Peach PRC is Making Music Pinker
By: Mallory Johnson
The video social media app TikTok has made regular people into stars, and one of these people is Australian singer/songwriter Peach PRC. Peach PRC is a stage name, but she keeps her real name off of social media. She shares videos and her thoughts across her three TikTok accounts (two of which are private, for sharing secrets, but I follow all three). Her music is hyper pop and a lot of fun to listen to! She came out as a lesbian this year, after originally being out as bisexual for years. She has an adorable small white dog named Marbles (nicknamed Mubs) who is a regular presence in her videos. Her most popular song is called “Josh,” in which she boldly calls out her toxic ex-boyfriend with his real first name. She details their toxic relationship and asks him to stop calling her. This is the first song of hers I knew, and I was pulled in by how bold and brave she was in the lyrics. In the song, she says, “And I think maybe you’re lost/I’m exhausted always cutting you off/Stop calling me, Josh.” All her songs (except the ballad “Heavy” and her two Christmas songs) are 100% appropriate for blaring at the beach on a hot summer day. Her next release, “Symptomatic,” details her mental health struggles with lyrics about her doctor, therapist, medication, and self-medicating. My favourite line of this song is, “He said don’t put all your eggs in one basket/Just because you saw the world through some Peach-colored glasses.” I love this line because the expression is normally “rose colored glasses,” but Peach puts her own spin on it by putting her name in the lyric. Her next and most recent release was another bold song called “God is a Freak.” In this one she details some of her religious trauma as a lesbian. Peach originally leaked the chorus of the song on TikTok because she thought it was too controversial and assumed her label would not let her release it, but it blew up on the app. Obviously her label let her release it (and I am glad they did, because I love this song!) This song has happy production, but some of the lyrics (especially the second verse) are quite sad. She sings, “Under the covers/Watching some cheerleaders/I’m his biggest concern/Don’t worry about it/Kids that’ve sinned get sick/Enjoy your red carpet.” This discusses homophobia and religious bigotry in a heartbreaking way.
Peach has been very open about her mental health struggles with borderline personality disorder, anxiety, depression, addiction, and ADHD. She is also open about her relationship with her non-binary partner Sam, her past as a stripper, and behind the scenes of being a musician! I LOVE how her entire brand is pink - it is rare that she owns things that are not pink (even her dog's tail is dyed pink!) I am so excited for her to release more music, and I hope she eventually releases an album someday!