But for some female musicians in 2020, before and during lockdown, the domestic space has offered artistic liberation at odds with the home’s reputation as a place of constraint for women. She has described the process of making an album in lockdown, How I’m Feeling Now, as revelatory. Her album was recently nominated for the Mercury prize, the shortlist for which now features more female artists and female-fronted bands than men. Several female artists who made their latest albums pre-pandemic have described how they benefited from embracing a solitary calm. Taylor Swift’s surprise lockdown album, Folklore, saw her reflecting on old dramas in a new mature voice.

Source: The Guardian August 02, 2020 17:25 UTC