81. Can you roll your Rs?“nope82. How fast can you type?176 words a minute, but its all gibberish 83. How fast can you run?Not very84. What color is your hair?Black85. What color is your eyes?Brown86. What are you allergic to?Nothing yet87. Do you keep a journal?Never have88. What do your parents do?My mom works in a junkyard and my dad is a self employed draftsmen89. Do you like your age?mhmm, its rad90. What makes you angry?ELVES91. Do you like your own name?Yeah92. Have you already thought of baby names, and if so what are they?I did this in a previous post93. Do you want a boy a girl for a child?Both!94. What are you strengths?My arms are strong, and I like to think Im a good leader95. What are your weaknesses?I have a hard time staying organized 96. How did you get your name?Matthew means gift from God, and I am my mothers only child from years of trying. 97. Were your ancestors royalty?I mean, I have Mayan in me so maybe?98. Do you have any scars?Yep99. Color of your bedspread?Grey and black100. Color of your room?White!This took forever I hope you’re happy now