The band name is Portuguese for “Tired of Being Sexy” (taken from something Beyoncé once commented to the press: “I am tired of being sexy”).
The members are: Lovefoxxx (vocals), Luiza Sá (guitar, drums and keys), Ana Rezende (guitar and harmonica) and Carolina Parra (guitar and drums). Former members are Iracema Trevisan (bass) and Adriano Cintra (drums, guitar, vocals and production).
In an interview, guitarist/harmonica player Ana Rezende explains the band's name: "[...] we heard that Beyoncé had said that she was really tired of being sexy, which is a really retarded thing to say. It's like saying, "Oh, I'm tired of being rich." So "tired of being sexy" in Portuguese is cansei de ser sexy, so we put it on the flyer to promote the show that we were playing and we kind of got stuck with that name. It was just the stupidest name that we could have ever come up with, but it's funny and I love it. But sometimes people think that we're serious and we're tired of being recognized for our bodies or something like that, and it's nothing like that at all.."
CSS owes a lot of its success to word-of-mouth promotion on the internet, starting with the Trama Virtual website, a kind of Brazilian MySpace. A live performance in 2004 at Tim Festival on the same stage as 2 Many DJs and Kraftwerk increased their fanbase.
In 2005, they signed with Trama Virtual and in October of the same year their first album was released in Brazil.
At the beginning of 2006, CSS signed with Sub Pop to release their first international album and in July they made a thirty-gig tour through USA and Canada along with DJ Diplo and Bonde do Rolê.
The live performance CSS offers is uniquely energetic and entertaining. Lovefoxxx dodges among her bandmates and involves the audience in virtually every song. Sá, Cintra, and Parra switch instruments so often it's easy to forget where they started.
Tours of the US and Europe with Ladytron and Basement Jaxx in 2006 were followed by gigs in Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
In 2007 18 year old student and Apple fan Nick Haley created a home made iPod Touch commercial by piecing together various clips found at apple.com and adding the fast paced and catchy CSS song "Music Is My Hot Hot Sex" as the soundtrack.
After uploading the home made commercial to YouTube Haley was contacted by Apple agency TBWA/Chiat/Day who was allowed to create a TV commercial based on his original spot, claiming instant fame for the CSS tune as well as for the user generated commercial.
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Cansei de Ser Sexy Lyrics
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Ah, eu tava tão cansada
Eu me olhei no espelho e me lembrei
De quando você falou que não me suportava
Mas na verdade eu também nunca te aguentei
Por muito tempo então nem sei porque me preocupei
Vê se me esquece, eu cansei
Mas, agora que eu cresci
Eu sou sereia e não te quero mais aqui
Me tornei uma mulher ousada
E de você não quero mais nada
Agora vê se se toca que eu me toco também
Eu sou sereia e não preciso de ninguém
Vê se me esquece, eu cansei
Vê se me esquece, eu cansei
Vinil, baguete
Pelica, me esquece
Chic, agreste
Superafim, superafim, superafim de mim
Sapatênis, bolsinha
Luvinha, você
Lesbian, sapacaxa
Superafim, superafim, superafim de mim
Sapatênis de vinil, bolsinha baguete
Luvinha de pelica, você não me esquece
Lesbian Chic, sapacaxa do agreste
Superafim, superafim, superafim de mim
Sapatênis de vinil, bolsinha baguete
Luvinha de pelica, você não me esquece
Lesbian Chic, sapacaxa do agreste
Superafim, superafim, superafim de mim
Superafim, superafim, superafim
Superafim, superafim, superafim de mim
Superafim, superafim, superafim
Superafim, superafim, superafim de mim
Superafim, superafim, superafim
Superafim, superafim, superafim de mim
Ontem quando eu acordei
Ah, eu tava tão cansada
Eu me olhei no espelho e me lembrei
De quando você falou que nÃo me suportava
Mas na verdade eu também nunca te aguentei
Por muito tempo então nem sei porque me preocupei
Vê se me esquece, eu cansei
Vê se me esquece, eu cansei
In Cansei de Ser Sexy's song "Superafim," the singer wakes up tired and looks in the mirror to remember when her significant other said he couldn't stand her. Despite pretending to care initially, she reveals that she never liked him for very long either. Now that she has grown up, she no longer wants him around and has become a bold woman who needs nobody. The repeated lines of "Superafim de mim" suggest that the singer loves herself and is content with being alone.
The song's lyrics celebrate independence and self-love, challenging norms that suggest women must be attached to men to be complete. This is in line with Cansei de Ser Sexy's feminist approach to music and their embrace of queer identities. The reference to "lesbian chic" is an intentional nod to the band's status as queer icons.
Musically, "Superafim" is a blend of punk, dance, and electropop, with distorted guitar riffs and driving beats. The use of repetition in the lyrics and the catchy, playful melody make it a popular dance hit in Brazil and internationally.
Line by Line Meaning
Ontem quando eu acordei
Yesterday when I woke up
Ah, eu tava tão cansada
Oh, I was so tired
Eu me olhei no espelho e me lembrei
I looked in the mirror and remembered
De quando você falou que não me suportava
When you said you couldn't stand me
Mas na verdade eu também nunca te aguentei
But I actually couldn't stand you either
Por muito tempo então nem sei porque me preocupei
For a long time, I don't even know why I cared
Vê se me esquece, eu cansei
Forget about me, I'm tired of it
Mas, agora que eu cresci
But now that I've grown up
Eu sou sereia e não te quero mais aqui
I'm a mermaid and I don't want you around anymore
Me tornei uma mulher ousada
I've become a bold woman
E de você não quero mais nada
And I don't want anything more from you
Agora vê se se toca que eu me toco também
Now realize that I'm touching myself too
Eu sou sereia e não preciso de ninguém
I'm a mermaid and I don't need anyone
Vinil, baguete
Vinyl, baguette
Pelica, me esquece
Suede, forget about me
Chic, agreste
Chic, rural
Superafim, superafim, superafim de mim
Super in love, super in love, super in love with myself
Sapatênis, bolsinha
Sneakers, little bag
Luvinha, você
Glove, you
Lesbian, sapacaxa
Lesbian, unknown
Superafim, superafim, superafim de mim
Super in love, super in love, super in love with myself
Sapatênis de vinil, bolsinha baguete
Vinyl sneakers, baguette bag
Luvinha de pelica, você não me esquece
Suede glove, you don't forget about me
Lesbian Chic, sapacaxa do agreste
Chic lesbian, rural unknown
Superafim, superafim, superafim de mim
Super in love, super in love, super in love with myself
Superafim, superafim, superafim
Super in love, super in love, super in love
Superafim, superafim, superafim de mim
Super in love, super in love, super in love with myself
Contributed by John S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@AnaLuizarss
Sapatênis
Bolsinha
Luvinha
Você !
Lesbian
Sapacaxa
Superafim superafim superafim de mim !
Sapatênis de vinil
Bolsinha baguete
Luvinha de pelica
Você não me esquece !
Lesbian chic
Sapacaxa do Agreste
Superafim superafim superafim de mim !
@grosseiros964
Uma banda paulistana que faz uma mistura de Indie Rock, Eletro e um tiquinho assim, desse tamaninho assim, de Carimbó!
@rcgmusical-escolademusica9868
hahahahahahahahahah
@bb-zk3by
Me lembra o expressionismo alemão.
@lguilhermeful
Ha ha ha... Grande Fausto! Faz falta!
@miguel.manojaya
kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk os cara manjam das referencia
@dannyelpdyahoocombr
😂😂😂😂
@larissafreitas9446
Era 2009 e eu tinha 13 anos e uma amiga da escola disse “como assim você não conhece cansei de ser sexy você não é cool!! “ vim na hora ouvir e virei fã 😂 sou cool sim viu sua kengaaa
@pharaohthexava
QUEM É MODERNO AÍ, MEU?
@vitoroliveira1998
Quem é cool aí meu
@vitoriasilveira4477
Kkkkkkkkk