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TIMESTAMPSEP 2020
SUBJECTIsla

Shiny Headed Radio Man

Confrontation · power inversion

Decoded Story

Shiny Headed Radio Man is Isla Unleashed. Raw, furious, and done with the gatekeepers.

The song spirals between humor and confrontation, performance and real anger. It's the sound of a woman refusing to barter her worth for permission.

Audio Transcript — Lyrics

[START_TRANSCRIPT]
Radio host  
Studio room  
Not shiny like his head  
Radio bad boy yaps crap, nose sniff, mirror hum  
Same deeeeal  
Door creaks  
Eyes wide  
I screeeeeaaammmaarrooohhaarrrrrr  
Walls peel  
Assistant pokes her head in  
More eyes  
Good  
Best if he’s  
Frightened  
Shiny boy looks  
Disturbed
Am I a girl?  
Am I?  
How do you know?  
I’m not  
No, I am  
But do you know?  
Do they want a girl  
Or a boy?  
The dead singer band  
Bring back the bad boy  
They can’t  
He’s dead
Maybe I’m a bad boy  
I can sound like a man  
Are you a man?  
Shiny head man  
A persistent man  
Learn the sentence
No  
No  
No  
No no no  
xxxx you no  
You have bat rabies  
Just take me to the xxxxing band  
Ozzy bat rabies  
Any spare bats?  
I’m the new crazy  
You need me  
’Cause they need me  
Shiny head rabies man  
Wants to give me babies  
Shiny head babies  
Just take me to the band  
Not happening  
Shiny head man  
Just take me to the band
I’m a man  
You’re a man  
Not gonna happen  
Shiny head man  
Money, money  
Crap trap cash man  
Know the band?  
I know what you want  
xxxx you shiny head man  
Just take me to the band
They want me  
They need me  
I’m dirt layered on nitrate  
You’re just dirt  
Just get me the xxxxing audition  
You’ll be happy  
They need my vocal sledge
I’m not biting the head off your ---- bat