Millie Manders and The Shutup – have released their new single ”Me Too” + accompanying video / the fourth and final single to be taken from their second album

MILLIE MANDERS AND THE SHUTUP have released their new single Me Too, taken from their acclaimed second album Wake Up, Shut Up, Work. The single is the fourth and final to be taken from the album and comes with an acoustic version on the B-side and an intensely powerful and emotional video directed by Ell Bobin. The release comes ahead of the band’s Choose The Bear Tour in the spring, which includes their biggest headline London show to date at Camden Dingwalls and will raise money for Sexual and Domestic Abuse charities along with a new Angry Ted Plushie bear. The bear will be strictly limited to 500 with £6 from each one being donated to The Survivors Trust, Refuge UK and Beyond The Streets with the aim of raising £1000 for each charity.

Speaking about the video, Millie says:

“Thank you to Ramona’s Tea Party for the excellent acting and for spending hours on set with us, and especially to Ramona for deeply immersing herself in the moment, making us all emotional. And thank you to the literally hundreds of people across our shows who chose to be filmed for this video. We are so sorry we couldn’t fit more in. It was staggering the number of you who wanted to be involved with this. Thank you so much for watching and for your support.”

ME TOO
As she stands before the judge with her knickers on display
She’s asked what was she thinking lying on his bed that day
So she pleads for them to understand that they had been good friends
She never thought that she should fear him breaking her trust with hands
They grind her down with questions, reliving every little thing
Make her feel like she’s the one on trial – they say that she had tempted him

Said “Asking for it weren’t you, though?”
Our bodies still aren’t ours
If one victim is still blamed
Our bodies still aren’t ours
Until systems change
It doesn’t matter what we wear
It doesn’t matter how we speak
The conversation’s still the same
You blame the girl for being weak

She carries this all forward into each relationship
Because she’s learned she’s a thing to be owned and used again
So the cycle ever goes around; all her faith in love is lost
She’ll be old and used and worn unless she’s helped to lose her cross

Said “Asking for it weren’t you though?”

[Said “Asking for it weren’t you though?”]

Our bodies still aren’t ours
If one victim is still blamed
Our bodies still aren’t ours
Until systems change
It doesn’t matter what we wear
It doesn’t matter how we speak
The conversation is the same
You blame the girl for being weak