EMA — a.k.a. Erika M. Anderson — chants a love-hate letter to the state that's "so fucked it's 5150," complete with crashing piano chords and dirty synth drones. She's like the bastard daughter of Sinéad O'Connor, except twice as crazy and six times as funny.

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“Youth Knows No Pain”

“Like on 'Youth Knows No Pain' — we are the ones that should demonstrate, because we can take it,” Likke Li said. “We can pierce ourselves, take Ecstasy, dance all night and still go to work at our McDonald's jobs.” Despite the hedonistic sentiment in the song, the Swedish singer also admitted in hindsight her youth had repercussions. “I remember when I was 18-19 and feeling that I know it all,” Li said. “I always feel that I know it all. But that song is about realizing you don’t, and reflecting, ‘Boy, if I only knew what would follow.’”