The pseudonymme of DIY pop prince(ss) Kelsie Hogue, Sir Babygirl mixes and matches inspirations as sundry as Courtney Love, Charli XCX, Hey Arnold! and Wicked the Musical into radically technicolor queer pop for a future free of genre boundary and gender binary. 'Crush on Me' dances through discovery from first single “Heels,” which sets Sir Babygirl as a bewildered, bisexual Cinderella bailing on the ball, all the way to the closing track’s gentle self-courting. Along the way, she rages through the agony of ecstasy (“Flirting with Her”), peels past layers of shame (“Cheerleader”), parties with old ghosts (“Haunted House”), defies social anxiety (“Everyone is a Bad Friend”), and finds intimacy aglow on nights out (“Pink Lite”). 

The journey celebrates the silliness and san...