Neko Case on Her New Album and the Myth of Being “Lucky to Be Here”

A Deeper Listen
Hosted by Emily Fox

Neko Case talks about not caring about the male gaze and rock n’ roll’s mythology of “you’re lucky to be here.”

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Neko Case is out with a new album called Neon Grey Midnight Green. In conversation with Emily Fox, Case breaks down what spiderwebs can teach us about self-importance, what female and non-binary folks in the music industry have taught her about confidence and not caring about the male gaze and rock n’ roll’s mythology of “you’re lucky to be here.”

“The mythology of you're lucky to be here of rock n’ roll… is very harmful and it's often leveraged to make people think that that theater wasn't built to play music in,” Case says. “Like really? That's weird because I don't know, there's a stage and you have a huge sound system in here. Gosh, I guess we could probably get together and make this happen.”

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