Annabel by Goldfrapp

Album: Tales Of Us (2013)

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This work of baroque instrumentation and hushed vocals finds Alison Goldfrapp sighing about a girl trapped in the body of a boy: "why couldn't they let you be both?"

The song was inspired by Canadian short story writer and novelist Kathleen Winter's 2010 novel, Annabel, about a hermaphrodite who's raised as a boy but dreams of being a girl.
The song's black-and-white video was directed by Alison Goldfrapp's romantic partner, filmmaker Lisa Gunning. It follows the adventures of a little boy in the countryside who is accepted for his true self by his mother, played by the singer.

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Michael from Toronto, Ontario, CanadaHey Liselotte from N/a - Hermaphrodite is NOT DISRESPECTFUL....Perhaps it's not for the unstudious, like yourself. Grow up. The child of Hermes and Aphrodite, aka: Hermahroditus. Get an education.
Liselotte from N/aPlease, this is Not about trans! It is about a baby that is born intersex (Not hermaphrodite, that's the old word and Very much disrespectful!!) They had surgery and made the baby to a boy. And when he grow up, he realize that he want to be a girl. And her name is Anabel!! Read the book if you don't belive me!

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