The song “Sweater Weather” has also become a code, one for identifying fellow bisexuals. She is openly gay and has penned several wlw (woman loving women) anthems, including a song called “i wanna be your girlfriend.” A notable line from her song “girls” includes: “They’re so pretty it hurts / I’m not talking ‘bout boys / I’m talking ‘bout girls / They’re so pretty with their button up shirts.” She’s fully cemented herself as a queer icon why she’s lesbian shorthand is pretty self explanatory.
The artist girl in red has become the online code for being a lesbian. This shorthand through music has been emerging for a while now. It’s not uncommon to log onto a platform like TikTok, go into a person’s comments, and see an exchange along the lines of: Lines like “friends of Dorothy” or noted ring placement have been swapped out with a different way of finding out if a person is another member of the LGBTQ+ community. There’s a new kind of language forming in today’s queer comunities.
