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\u201cArt should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.\u201d This quote from Cesar A. Cruz can be equated to the profoundness of renounced lyricist and artist SOFIA ISELLA<\/strong><\/a>, who has released her latest single, \u201cAbove The Neck.\u201d Fans of ISELLA were able to see live performances of this song ahead of it\u2019s release during her You\u2019ll Understand D**k tour.<\/p>\n Turning poem into song, \u201cAbove The Neck\u201d criticizes the infatuation with hyper-sexualization in today\u2019s age and confronts an entire culture that benefits from the fetishization of childishness and female sexuality. This can bee seen in lyrics like, \u201cIt\u2019s time to watch 18-year-olds on a private browser site \/ but 18 years isn\u2019t short enough for you \/ They have pigtails and Hello Kitty shorts on to undo.\u201d<\/p>\n On top of this topic, ISELLA challenges another pressing issue: the idea of normalized sexual content and disproportionate perceptions: \u201cSex is everywhere, it\u2019s everything you see \/ It\u2019s baked into the air \/ Breathe, baby, breathe it.\u201d Though some may view this artistry as vulgar, it takes an astonishing amount of bravery to unveil the rot and ruin beneath the \u201cglitz and glamour\u201d of a society, to wake up and transmute the struggles one faces into something that brings about change and comfort.<\/p>\n