I didn’t know how relatable this would be, especially the “Am I making all of this up?” lyric. As someone who has (and still does) struggle with gender identity, I cannot thank you enough for this song 💕
It's absolutely a reference! This song is almost a reaction to "I don't wanna be a girl" by Mafumafu, and so it only felt right to set the tone with the reference in the beginning. ^^
I usually don't comment but I just found this song and I have to. Mafumafu has been one of my favorite artists since forever, but despite liking the "I want to be a girl" song, when I first listened to it I felt awful. For the longest time I was never able to realize why, but, well, it's because I was "envious of somebody who wants the things I have". Also I haven't seen anyone mention this yet but shout-out to "Envy of the way you cross the line, I want to cross it too, but I would loop back to one side And nobody would ever come to know I dared to venture past what I’m assigned" It hits way too hard. I just wanna be a gender non-comforming guy but if people see me as a girl because I'm afab, then I'm just a girl dressing like a girl, which isn't what I want. Overall, I wanted to say this because I really appreciate this song. Like, a lot a lot. I knew in the back of my head that "other people like me exist", (I mean, they have to), but seeing something so direct about it has helped me feel so much better and less alone. Thank you so much for making this.
I’m afraid of everyone somehow convincing me that I’m wrong that I’m not a boy even though I know for a fact I am and making me hide that part of me away to appease them and then me finding out years later I was right all along then realizing I’d wasted all those years pretending I was a girl so they would accept me just because I have the body parts of one.
oh also something i forgot to add in my original comment! i like how at 3:35 you acknowledge "i'm envious of somebody who wants / who may not want / the things i have" i personally interpreted it as both of the parties involved are trans and want to give up the body parts and appearance they were given as that is often the case for me :) great work as always!
this song got some tears out of me haha thank you for posting this, it means a lot loved the melody, tuning and instrumental, this is a complete banger for sure and the art and video are beautiful as well
a year after this song released. i return to listen to it and i am hit with just a wave of surprise at how much i relate to this. its honestly impressive.
Ok this song is a bop, but that's a given since it's Winchu, but what I really wanna talk about is the lyrics. And holy hell did they hit me like a truck. Seriously, this resonates with me on a whole different level. And the fact that I'm transing my gender the other way somehow just amplifies it. Like... I don't even know what to say. Winchi, you're a genius. I'm gonna use this song to explain gender dysphoria to my cis friends from now on
your cis friends should be showing the song to you. Our culture should be more supportive of mental illness. And gender dysphoria is literally a mental illness. People get mad when I say that, but depression is also a form of mental illness, and being depressed doesn't make you any less valid as a human being. You cant say "oh I'm masculine" or "I'm feminine" when both of those terms are inherently sexist and grounded in the patricarchy. You are a human being. You can have a penis and like to paint your nails. You can have a vagina and like carpentry. It has nothing to do with gender. Such a stupid concept.
@@-uwu-Su I mean, true, gender norms are ultimately grounded in the patriarchy, but why would acknowledging they exist, and that you may or may not fit into them, be wrong? I'm not sure if I understand your comment correctly, but to me it looks like you're equivocating being trans with "I'm somewhat "feminine" so I must be a woman" or vice versa, and like... no? Heck, even this song is about a transmasc person who's rather feminine. Unless, of course, I'm misunderstanding your comment (which is quite possible)
@@chl3pka Acknowledging they (patriarchy assigned gender roles) exist is one thing, but playing into them is another. If gender is really a spectrum, trying to pinpoint and define things just seems pointless to me. Identity in and of itself is such a trivial thing in the journey that is life. The media goes out of its way to make it a more divisive issue than it really should be. Either way I hope you understand that I support you and everyone expressing themselves however they'd like to. I just think "identity" is dumb, and thats why I really like this song.
omgg i can't believe i forgot to be here for the premiere ! >.< just another banger as usual honestly, i absolutely loved this - i obviously can't relate to the whole song as a cis woman, but the way you talk about gender reminds me a bit of how confused i can get about my own sexual orientation sometimes :')
This is one of my favorite of Winchi’s songs! It’s very relatable to me, since I’m a trans man who likes the idea of wearing cute feminine clothes but I feel like if I do I’ll only be seen as a woman. I listened to it on loop a lot when it first came out feeling sad that I didn’t have the confidence to express myself how I want. But here I am now, listening to it again and finally wearing a skirt out for the first time since I came out! I decided, who cares! I get misgendered anyway, might as well feel cute while I’m at it!!
I'm a cis male who also like to wear nail polish and leggings. Honestly I feel like yall are like 100 years behind on gender identity. You can be a man and like things that the patricarchy says women like. It's all inherently sexist and counterinutitive.
@@-uwu-Su I agree! It’s just that for trans people it can be difficult to express themselves outside of the gender norms of their identity out of fear of getting misgendered or confusing people. It IS all sexist and counterintuitive, and I don’t want to hold my self expression back for a stupid gendered society I don’t believe in anyway. It’s just that it can be difficult because it DOES still hurt to be seen as a girl, and putting on a skirt just destroys all my chances at passing. I am trying to build up enough self confidence to not care how strangers see me though!
@@Night_Willows "It’s just that for trans people it can be difficult to express themselves outside of the gender norms of their identity out of fear of getting misgendered or confusing people." My friend, as I said, I'm a cis white dude. I had to grow up doing 10 years in catholic school. I straightened my hair, painted my nails (I like metallics), dyed my hair. Got called every slur in the book, got bullied, and harassed by even my own family. It isn't just trans people, expressing yourself in general is difficult. Because yeah, people are ignorant and sexist and homophobic and etc. Also, if you want to wear skirts, thats fine! But don't expect to attract people who dont wanna see you in skirts, y'know? Allow them to have their preferences. And life is short. Would you really prioritize your wardrobe over true love? Seems petty in the grand scheme of life.
@@-uwu-Su of course it’s difficult for cis people to express themselves outside of gender norms too, I was just being specific to my situation to keep my comment short. I’m happy you were able to get over that though! And I am talking more about being misgendered by people who don’t know me and I won’t ever have any sort of relationship with. I’m not worried about attracting people or not, in fact I’d prefer not to get much attention from it. But anyway I know obviously there’s no way of them knowing my pronouns and I don’t expect them to it can just still be upsetting at times. And I didn’t even say anything about love? But I do believe I can eventually find someone who will accept me as I am, gender expression and all, and I wouldn’t want to change myself for someone anyway
"I’m not worried about attracting people or not, in fact I’d prefer not to get much attention from it. " big mood. It's pretty annoying not being able to express yourself as YOU without there being some needless sexual connotation attached to it.
Such a good song. It's the third song from you that just so... relatable in a way? Reminds me of the times when I was struggling with my gender identity, and then my identity overall. So many self-doubt, self-hate and pure confusion. I'm glad I got it figured out tho. Sometimes you just don't fit in. And well, you're not supposed to. You are... you, as silly as that sounds. And I'm just me. Mess of color, noise and vibes with the side of femininity. Take it or leave it)
oh damn a third comment already hope it's not too annoying. I wanted to share this though and since it's kinda personal I might decide to delete it later so I'm making another separate one My favorite lyric here is "I'm envious of somebody who wants the things I have". My partner is trans. The other way. Well nonbinary but they're gonna get estrogen probably this year, and while I'm happy for them of course I also feel... Weird. I'm nonbinary too, I doubt I'd be happier if I started testosterone, I'm quite content with the way I look and sound right now. AND YET. My partner has a somewhat clear idea of a "gender goal" that I just... Don't. I just know Something is Wrong with how people perceive me now. Idk maybe if I change my name to a more neutral one I might feel more correct
I’m not sure if it was out when you posted this comment or if you’ve seen it by now, but there is an instrumental version now with a link in the description :)
Holy hell I was just scrolling the fukase search results and now I'm feeling very called out haha. It's amazing the amount of trans songs people use fukase for lol.
I didn’t know how relatable this would be, especially the “Am I making all of this up?” lyric. As someone who has (and still does) struggle with gender identity, I cannot thank you enough for this song 💕
Everyone rise for the gender anthem
somehow you put all of my gender-y feelings into one song??? this is a banger but also hit me like a freight train HWJHDFJSD
I never thought my gender could be summed up in a 4 minute 13 second long youtube video, but here we are
jesus christ this song hits home, thank you for releasing this. i relate to it alot.
OMG THE MAFUMAFU REFERENCE??? Or maybe I'm crazy. But if it was a reference oh god that's brilliant
It's absolutely a reference! This song is almost a reaction to "I don't wanna be a girl" by Mafumafu, and so it only felt right to set the tone with the reference in the beginning. ^^
I usually don't comment but I just found this song and I have to. Mafumafu has been one of my favorite artists since forever, but despite liking the "I want to be a girl" song, when I first listened to it I felt awful. For the longest time I was never able to realize why, but, well, it's because I was "envious of somebody who wants the things I have".
Also I haven't seen anyone mention this yet but shout-out to
"Envy of the way you cross the line,
I want to cross it too, but I would loop back to one side
And nobody would ever come to know
I dared to venture past what I’m assigned"
It hits way too hard. I just wanna be a gender non-comforming guy but if people see me as a girl because I'm afab, then I'm just a girl dressing like a girl, which isn't what I want.
Overall, I wanted to say this because I really appreciate this song. Like, a lot a lot. I knew in the back of my head that "other people like me exist", (I mean, they have to), but seeing something so direct about it has helped me feel so much better and less alone. Thank you so much for making this.
I’m afraid of everyone somehow convincing me that I’m wrong that I’m not a boy even though I know for a fact I am and making me hide that part of me away to appease them and then me finding out years later I was right all along then realizing I’d wasted all those years pretending I was a girl so they would accept me just because I have the body parts of one.
I love how the beginning was a ref to Mafumafu’s song (I think) and how I relate to everything at a 100%
oh also something i forgot to add in my original comment! i like how at 3:35 you acknowledge "i'm envious of somebody who wants / who may not want / the things i have" i personally interpreted it as both of the parties involved are trans and want to give up the body parts and appearance they were given as that is often the case for me :) great work as always!
this song got some tears out of me haha thank you for posting this, it means a lot
loved the melody, tuning and instrumental, this is a complete banger for sure and the art and video are beautiful as well
God this song is so relatable, especially with how I feel about myself right now! Awesome work as usual, Winchi!
a year after this song released. i return to listen to it and i am hit with just a wave of surprise at how much i relate to this. its honestly impressive.
this hit a little too close to home 🧍
Goodness this song hits SO close to home. Thank you so much for making this, it's nice to have songs I can relate to :)
this is so good omg--
FUCK I HAVE TO SLEEP BEFORE THAT OH JEEZ BUT MY GOD THATS RELATABLE AS A TRANS MAN
Ok this song is a bop, but that's a given since it's Winchu, but what I really wanna talk about is the lyrics. And holy hell did they hit me like a truck. Seriously, this resonates with me on a whole different level. And the fact that I'm transing my gender the other way somehow just amplifies it. Like... I don't even know what to say. Winchi, you're a genius. I'm gonna use this song to explain gender dysphoria to my cis friends from now on
your cis friends should be showing the song to you.
Our culture should be more supportive of mental illness. And gender dysphoria is literally a mental illness.
People get mad when I say that, but depression is also a form of mental illness, and being depressed doesn't make you any less valid as a human being.
You cant say "oh I'm masculine" or "I'm feminine" when both of those terms are inherently sexist and grounded in the patricarchy.
You are a human being. You can have a penis and like to paint your nails. You can have a vagina and like carpentry. It has nothing to do with gender. Such a stupid concept.
"socieity's dishonety just makes me so confused" is such a banger line
@@-uwu-Su I mean, true, gender norms are ultimately grounded in the patriarchy, but why would acknowledging they exist, and that you may or may not fit into them, be wrong? I'm not sure if I understand your comment correctly, but to me it looks like you're equivocating being trans with "I'm somewhat "feminine" so I must be a woman" or vice versa, and like... no? Heck, even this song is about a transmasc person who's rather feminine. Unless, of course, I'm misunderstanding your comment (which is quite possible)
@@chl3pka Acknowledging they (patriarchy assigned gender roles) exist is one thing, but playing into them is another.
If gender is really a spectrum, trying to pinpoint and define things just seems pointless to me. Identity in and of itself is such a trivial thing in the journey that is life.
The media goes out of its way to make it a more divisive issue than it really should be.
Either way I hope you understand that I support you and everyone expressing themselves however they'd like to. I just think "identity" is dumb, and thats why I really like this song.
ohmyGOB this song hit home. Dhdhjs thank you so much for making this winchi aaaaa❤️❤️
THE MV IS SO PRETTY AND THE SONG IS A BANGER!!!!
omgg i can't believe i forgot to be here for the premiere ! >.< just another banger as usual honestly, i absolutely loved this - i obviously can't relate to the whole song as a cis woman, but the way you talk about gender reminds me a bit of how confused i can get about my own sexual orientation sometimes :')
This is one of my favorite of Winchi’s songs! It’s very relatable to me, since I’m a trans man who likes the idea of wearing cute feminine clothes but I feel like if I do I’ll only be seen as a woman. I listened to it on loop a lot when it first came out feeling sad that I didn’t have the confidence to express myself how I want. But here I am now, listening to it again and finally wearing a skirt out for the first time since I came out! I decided, who cares! I get misgendered anyway, might as well feel cute while I’m at it!!
I'm a cis male who also like to wear nail polish and leggings.
Honestly I feel like yall are like 100 years behind on gender identity. You can be a man and like things that the patricarchy says women like. It's all inherently sexist and counterinutitive.
@@-uwu-Su I agree! It’s just that for trans people it can be difficult to express themselves outside of the gender norms of their identity out of fear of getting misgendered or confusing people. It IS all sexist and counterintuitive, and I don’t want to hold my self expression back for a stupid gendered society I don’t believe in anyway. It’s just that it can be difficult because it DOES still hurt to be seen as a girl, and putting on a skirt just destroys all my chances at passing. I am trying to build up enough self confidence to not care how strangers see me though!
@@Night_Willows "It’s just that for trans people it can be difficult to express themselves outside of the gender norms of their identity out of fear of getting misgendered or confusing people."
My friend, as I said, I'm a cis white dude. I had to grow up doing 10 years in catholic school.
I straightened my hair, painted my nails (I like metallics), dyed my hair. Got called every slur in the book, got bullied, and harassed by even my own family.
It isn't just trans people, expressing yourself in general is difficult. Because yeah, people are ignorant and sexist and homophobic and etc.
Also, if you want to wear skirts, thats fine! But don't expect to attract people who dont wanna see you in skirts, y'know?
Allow them to have their preferences.
And life is short. Would you really prioritize your wardrobe over true love? Seems petty in the grand scheme of life.
@@-uwu-Su of course it’s difficult for cis people to express themselves outside of gender norms too, I was just being specific to my situation to keep my comment short. I’m happy you were able to get over that though! And I am talking more about being misgendered by people who don’t know me and I won’t ever have any sort of relationship with. I’m not worried about attracting people or not, in fact I’d prefer not to get much attention from it. But anyway I know obviously there’s no way of them knowing my pronouns and I don’t expect them to it can just still be upsetting at times. And I didn’t even say anything about love? But I do believe I can eventually find someone who will accept me as I am, gender expression and all, and I wouldn’t want to change myself for someone anyway
"I’m not worried about attracting people or not, in fact I’d prefer not to get much attention from it. "
big mood. It's pretty annoying not being able to express yourself as YOU without there being some needless sexual connotation attached to it.
I love this! Great song as usual Winchi!! :)))
WAAAAA THANK U SO MUCH FOR THIS SONG!! I came home with a bad mood and then I open youtube... Im so glad to see ur new video!! 😭😭❤️❤️❤️
Im gonna read the lyrics later (because I really dont understand english well), so I just going to thank u for making my day a little bit better 💛
Banger
Such a good song. It's the third song from you that just so... relatable in a way? Reminds me of the times when I was struggling with my gender identity, and then my identity overall. So many self-doubt, self-hate and pure confusion. I'm glad I got it figured out tho. Sometimes you just don't fit in. And well, you're not supposed to. You are... you, as silly as that sounds. And I'm just me. Mess of color, noise and vibes with the side of femininity. Take it or leave it)
oh damn a third comment already hope it's not too annoying. I wanted to share this though and since it's kinda personal I might decide to delete it later so I'm making another separate one
My favorite lyric here is "I'm envious of somebody who wants the things I have". My partner is trans. The other way. Well nonbinary but they're gonna get estrogen probably this year, and while I'm happy for them of course I also feel... Weird. I'm nonbinary too, I doubt I'd be happier if I started testosterone, I'm quite content with the way I look and sound right now. AND YET. My partner has a somewhat clear idea of a "gender goal" that I just... Don't. I just know Something is Wrong with how people perceive me now. Idk maybe if I change my name to a more neutral one I might feel more correct
I have a request, that song means a lot to me, it would be nice to have a instrumental version for karaoke!
I’m not sure if it was out when you posted this comment or if you’ve seen it by now, but there is an instrumental version now with a link in the description :)
Can't relate cause I'm a trans girl but we love our Femboy brothers.
Holy hell I was just scrolling the fukase search results and now I'm feeling very called out haha. It's amazing the amount of trans songs people use fukase for lol.
This song gives off vibes of a trans-masc femboy trying to figure out their gender. (aka me right now)
I relate to this, i am a trans guy but i am really feminine, thank you very much 💕
???? so you're a biological female who is feminine? shocker
Also saying "feminine" is pretty sexist.
this song is so relatable as a genderfluid person whos usually masc or neutral
i dont know what to comment pls tell me
Me
this song made me change my pronouns (oh god now I have to update my profile picture)