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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The beach was so hot
She came to me and said:
Do you like the beach, bitch?
I said: back!
I wanna take you home, bitch
Cause I wanna treat you good, bitch
The bitch said yeah
The bitch said yeah
The bitch said Yeah yeah yeah yeah auh!
The bitch said yeah
The bitch said yeah
The bitch said Yeah yeah yeah yeah auh!
I wanna be...
Your summer Hilton time
With my diamond stars
Like your dad biggest car
I wanna go to the Hilton celeb of the world
And there I wanna be just like you bitch!
The bitch said yeah
The bitch said yeah
The bitch said Yeah yeah yeah yeah auh!
The bitch said yeah
The bitch said yeah
The bitch said Yeah yeah yeah yeah hell auh!
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The song "Meeting Paris Hilton" by Cansei de Ser Sexy is a playful and satirical take on celebrity culture and the desire to be a part of it. The lyrics describe a meeting with Paris Hilton at the beach, with the singer expressing their admiration for Hilton and their desire to be like her. The use of the word "bitch" throughout the song can be seen as both a term of endearment and a nod to the derogatory use of the word in hip-hop culture.
The first verse sets the scene of the encounter, with the singer at the beach and Paris Hilton approaching them. Hilton immediately addresses the singer as "bitch" and asks if they like the beach. The singer responds with a playful retort, telling Hilton to back off before expressing their desire to take her home and treat her well. The second verse continues with the singer's admiration of Hilton, declaring that they want to be her "summer Hilton time" and comparing her diamond stars to her father's biggest car. The chorus repeats the phrase "the bitch said yeah," with Hilton seemingly agreeing to the singer's desires and aspirations.
Overall, the song can be seen as a commentary on the allure of celebrity culture and the desire to be a part of it, even if that means adopting derogatory language and attitudes towards oneself and others.
Line by Line Meaning
I, I went to the beach
I went to the beach
The beach was so hot
The beach was very hot
She came to me and said:
She approached me and spoke:
Do you like the beach, bitch?
Do you enjoy the beach, female dog?
I said: back!
I replied by saying 'leave!'
I wanna take you home, bitch
I would like to bring you home, female dog
Cause I wanna treat you good, bitch
Because I would like to treat you well, female dog
What do you think of it, bitch?
What is your opinion on this matter, female dog?
The bitch said yeah
The female dog agreed
The bitch said Yeah yeah yeah yeah auh!
The female dog repeated 'yes' multiple times, in a singing tone
I wanna be...
I desire to become...
Your summer Hilton time
Your summer vacation spent at the Hilton hotel
With my diamond stars
With my shiny and valuable possessions
Like your dad biggest car
Similar to your father's biggest car
I wanna go to the Hilton celeb of the world
I desire to visit the most famous Hilton hotel in the world
And there I wanna be just like you bitch!
And while there, I would like to be identical to you, female dog!
The bitch said yeah
The female dog agreed
The bitch said Yeah yeah yeah yeah hell auh!
The female dog repeated 'yes' multiple times, in a singing tone with added emphasis
Contributed by Alaina C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.