Ayesha Erotica

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Ayesha Erotica
Also known asMs. Cheeseburger
Born1996 (age 27–28)
Origin Huntington Beach, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • rapper
  • record producer
Years active2015–2018, 2023–present

Ayesha Erotica (born 1996) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer. She began releasing music online in 2015 and rose to prominence from her collaborations with pop singer Slayyyter in 2018. She left music in 2018 before returning in 2023. She is known for her sexually-charged, 2000s-inspired hyperpop music and her elusive online image.

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Career

Erotica was born in 1996 and first began releasing music in 2015. She rose to prominence from her SoundCloud-released singles while living in Huntington Beach in California and released her debut studio album, Big Juicy, in 2016. [1] [2] While in Los Angeles, Erotica began collaborating with singer Slayyyter in August 2018 with their single "BFF". [3] The two released a host of other collaborative songs on SoundCloud, including a Christmas song and the That Kid collaboration "Dial Tone", which Steffanee Wang of Nylon praised as a "DIY triumph" and which Paper 's Brendan Wetmore described as a breakout hit for all three artists. [4] [5] [6] [7] Several of the collaborations between Erotica and Slayyyter were included on Slayyyter's debut self-titled mixtape released the following year, with Erotica credited under the name Ms. Cheeseburger. [6] Erotica took her music off of the internet and stopped making music using the name Ayesha Erotica in 2018 after a fan on Discord doxxed and deadnamed her and another party leaked her unreleased demos.. [8] [1] Many of her songs, including "Vacation Bible School", her 2017 song "Yummy", and a number of unreleased demos, became popular TikTok audios starting in 2019. [9] A mashup of "Yummy" with the song "Righteous" by Mo Beats, as well as Erotica's song "Juicy Couture", also found success on TikTok in late 2023 due to the virality of videos by influencer Sabrina Bahsoon on the London Underground in which they were featured. [10] [11] Erotica produced the majority of songs on That Kid's debut mixtape, Crush, which was released in April 2020. [6]

In 2023, Erotica appeared in a livestream with singer Chase Icon, where she announced she would be returning to music. [1] Erotica returned to releasing music with a series of singles released in the latter half of 2023. She then partnered with Mel 4Ever in a collaborative single titled "Tongues" in January 2024. [12] She was featured on the Kets4eki single "Rock Your Body" in February 2024 and on the Odetari single "Break a Neck" in April 2024. [13] [14] Her song "Spread That Puss" was sampled in Doechii's song "Alter Ego", which was released in March 2024. [15] [16] She was featured on the "Badder" remix of Joey Valence & Brae's song "The Baddest", which was released in July 2024. [17]

Musical style

Pitchfork 's Ashley Bardhan described Erotica as "a prolific hyperpop producer" whose music with Slayyyter was "half-joking and brashly sexual", while Cat Zhang of Pitchfork also identified her music as hyperpop and "airhead pop" and wrote that her "bubblegum tracks" contained "saucy, often scandalous quips" and "invocations of Juicy Couture and UGG boots". [8] [9] Zhang also compared her music to Kesha's in the early 2010s, particularly her debut studio album Animal . [18] Katherine Gillespie described Erotica's music as "nostalgic and futuristic at the same time". [19] For PopMatters, Nick Malone called Erotica "an online underground legend" with "playfully hypersexual imagery" and "a formidable back-catalog of pop-rap bangers indebted to the music of the mid-2000s". [6] Steffanee Wang wrote for Nylon that Erotica was "Charli XCX-adjacent". [20] Slayyyter has compared Erotica's production style to that of The Neptunes. [21]

For Paper, Michael Love Michael wrote that Erotica "seems to come from nowhere but the dark web", while Brittany Menjivar of Passion of the Weiss similarly described her as "elusive" and as having "existed in the internet shadows since her 2015 debut". [22] Menjivar added that Erotica's lyrics often use "crude storytelling to comment on social issues" and "religious imagery with a refreshing lack of self-seriousness". [1]

Kim Petras and Aliyah's Interlude have named Erotica as an influence on their music. [23]

Personal life

Erotica is a transgender woman. [1]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with release date and label shown
TitleDetails
Big Juicy
Barely Legal
  • Released: June 16, 2016
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with release date and label shown
TitleDetails
Cumshot EP
  • Released: August 7, 2016
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
www.FuckMe.com
  • Released: November 6, 2017
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with title, year released, and album
TitleYearAlbum
"Hit Em (The Recipe)"2016Non-album singles
"Gangbang"
"Major"
"Fuck Like This"
(featuring Brendino)
"Mouth Full Of Cock"2017
"Literal Legend"
"Yummy"
"Princess"
(featuring Petey Plastic)		2018
"Vacation Bible School"horny.4u
"Mary Magdalene"2023Non-album singles
"I'm Tasty"
(with JHawk Productions)
"I Just Stole a Kia"
"Snooki"
"May Showers"
"Hey Y'all"
"Tongues"
(with Mel 4Ever)		2024
"Rock Your Body"
(with Kets4eki)
"Superpuss"horny.4u
"Gigabowser"
(with Yvncc)		Non-album singles
"Break a Neck"
(with Odetari)
"Make a Wish"
(with Bayymack and strgurrl)
"For the Girls 3"
"Sexy Party"
"Hot Dog Hooker"
"House Party"
"Handjob"
(with Baku)
"From The Back"horny.4u
"Die Slow"
(with Lamm)		Non-album singles
"FUTR"
(with Donatachi and Yvncc)		TBA
List of singles as featured artist, with title, year released, and album
TitleYearAlbum
"Gutta"
(Miss Prada featuring Ayesha Erotica)		2015Non-album singles
"Let Me Know"
(Miss Prada featuring Ayesha Erotica)		2016Queen of Pop: Exposed
"Where You @?"
(AlexZone X Ayesha Erotica)		Non-album singles
"Party With Me"
(Truth Crow featuring Ayesha Erotica)
"Raw"
(BISH featuring Ayesha Erotica)		Exposed But Fully Clothed
"BFF"
(Slayyyter featuring Ayesha Erotica)		2018 Slayyyter
"Star"
(Baby Zionov featuring Ayesha Erotica)		Non-album singles
"Take Me"
(Boy Sim featuring Ayesha Erotica and Donatachi)		Pink Noise
"Go Insane!"
(Street Queer featuring Ayesha Erotica)		Non-album singles
"Poppin'"
(Nate Alexander featuring Ayesha Erotica)
"Dial Tone"
(That Kid featuring Slayyyter and Ayesha Erotica)
"All I Want for Xxxmas"
(Slayyyter featuring Ayesha Erotica)
"Luka Magnota"
(Adam Geerz featuring Ayesha Erotica)
"Regina George"
(Kyunchi featuring That Kid and Ayesha Erotica)
"Shock Treatment (Remix)"
(Graveyardguy featuring Ayesha Erotica)
"Rare Candy"
(Monopoly Phonic featuring Ayesha Erotica)		2019
"Ken Doll"
(Gameboi featuring Ayesha Erotica)		Gameboi
"P.M.S"
(VZE featuring Popgoth and Ayesha Erotica)		Non-album singles
"Rock Star"
(Mattu featuring Ayesha Erotica)
"Motel 6"
(Sunday After featuring Ayesha Erotica)
"Hoe Park"
(PLASTIC featuring Ayesha Erotica)		Online Now
"Chun-Li (Remix)"
(Belladonna featuring Ayesha Erotica)		Non-album singles
"Sugar Sweet"
(The Blurtoads featuring Ayesha Erotica)		2020
"Like You"
(Will Rebein featuring Ayesha Erotica)		2021
"Show Me" / "Make It Roll"
(Yvncc featuring Ayesha Erotica)		2023Rite Outside
"Blank Out"
(Yvncc featuring Ayesha Erotica)		I'm So Serious
"Dramatic"
(Baku & kuudere featuring Ayesha Erotica)		Hypnotized
"Sun Ain't Even Out" / "Chucky So Yucky"
(Yvncc featuring Ayesha Erotica)		2024Quan Shoppe
"Naked"
(Public Appeal featuring Ayesha Erotica)		Non-album singles
"Fashion Icon"
(Aliyah's Interlude featuring Ayesha Erotica)
"Babydoll"
(S4BRINA featuring Ayesha Erotica)
"I LOVE IT"
(LyteSpeed featuring S4BRINA, Proz, and Ayesha Erotica)

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