Charlotte OCs “Cider and Black” delivers an uncompromising statement about self-assertion, emotional turmoil, and female autonomy. After years of conformity and rejection by the music industry, she returns to herself with radical honesty—not only geographically to Blackburn, but also artistically. The song is unpolished, insurgent, and filled with conflicting emotions: a celebration of disorder that also serves as a veil and a manifestation of inner weakness.
Charlotte stages self-destruction not as weakness, but as performative identity—an act of control in the loss of control. The repeated distancing from emotional dependence acts like a mantra against inner emptiness, while powerful images such as blunt knives and golden eyes create an aesthetic of excess. In doing so, she deconstructs classic gender roles by not moralizing female rage, lust, and pain, but acknowledging them as part of a complex identity.
“Cider and Black” is not just a pleasant pop song but an artistic liberation—courageous, uncomfortable, and deeply human. A manifesto for authenticity in a world that often only wants superficiality.

facebook spotify instagram