Last year, Róisín Murphy faced backlash over comments she made concerning puberty blockers but in a recent interview with France 24 English, the former Moloko vocalist stated that the backlash wasn’t actually that bad and she continued to receive plenty of support. Murphy’s contentious comment on Facebook using her personal account criticized the use of medicines to delay the changes of puberty for gender-diverse youth. She wrote, “Little mixed up kids are vulnerable and need to be protected, that’s just true.” Despite Murphy receiving criticism for the comments, she did not receive any death threats or anything of that sort and even received requests for tickets back.
Murphy’s original comments went viral and came as a surprise to some fans given her long-time support from the LGBTQ+ community. She even issued a public apology online admitting that she was “stepping out of line” and vowing to stay out of the conversation going forward. Murphy has since released her latest album, ‘Hit Parade’ and rumors emerged that her label, Ninja Tune, were going to donate the proceeds from the album to pro-trans groups.
Murphy’s comments also led to controversy since the release of the album, with reports claiming that the label had halted all marketing and promotion for the record. However, Murphy later took to X to deny the claims. Nonetheless, the issue has raised questions about the involvement of musicians in social and political issues. Murphy had stated in her apology that campaigning is not what she does and that she was not interested in turning it into a “campaign.”
Despite the controversy that transpired, Murphy seemed at ease during the interview and even shared that she was still touring and felt that it was one of the best tours of her life. Overall, the situation brought about a productive conversation concerning gender issues as well as musicians’ responsibilities when it comes to taking stances on social and political matters
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