Today is a great day to share the new music video from punk rock artist, Kit Major, for her latest single called “Punk Rock Boyfriend.” Known for her signature sound of grunge-punk bite, Major has drawn comparisons to Iggy Pop, Viagra Boys, Amyl & The Sniffers, but her new EP, Miss Ego, is less about lineage and more about liberation. The EP rips into issues of image, self-worth and expectation, and explores how much space a woman is allowed to take onstage, in relationships, in the rock scene and in the world. If you’re enjoying the music video, Kit Major’s new EP will be released on June 12th on all streaming services.
Miss Ego centers on themes of image, self-worth, and expectation—what pushed you to confront those ideas so directly on this project?
It sort of was a real confrontation with myself. I was driving from the Bay to LA, my radio broke, and I was in the middle of the worst writer’s block I’d had in a long time. I decided to just sit with it and write but I kept shutting down every idea before it could even fully form. Nothing felt good enough. I realized I was judging myself before I was even finishing my own thoughts. I kept coming back to the line, “There’s no room in this bed for Miss Ego,” and started reflecting on where I’ve been in my career and where I still want to go. Why do I feel small in my own work right now? What I landed on was that the through line in everything I do is storytelling through an alter ego. As I moved more into the rock world, I stripped things back, I stopped dressing up, stopped taking up that larger-than life diva space I had in my pop era. And I realized I missed the drama, the theatrics, the ego. After finishing Love.Sick.Major, it felt like the next era needed to embrace that again. Miss Ego is about confronting that voice in your head, reclaiming the parts of yourself you’ve been afraid to take up space with, and owning my femininity.
“Punk Rock Boyfriend” feels raw, urgent, and almost tongue-in-cheek—how did that track come together, and what did you want it to say beneath the surface?
It’s funny to break down a song like “Punk Rock Boyfriend” because it’s so playful, but it actually came from a very specific weekend. The first part of the inspiration came from playing a set where people moshed for most of it for the first time, which was the coolest feeling. The next day, I went to No Values Fest with my best friend, and every time I saw a cute, cool punk couple, I kept joking, “Where’s MY punk rock boyfriend?” Coming off a weekend of punk music, the song sort of wrote itself. I think it’s really about wanting connection to the punk world as much as it is about feeling ready to be in love. It was also me wanting to see more moshing at my shows!!
You’ve described yourself as a “Dirty Misfit”—how does that identity shape the way you navigate the rock scene and the space you take up within it?
Being a Dirty Misfit means being sexy, dangerous, gritty, meticulously chaotic, a freak, and a little bit of an outsider, while still fully deserving of the spotlight. I didn’t set out for that phrase to define me after the song, but it became the clearest way to describe how I carry myself onstage and in the rock scene. I’m always chasing the version of myself that feels the most honest and free, and being a Dirty Misfit reminds me that I don’t have to fit neatly into anything.