Alright, hear me out: Radioheadâs âCreepâ is about gender dysphoria.
This is a crackpot theory, of course â none of the members of the band have ever even suggested that
they might be transgendered, and if they did Jonny might have something to say about it.
But it just makes sliiightly too much sense.
The chorus is about ostracisation from society, and the feeling that one doesnât belong in spaces of oneâs gender (take the whole bathroom debacle). There are more thematic hints in the first two stanzas â âYouâre just like an angel / Your skin makes me cryâ â but the real smoking gun is the third verse:
I donât care if it hurts
I wanna have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
Do I even need to spell it out? âCreepâ is the trans anthem of the 1990s and noĂśne will ever convince me otherwise.