MARIS – IT’S HARD (to be a Man)
Indie pop singer MARIS is back with a new single, “IT’S HARD (to be a Man),” a sharp, guitar-driven track that blends biting humor with raw honesty.
Inspired by her brief and unexpected experience as a digital sex worker, MARIS turns an intense and often surreal chapter of her life into a powerful, catchy anthem about masculinity, power dynamics, and the strange world of online desire.
MARIS says, “‘IT’S HARD (to be a Man)’ is a song that saved me from the heaviness I was feeling during my brief stint as a sex worker, with humor and sarcasm. I went into the session with Dylan Bauld feeling so lost, because I was working this job where I pretended to be a roster of OnlyFans models, and I was messaging men and selling their nudes for tips. The things men would say to me, and the mental rabbit hole I would go down thinking through what these men were Googling, how they interact with women on and offline, and how they even conceptualize women, really shook me to my core. I was so heavy going into the session, and I told Dylan I needed to make a song about it, but it just couldn’t be sad. It had to be funny, because that’s the only way I could cope with it. We referenced ‘Soul Bossa Nova’ by Quincy Jones, and Dylan added all his classic rock guitars to create this surreal sonic world that feels cheeky yet hardcore. I went outside, smoked a J, and started writing from the perspective of these guys. The chorus came to me via what I was typing multiple times every shift, ‘oh my God, it’s soooooo hard’ and I realized how prevalent this power dynamic is now. Women have men in the palm of their hands, and they don’t even have to touch them. The virtual sex industry is billions of dollars big, and every day we stray further from nature’s light. It’s hard.”
In support of her new music MARIS will be embarking on her debut headlining tour with Caroline Kingsbury. The tour kicks on this Fall on September 13th in San Diego, CA and wraps up in Los Angeles, CA on October 15th.
TOUR DATES
September 13 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues Voodoo
September 14 – Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar
September 16 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada
September 17 – Austin, TX – 3Ten
September 19 – Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom Stage 1
September 20 – Atlanta, GA – Aisle 5
September 21 – Tampa, FL – Crowbar
September 23 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle Backroom
September 24 – Washington, DC – DC9 (MARIS Solo)
September 25 – New York, NY – Racket
September 27 – Philadelphia, PA – Milkboy
September 28 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
September 30 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
October 1 – Columbus, OH – Skully’s
October 3- Chicago, IL – Chop Shop
October 4 – Minneapolis, MN – Green Room
October 5 – Lawrence, KS – Bottleneck
October 7 – Denver, CO – Marquis
October 9 – Portland, OR – Mission Theatre
October 10 – Seattle, WA – Barboza
October 11 – Vancouver, BC – Biltmore
October 14 – Berkeley, CA – Cornerstone Brewery
October 15 – Los Angeles, CA – Echo
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