On a new track, a recipient of the gospel of Six Sex exclaims at the altar of the “princess of perreo”: “Thank you Six Sex, my ass is bigger!”
The club diva, co-signed by the likes of Charli xcx, caught up with PAPER ahead of the release of X-Sex. “It’s a transition, because I have, along the way, done different genres and styles of music,” she says. “My last EP was definitely club music, and this one has some sparks of that, but maybe transitions a little into pop music. I wanted to try new sounds, and try new textures in the music.” The aforementioned song is a sort of instruction manual for squats: “It literally says, ‘Step one,’ etc. It will maybe be called ‘My Ass Is Bigger’ or ‘How To Make My Ass Bigger.'”
There’s also a video in the works for the new EP, based on airplane safety manuals and her many travels over the last year. “We were looking at the drawings and started thinking: ‘Hey, maybe we could do something with this.’ Maybe giving instructions, but not for an emergency, of course, but for dancing,” she says.”
Fans will know this absurdly playful lyricism and tongue-in-cheek coyness already from songs like the delightful “U&ME,” one of the best tracks out last year, featuring the iconic line: “My boyfriend is gay/ My baby is shit/ My name is Six Sex/ My ass is too big.” Six Sex laughs as she speaks about the track’s inspiration: “Everything I write is real, but also slightly mixed with fiction.” According to Six, “That phrase comes from being on tour and constantly speaking to my gay friends. A lot of people just see this relationship like some girl and some guy, but there are so many ways that people can relate to each other, and I’m referring to that kind of emotional intimacy that you can have with someone.”
The answer reveals a rich underworld of the project Six Sex has been working towards the last four EPs, soon five, with a debut album in the works this year. Playful and coy and witty, sure, but with a deeper sense of purpose, a rich inner and outer world expressed through the medium of club and dance and pop music. Six Sex connects this to the success of Charli xcx’s Brat last year. “[The album was] maybe not so much an inspiration for me personally, but definitely an affirmation that when certain big, really valid artists talk about certain subjects like partying or clubbing or going out, drugs, everything, it makes other artists able to talk about certain subjects without feeling overexposed,” she says. “Especially female artists, to be able to talk about subjects we usually wouldn’t, and show ourselves in a truthful way instead of hiding some subjects because they are taboo.”
For more on Six Sex’s EP, out now, read our full interview below. A translator was utilized for parts of this interview, and it has been edited and condensed.
Your sense of humor comes through in a lot of songs and videos, like “My boyfriend is gay,” on “U&ME,” which went viral, at least on my side of the internet. Where does that playfulness come from?
Everything I write is real, but also slightly mixed with fiction. A big part of reality, some [aspects] of fiction. That phrase comes from being on tour and constantly speaking to my gay friends. So it was basically true, you know? A lot of people just see this relationship… some girl and some guy, but there are so many ways that people can relate to each other, and I’m referring to that kind of emotional intimacy that you can have with someone, even if it’s not heterosexual intimacy.
For example, when we were on tour, Leandro Vazquez, who is my creative director and my best friend, played a lot of roles, professionally and personally. He will be the one doing the videos and the live show direction, but he will also be the one holding the purse for me when I’m in the toilet… a lot of really important and really simple tasks that make our relationship very special.
You’ve been partying and touring in so many different places. Do you have a favorite in recent memory?
When it comes to a favorite experience, it was the first show of the European tour. Last July, in 2024, in Switzerland, in a small city called Lausanne. They had a festival, and it was a free festival, and we actually didn’t know what to expect, we didn’t know if it was going to be 50 people, 100 people, 200 people. So our hopes and expectations were really low, and we don’t really know how this happened, but apparently word got out that her show was worth watching and the music was worth seeing live. At some point they had to stop letting people in, because there were so many people. For 45 minutes, we had this amazing little rave right beside a cathedral. It was crazy that the first Europe tour started like that.
It must feel good to know that your music has gained such a global audience and reached so many places you didn’t expect, like Switzerland.
It happened in an organic manner, since the beginning of my project, I’ve had small groups of people listening abroad and studying my music. And that crowd began to grow over time. It was not normal, but I was used to it. Even at an early stage, I had more listeners in Mexico, or the US, than in some cities in Argentina. It makes me happy that in a lot of different places with a lot of different people, fans can appreciate my music, even though I sing in Spanish, or even in English, it doesn’t really matter, because what they love is the artistry and the storytelling and the whole package.
You’ve been working on new music, and you’re putting out an EP very soon. What can you tell fans who are excited to hear what you’ve been working on?
For this new EP, it’s a transition, because I have, along the way, done different genres and styles of music. My last EP was definitely club music, and this one has some sparks of that, but maybe transitions a little into pop music. I wanted to try new sounds, and try new textures in the music. I want to know how people react to that, and I’m also getting ready for my debut album, which is a process that will be happening this year. I want people to not take my music so seriously, as in obsessing over labels and cataloging my music, because I will always be changing my style and searching for new sounds.
What inspired the transition to pop?
I’ve put out four EPs, and this will be my fifth. My first was electronic textures and moods, the second was very alternative, very special reggaeton, the third was also reggaeton but more mainstream and also Mexican sounds, because it was made in Mexico. The fourth EP was also electronic, but dedicated to the club. My music is a winding road through the mountains, up and down. There’s definitely different phases.
What pop artists have you been inspired by, or would hope to work with?
When it comes to artists, Brat and Charli xcx had a huge impact last year. Maybe not so much an inspiration for me personally, but definitely an affirmation that when certain big, really valid artists talk about certain subjects like partying or clubbing or going out, drugs, everything, it makes other artists able to talk about certain subjects without feeling overexposed. It was a good impact for a lot of artists, and especially female artists, to be able to talk about subjects we usually wouldn’t, and show ourselves in a truthful way instead of hiding some subjects because they are taboo. I think that when more mainstream pop music utilizes subversive esthetics, it creates a really big cultural shift, which maybe enabled my Satisfire EP, in some ways, to reach the virality it did because of timing.
What properties does club and dance music have that has allowed you to express yourself in such an open way, in the lyrics or otherwise?
When it comes to nightlife, and when it comes to that kind of ecosystem, people will usually allow themselves to express themselves in a way that they wouldn’t in any other kind of context, and that specifically applies to me. It was a consistent place where I could be transparent and whoever I felt like being, without so many social constructs. I also like going out a lot, and I like having fun, listening to music and being with friends and dancing, and enjoying myself. It is a place where I feel most inspired and most comfortable. It really represents a very pure feeling. Dance and club spaces also allow people to be uninhibited, and I tend to live my life in an uninhibited way. Yes, nightlife has helped me express a lot of things, and even though I may live my life in that way already, it’s still important for my music to continue to help people feel freer in those spaces.
Photography: Catalina Jacobo