Are Lambrini Girls the new Limp Bizkit?
For as long as there has been human consciousness, there has been rebellion, and for as long as there has been music, there has been expression. These things marry together and give us punk, or at least some alteration of it. From noise music to the Sex Pistols, free jazz to Amyl & The Sniffers, it’s all wrapped up in a strange bundle that holds sonic rebellion and outrage together.
This kind of protest in music is extremely important. Firstly, it gives artists a means to express themselves and unleash their frustration at the world. Whether they are talking about something global or personal, having a musical outfit that yells at those who are close and rages against an inhumane machine is a healthy thing. It’s also important because it allows listeners to connect on a deep level with the artists they like and those who enjoy them.
Often, when we look at what is happening in the world, war, inequality and discrimination, we feel completely powerless, and that can be deeply saddening. When you have music that acknowledges those feelings and gives you both a means to express built-up anger and access to a group of people who share your views that you can confide in, it truly is a wonderful thing.
This doesn’t just apply to punk and political music, either, and on that front, I think it’s worth prefacing the rest of this article by saying I don’t think there is such a thing as bad music. The only time I would ever say something is downright bad is when it peddles a dangerous or ignorant message. Music can be a powerful medium, and when it’s abused to fill people’s heads with hateful messages that listeners are likely to act on, it’s not something that can be abided by.
With that logic, I don’t think Lambrini Girls are a bad band. They are a punk outfit with good intentions and political beliefs that sit comfortably on the right side of history. They promote looking after yourself, inclusivity and equality, which are all wonderful things to get behind. In addition to that, they are good musicians, with a lot of the instrumentation on their debut album, Who Let The Dogs Out, being noisy and chaotic in the best way possible. However, while I agree with their message, I don’t enjoy the way it’s conveyed, as it falls into the same trap that a lot of modern punk music does, succumbing to a tsunami of lyrical vomit littered with swearing and buzzwords.
The use of common buzzwords in punk has always been frustrating. Political issues and themes are covered broadly, and common terms are used sparingly, devoid of any real substance. Songs cover the same amount of depth that 10 seconds on social media does, and it’s not in the true spirit of music, which should be both an outlet and a means of connectivity. But that’s a different piece altogether.
Here, I raise one simple point, a by-product of the band’s song ‘Cuntology 101’ and a relentless approach to swearing: Lambrini Girls, the new and improved Limp Bizkit. The track, broadly speaking, seems to take a bit of inspiration from the ethos of movements like “brat summer,” as actions that some could perceive as reckless and other actions that people might struggle with are branded as “cunty.”
Two things are happening here. The first is that Lambrini Girls are trying to coin an already commonly used term in a bid to start their own trend, which is important in the days of social media. The issue is how unconnected so many of the things branded as “cunty” are. We live in a world where getting used to saying no, having cum on your shirt, shitting at your friend’s house, getting therapy and stealing from chains all fall under the same umbrella.
The lack of connection means this is a movement that probably won’t take off; however, that doesn’t necessarily matter, as Lambrini Girls’ second motivation behind the song trumps the first: They want to come across as OUTRAGEOUS. You can only imagine the smirks in the studio as they repeated the word cunt so many times, shrugging shoulders at the social implication of it. Phrases like “They’re not ready for this one” and “People are going to lose their minds at this” were probably exchanged over glasses of Lambrini and rebellious giggles.
It sounds a lot like another song that had a similar intention behind it. In 2000, Limp Bizkit released the track ‘Hotdog’, which can almost be considered a carbon copy of ‘Cuntology 101’. Firstly, it sees Limp Bizkit tackle what they probably believe are social issues but in a way that lacks all identity and sense. In just the first verse alone, Limp Bizkit jump from talking about the world to your Mum, to the press, to the police, to DJ Lethal. The disconnections are somewhat comparable to Lambrini Girls’ offerings of healing your inner child and shagging behind some bins.
Additionally, Limp Bizkit aren’t afraid to swear on the song ‘Hotdog’. Instead of opting for their 2025 counterparts “cunt,” they choose a more traditional “fuck,” but the intention of upsetting the fucking squares who might be offended by a swear word remains as clear as ever. Put them both together, and you have songs that are almost identical to one another.
Consider the first verse of ‘Hotdog’: “A fucked up head, it’s a fucked up shame, swinging on my nuts is a fucked up games, jealousy filling up a fucked up mind, it’s real fucked up like a fucked up crime, if I say fuck two more times, that’s 46 fucks in this fucked up rhyme.”
Now ‘Cuntology 101’: “Healing your inner child is cunty, getting therapised is cunty, having autistic meltdowns cunty, shagging behind some bins is cunty, doing a poo at your friend’s house cunty, stealing shit from chain stores cunty.”
These are almost the same songs, and what we have with Lambrini Girls is a 2025 variation of Limp Bizkit.
While these two songs might be similar, Limp Bizkit also wrote many questionable lines during their time as a band, as they gave the world words that were sexist and homophobic. As I said earlier, this is what I would define as bad music, and it has no place anywhere. Lambrini Girls do the opposite, as they stand for politics which promote inclusivity and equality. In that sense, when we look at the similarities and differences between the two bands, we can draw the conclusion that Lambrini Girls is a more modern, inclusive version of a musical outfit that is outdated. Move aside, Limp Bizkit.
I’d have to be a real cunt to dismiss some of the healthy suggestions that Lambrini Girls make in ‘Cuntology 101’, like going to therapy, learning to let go and putting yourself first. However, the dumb way they’re put forward nullifies any positivity that could be taken away from this song.
Writing lyrics that don’t connect in a bid to shock and start a new trend? That’s cunty, apparently.
