Lesibu Grand - Hot Glue Gun
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BrooklynVegan premiered Hot Glue Gun on December 5, 2020 saying "Atlanta's Lesibu Grand make music that pulls from punk, indie, new wave, glam, etc, and though it sounds upbeat and fun, their lyrics often take on serious issues." The song was also reviewed by Afropunk, calling it “Cyberpunk Perfection”.

Tyler-Simone and John Renaud co-wrote Hot Glue Gun as a follow up to their prior song We Fucking Suck (WFS) which points out all the problems with our government and society but doesn’t offer much hope for a solution. With Hot Glue Gun, they harness the same 80s punk rock energy but direct it in a more positive direction.

In the song, the hot glue gun is a symbol of the DIY ethic and a reminder that we, as members of a democracy, already have the tools we need to fix our government — activism, community engagement, and of course, the vote. On another level, the hot glue gun is commonly used in cosplay culture to build costumes. In the right hands it transforms people into their favorite characters and reclaims popular culture for those once marginalized.

Symbolically, the hot glue gun is the tool we need for political and social rebirth.

In this music video, which takes place within the fictional 90s era video game, Tyler-Simone plays a freedom fighter, Agent TySy, directed by my people to delete and reboot a corrupted society build on inherited wealth and privilege. That elite class uses their control of the media to portray her as a criminal and unleashes their cloned secret service police force to take her out. Protected by her Power Ranger suit, and wielding a supercharged hot glue gun, the establishment’s violent response fails to halt her advance. Confronting the now helpless ruler, a trump-esque shell of a man, Agent TySy choses not kill him, but instead uses her truth ray to reveal what he really is — artificial junk food designed for the sole purpose of turning a profit and making people sick in the process.

The video was produced by Sailorface, a creative collective based in East Atlanta. Specifically:

Director & Editor:
Clark Peacock

Gaffer:
Hailey Hannigan

Producer:
Evan Newsome

The song was written by Tyler-Simone Molton and John Renaud. Chris Case plays keyboards, John Renaud plays bass, Brian Turner plays guitars, and Lee Wiggins drums.

Recorded and Mixed by Dan Dixon at RCRD.