Singer Holly Valance discusses her collaboration on Pauline Hanson’s Please Explain viral anti-woke music video.
“I’ve been enjoying receiving all the hater Instagrams and people moaning about it, just helps me sleep at night, I love it,” Ms Valance told Sky News Australia.
“I couldn’t have written it better myself.”
‘Not enough brain cells’: Holly Valance breaks silence after Pauline Hanson track pulled from iTunes
Holly Valance has broken her silence after her controversial song to promote Pauline Hanson’s new animated movie was pulled from iTunes.
Former Neighbours star Holly Valance has broken her silence after her controversial song to promote Pauline Hanson’s new animated movie was pulled from iTunes.
The One Nation leader released ‘Kiss Kiss (XX) My Arse’ on Australia Day which mocks trans people, “snowflakes” and “woke” culture.
Within hours it had been purchased enough times to soar past the two songs that topped the Triple J Hottest 100 — Olivia Dean’s ‘Man I Need’ and Keli Holiday’s ‘Dancing2’ — into top spot.
It was later removed from iTunes but, as of Friday morning, had been reinstated due to backlash.
Valance, 42, joined Kiis FM’s The Kyle & Jackie O Show on Friday to talk about the controversy, blasting the platform as lacking “brain cells”.
Host Kyle Sandilands told Valance it was “quite bizarre”.
“I checked on iTunes, R. Kelly, all of his songs are up there even though he’s a violent woman-abusing offender, no problem,” he said.
“Diddy’s songs still up there, no problem, a lot of rappers up there talking about rape and hitting women, no problem. iTunes have got no issue with that, what iTunes seem to have an issue with is political satire humour. Oh, that’s not allowed. I believe that’s a little bit too woke for any of us.
“If you don’t like that sort of stuff that’s fine don’t buy it, but don’t tell us what we can and can’t listen to.”
Sandilands asked Valance if she was “personally devastated that the woke world has removed your song from iTunes”.
“Yes and no, because it kind of helps you in the end and they don’t realise that,” she said.
“I guess not enough brain cells between them. But it’s helping me enormously so thank you so much.”
The song, sung by Valance, is a cover of her 2002 hit single Kiss Kiss. According to Ms Hanson, Valance jumped at the chance.
The accompanying video to the song shows a blonde man in women’s underwear (presumably trans) dancing around to the lyrics: “MWAH You will respect my pronouns / Not all ladies have ovaries, some have a penis / They say that I’m a he but I’m a she / Coz I gotta V and not a D.
“And I don’t care what people say / I’ll never be a him, a them or they / Cause I’m real biological woman / A real biological woman.
“Fave song – from the river to the sea / No job but I bleed LGBT … Q+, ya bigot / Cause I’m a real diabolical lefty.”
The song was released to promote Ms Hanson’s self-promotional film A Super Progressive Movie.
The animated movie follows four “progressives” who are forced to travel beyond the “Naarm Bubble” and are then catapulted into the real world, which in the movie is led by a Prime Minister Pauline Hanson, to search for “their ideology’s most powerful weapon: the Victimhood”.
Although the trailer of the film seems more concerned with suggesting a white cartoon man is a “victim”.
The film leans on a series of stereotypes of LGBT people, shows Ms Hanson in sunglasses, not saying anything and at one point appears to depict Uluru being blown up.
Valance has become the darling of the far right and has been a vocal supporter of Donald Trump and Nigel Farage.
She told Sandilands she had seen the film and “I wasn’t expecting it to be as funny as it was”.
“I was howling, it was great fun,” she said.
Valance said she was also a strong supporter of Ms Hanson.
“I think she’s a pretty extraordinary woman,” she said.
“I know it’s going to be a long run for her to possibly become PM, but I think she’d make a great one.”
Valance added that the controversy around the film this week was “such a little small thing in the scheme of the important things that are happening in life, but you’ve got to see the bigger picture”.
“Just because this week might not be something you like the sound of, you want it cancelled, wait until it does affect something you really believe in, and it’s taken away from you,” she said.
“I think if you’re a real libertarian, free speech should be the top of your priorities even if it’s something you don’t like.”
Writing on social media as she released the track, Ms Hanson said, “When we phoned Holly Valance to write us a song for the movie, she instantly said yes.
“A massive shout out to Holly, who I know watched the film last night and spat water across the room during one particular scene. Tells me the jokes landed really well.”
Ms Hanson added that if enough copies of her song were sold, it would have to be played on ABC-owned station Triple J.
“Wouldn’t the ABC have a heart attack knowing they had to play this track!” she added.
Ms Hanson’s One Nation party has surged in the polls, overtaking the Coalition with 22 per cent of the primary vote compared to 21 per cent.
On Sunday, she claimed on Sunday that it was possible for her to become Prime Minister.
“It’s a big ask, and I’m being honest with myself and honest with the people, but it is possible,” she told Sky News.
“If we get the number one vote, and we get a majority of the votes, the majority of lower house seats, yes, we can form government.
“I think that we’ll probably get government in the states before, eventually, in the federal parliament.
“But there’s nothing stopping us from being opposition first, then working our way towards government.”