Exclusive Feature and Interview by Hannah
“Dead Men Don’t Rape shook the entire room. It was truth, not a chant.”
Watching Delilah Bon live feels like stepping into a world that makes more sense than the one outside. A world where survivors are believed. A world where women are not punished for existing. A world where queer people are celebrated instead of pushed into silence. A world where anger is allowed to take up space.
Seeing her perform feels like if Eminem and Jeremy Corbyn had a child in the nineties who grew into an alternative Disney princess with the vocal range of Christina Aguilera and the fury of a suffragette.
“Dead Men Don’t Rape came straight out of the Roe v. Wade overturn.”
Her music is raw, lived anger—written with urgency and survival. Delilah told me the song was written the day Roe v. Wade fell.
“Tour feels like a safe bubble. Then I go home and the news is filled with rape, murder, and hate.”
She moves between community and cruelty, which fuels the emotional charge of her shows.
“Politics affects our bodies, our safety, and our lives. Music cannot be separate from that.”
She speaks about police violence, misogyny, and queer oppression without apology.
“Girls freeze. Sometimes they say yes because they are scared. Boys need to learn more than the word no.”
Consent education is core to her work.
“Everyone deserves to feel included. Everyone deserves to feel safe.”
Delilah builds safe, inclusive spaces deliberately.
“I want accessible abortion. I want queer rights protected. I want real environmental change.”
Her voice is clear, powerful, and needed.
“I am not trying to be likable. I am trying to tell the truth.”
Delilah Bon is a catalyst. A weapon. A reminder that rage is justified.
Exclusive Q&A With Delilah Bon
Q. How did it feel coming off tour after those shows?
Delilah: Tour feels like a safe bubble. Then I go home and the news is filled with rape, murder, and hate.
Q. Hearing the crowd shout Dead Men Don’t Rape — what went through your mind?
Delilah: It is powerful but sad. It shows how many people in the room lived those experiences.
Q. What sparked that song?
Delilah: Roe v. Wade being overturned.
Q. Why is safety so important in your shows?
Delilah: Everyone deserves to feel included.
Q. Why speak about violence and misogyny when others avoid it?
Delilah: Politics affects our bodies and lives.
Q. What should young people know about consent?
Delilah: Consent is not only the word no. People freeze.
Q. What changes do you want to see?
Delilah: Abortion rights. Queer protection. Environmental action. Autonomy. Empathy.
Author’s Statement
As a mum of three girls aged nineteen, nine, and six; as a queer bisexual woman; as a disabled person living with lumbar spinal stenosis, nerve damage, AuDHD, and complex PTSD; as an artist; as a former Green Party politician; and as a domestic abuse and rape survivor—Delilah Bon is an artist who embodies everything I hold dear.
All of the horrific things that have happened in my life I have flipped on their head and fought to find the way out. I have always spoken my mind. I have always stood up for what is right. I have always defended my beliefs. Having someone in the public eye who does that for me—and for all of us—is a breath of fresh air.
We will no longer accept being treated badly.
We will no longer be sidelined, made small, or pushed into the corners of our own lives while our rights are stripped away.
OUR FREEDOM.
OUR RIGHTS.
OUR AUTONOMY.
Watch this space.
Words and Images: Hannah Lisa Price
