There’s no denying that “Masseduction” by St. Vincent from the album of the same name is dripping in sexuality. With its refrain of “I can’t turn off what turns me on” and the album’s erotic cover art, along with St. Vincent’s outfits accompanying press and while touring for the album, the combined effect is one of a song full of yearning. That being said, there’s also a darker edge to this song, as there are to many on the album, as it mixes “mass seduction” and “mass destruction.”
As the singer, whose real name is Annie Clark, said in an interview, “‘Sexy’ should be defined by agency and empowerment.”