Som en kvinnelig artist og utøver i midten av 30-årene funderer Florence over motsetningene i det å fortsette i samme spor og utvikle seg på samme måte som sine mannlige kolleger hvis vei til suksess ikke på samme måte er hindret av biologi. Låten utgjør et forenende kall til handling i å overskride kjønnsroller og Florence erklærer: «I am no mother, I am no bride - I am king».

- As an artist, I never actually thought about my gender that much. I just got on with it. I was as good as the men and I just went out there and matched them every time. But now, thinking about being a woman in my 30s and the future... I suddenly feel this tearing of my identity and my desires. That to be a performer, but also to want a family might not be as simple for me as it is for my male counterparts. I had modelled myself almost exclusively on male performers, and for the first time I felt a wall come down between me and my idols as I have to make decisions they did not, sier hun videre.

Låten slippes med video, regissert av Autumn de Wilde



Florence + the Machine headliner Øyafestivalen fredag 12. august.