Jessie Murph’s new song 1965 faces backlash for its lyrics and music video

[Teletubby 149,579]

The 20-year-old from Alabama has been gaining popularity throughout 2025 after “Blue Strips,” a song about going to a strip club and tipping $100 bills to the stripper her man cheated on her with, went viral. It eventually peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard 100 in May.

But it’s her new song, “1965,” which was released with her album Sex Hysteria, that is generating the most discourse.
The song is lyrically trad-wife-adjacent, but the video features some non-trad things, like a graphic sex scene. Following the song’s release, Murph, wearing a crushed-velvet dress, performed on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, with car horns subbing in for the swear words.

“1965” is from the point of view of a modern woman who is so mistreated by her man that she romanticizes a bygone era.
There are winking references to affordable cocaine, physical abuse, benefits of cigarettes, and women belonging in the kitchen. 
“I might get a little slap-slap, but you wouldn’t hit me on Snapchat,” Murph sings.
On the chorus, she sings the immediately infamous line, “I think I’d give up a few rights / If you would just love me / Like it’s 1965.” 
Eleven f-bombs are dropped. Part of the second verse goes, “And I would be twenty and it’d be acceptable/ For you to be forty and that is f----d up I know, But at least you wouldn’t drive off before I get in the f---ing door.”

The music video takes place in the same ’60s setting, with Murph playing the bored housewife with a chaotic home life. It starts predictably enough, but there’s a cut of Murph watching her older husband have sex with another woman in their bed. There’s Murph being bound and gagged. Murph sticks a loaded pistol into the mouth of an older man in bed. Later, another older man is pleasured under the table at a dining party by a younger female.
The video on YouTube has drawn more than 12,000 comments. Mostly pearl-clutching observations like “since when is ****ography allowed on youtube,” “there’s still time to unrelease this” and “I need to get this out of my search history.”

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On TikTok the singer defended the “1965” video in a caption to a video post: “This entire song is satire r yall stupid.” 

 

[OMF 3,461]

Outraged over everything nowadays

[Sneaky Oliver 22,185]

This is like how Lana is portrayed by her haters 

[Melbourne Monster 41]

Women are losing their rights across the globe. Saying you’re willing to give up rights in this climate isn’t it, satire or not. 

[Bronco 11,417]

Honestly, if you can't tell its satire. Its bad satire. 

[Pablo 7,799]

Maddy begging for Nate to take her back TBH

[nodandsmile 10,627]

rage baiting her way to stardom!?

[auraa 73]

Sabrina opened a can of worms with that cover, now it's all ✨️ satire ✨️

[Ladle Ghoulash 24,674]

1 hour ago, OMF said:

Outraged over everything nowadays

The lyrics are literally “I’d give up some rights if you’d love me like it’s 1965.” 

[Ladle Ghoulash 24,674]

56 minutes ago, Bronco said:

Honestly, if you can't tell its satire. Its bad satire. 

Her calling other people stupid when she wrote those dumbass lyrics is just so beyond 

[nATAH 49,393]

those vocals were rough... somebody get her some soothers

[River 116,877]

Not every lil accidental fart on the charts should stay relevant lol

like who's she? 

[Gagasdisease 219]

Don't know who she is but who cares? It's just a song/lyric, art is not supposed to be taken literally.

[ThisGuyTony 30,628]

Satire my a** 

This generations Meghan Trainor  

[nATAH 49,393]

27 minutes ago, Gagasdisease said:

Don't know who she is but who cares? It's just a song/lyric, art is not supposed to be taken literally.

cus women are literally losing rights