Holly Valance has spoken out after her controversial new song to promote Pauline Hanson‘s new film, A Super Progressive Movie, was briefly pulled from Apple Music.
The track, titled Kiss Kiss (XX) My Arse, was released on Australia Day and reached No.1 on the Apple Music iTunes best-selling songs chart – soaring ahead of tracks by Keli Holliday and Harry Styles.
It was later removed from the platform after it briefly overtook Olivia Dean’s Triple J Hottest 100-winning song, Man I Need, before being reinstated on Friday following backlash.
Holly, 42, appeared on The Kyle & Jackie O show on Friday to discuss the controversy, slamming those behind the removal as having ‘not enough brain cells between them’.
Host Kyle Sandilands asked the former Neighbours star if she was ‘personally devastated’ that the song was removed from the streaming service by what he referred to as the ‘woke world’.
Holly replied that while disappointed, the controversy only helped to promote the song.
Holly Valance (pictured) has spoken out after her controversial new song was briefly pulled from Apple Music
The track, titled Kiss Kiss (XX) My Arse, was released on Australia Day to promote Pauline Hanson’s A Super Progressive Movie
‘Yes and no because they’ve kind of helped you in the end and they don’t realise that,’ she said.
‘There’s not enough brain cells between them. But it’s helping me enormously so thank you very much.’
She added that, while the controversy was minor in the ‘scheme of important things’, it formed part of a broader debate about free speech.
‘You’ve got to see the bigger picture and just because this week might not be something you like the sound of, you want it cancelled, but wait till it does affect something that 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 at the top of your priorities, even if it’s with something you don’t like.’
The song is a reworked version of Holly’s 2002 hit Kiss Kiss and features lyrics taking aim at progressive politics, including references to trans issues, ‘snowflakes’ and ‘cancel culture.’
Lyrics of the song include: ‘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 / ‘Cause 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 a real biological woman / A real biological woman.
Speaking about the controversy on Friday’s Kyle & Jackie O show, Holly said: ‘They’ve kind of helped you in the end and they don’t realise that. There’s not enough brain cells between them. But it’s helping me enormously so thank you very much.’
The song is a reworked version of Holly’s 2002 hit Kiss Kiss and features lyrics taking aim at progressive politics, including references to trans issues, ‘snowflakes’ and ‘cancel culture’
It was removed from Apple Music after it briefly overtook Olivia Dean’s Triple J Hottest 100-winning song, Man I Need, before being reinstated on Friday following backlash
