HAIM famously writes all their own music, which means their work is most often inspired by their greatest passions. Their newest album, Women in Music Pt. III, encapsulates the sisterhood and feminism that so clearly emanates from their work. But despite their passion for womanhood and hard-working female musicians, they can't help but cringe at the notion of being a "girl-band."
According to the group, they don't want to be remembered for their gender, but for their objective skill and musical prowess. "I mean it's no secret that my sisters and I are all about girl power and being passionate about being a woman," Este explains to The Daily Beast. "I think people just need to change the verbage and the way that they describe music and the way that they look at women in music [...] I just never understood, like, you would never call a band like The Killers a boy band. So why are we a girl band? You know? We're a band."
And that's exactly how the title for Women in Music Pt. III came about. As the BBC reported, the girls were tired of constantly being asked, "What's it like to be a woman in music?" And after the 2017 incident when the sisters discovered they were being paid significantly less than a male artist playing on the same festival it drove the message home.
