This is actually MUCH more along the lines of what she usually puts out. She fully embraces the “mommy dommy” vibe and is incredibly good at it and I absolutely love her for it.

Thank you for your sentiments on sexuality!! honestly its just nice to see people present art the way they want without it being gatekept and i appreciate the way you respected that! also the song is so good!!

Wow. A video with 3:49 explained in 21:45. You know that game.... for sure.

But there have been female rockers who dressed very sexy, and still succeeded for their talent over just their looks (Maria Brink, Alicia White-Gluz, etc). However, you are correct with the new direction.

my question is why male metal artists aren't putting more effort into having sexual appeal as female artists like vana and in this moment? it feels like female metal artists put more effort in the visual aesthetics sometimes. guys in glam rock don't shy away from melding sexy into the visuals, but i rarely see metal guys embracing the sexy vibes especially in recent years. whether metal ladies go for tough or sexy or pretty or any other vibes, they're pretty good at finding the vibes that work for them and stand out from one another and they all look good and set a good visual brand for themselves that works with their music. but from a lot of the male focused metal bands i've seen more recently, they feel like they often default to the same look and don't sexuallize themselves or try to stand out from the basic jeans and t-shirt and beard look. their music is great but i want more effort from male metal bands. maybe i've haven't seen enough of the newer male artists. but it feels like the era of guys putting in the same level of energy into their looks and branding as women ended a while ago. arosmith, guns and roses, twisted sister, kiss, david bowe, and even black veil brides (for a slightly more recent band put their best foot forward. . if we're going to compare the aesthetics of women in alt music, then we need to compare men in alt music too, and the men feel like they they're lagging behind a little when it comes to visual aesthetics (music videos are still great, but if the band themselves are just in basic clothes in the video and on stage, then the only way to carry over a video's aesthetics to a stage performance is to play it on a screen behind the band which can end up being distracting more than anything else). if sometimes feels like metal guys just default to jeans, t-shirt, and a beard across the board like some basic alt uniform. what once may have been a look with unique personality because a bland safety blanket of simplicity they guys don't seem to want to stray away from for some reason. it looks good on most dudes to be fair. but sometimes it isn't enough when compared to the creativity that so many women in the same spaces so off. alt music is a creative space for creative people. the guys need to stop being so shy and self conscious and get more experimental with their own fashions and visual aesthetics again.