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
‘Fave song – from the river to the sea / No job but I bleed LGBT… Q+, ya bigot / ‘Cause I’m a real diabolical lefty.’
When the song was released, Pauline Hanson said: ‘Wouldn’t the ABC have a heart attack knowing they had to play this track.’
Despite its popularity in downloads, the song only managed around 50,000 streams on Spotify, failed to chart on Australia’s major streaming services, and did not enter the country’s official rankings.
The song received plenty of criticism for being transphobic and attacking minority groups.
Despite this, some social media users were quick to ask why they couldn’t access the tune.
‘Who gave Apple the go ahead to tell us what music we could download?’ one Aussie wrote while another added: ‘I’m so buying it.’
Holly, who is now based in the UK, has in recent years become a vocal supporter of conservative politics and has publicly backed Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party.
The One Nation leader’s film is about four ‘progressives’ who find themselves in the ‘real-world’ led by Hanson after their ‘rainbow malfunctions’.
The film has a 4.8 rating on renowned website IMDb, and that average figure comes from users mainly rating it either 1/10 or 10/10.
The movie’s release comes amid skyrocketing support for One Nation among Australian voters, tying it with the Coalition for the first time.
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