The provocatively titled song âGallery Whoreâ was inspired by JANA PERIâs love of art gallery openings. âIâve always enjoyed going to opening parties in NYC for the free wine and schmoozing just as much as the art,â PERI admits. âHowever, the narrator of the song is not me. Sheâs a character based on me who has questionable values and is much more of a social climber - maybe even a sociopath. Sheâll go to any length to get what she wants. I love the idea of putting elements of myself into a character, but inflating them to the point where Iâm essentially creating a monster. Itâs so much more fun to be naughty. And the âwhoreâ in the song is not a prostitute in the Biblical sense. The lyric is sung with a wink. The âGallery Whoreâ is someone who knows how to sell herself. Sheâs very determined, but she doesnât take herself too seriously. Sheâs in the game for fun just as much as sheâs in it for profit.â

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The provocatively titled song âGallery Whoreâ was inspired by JANA PERIâs love of art gallery openings. âIâve always enjoyed going to opening parties in NYC for the free wine and schmoozing just as much as the art,â PERI admits. âHowever, the narrator of the song is not me. Sheâs a character based on me who has questionable values and is much more of a social climber - maybe even a sociopath. Sheâll go to any length to get what she wants. I love the idea of putting elements of myself into a character, but inflating them to the point where Iâm essentially creating a monster. Itâs so much more fun to be naughty. And the âwhoreâ in the song is not a prostitute in the Biblical sense. The lyric is sung with a wink. The âGallery Whoreâ is someone who knows how to sell herself. Sheâs very determined, but she doesnât take herself too seriously. Sheâs in the game for fun just as much as sheâs in it for profit.â

The music for âGallery Whoreâ is a bit of a departure from the straight-forward, guitar-based pop/rock songs for which PERI is known. âItâs definitely more of a new-wave-y, disco/rock style song in the Blondie vein. The bass and drums are elemental to the sound of the song. I wrote the bass line on keys first, knowing that I wanted it to be played on bass guitar, and then built the rest of the song around it. I donât usually write that way. I wanted the song to be very stark, percussive and danceable, but was adamant that I didnât want any synthesizers or anything cliche. It was very important to me that the instruments should sound human. My co-producer/engineer, Peter Kohl, likens the style to a punk band playing a disco song, which I think is an apt description. We looked to bands such as The Clash for inspiration and layered on a lot of percussion in the final mix.â Also unusual in the song are the improvised lines of monologue, heard softly under the last verse that PERI describes as âheadphone candy.â âThatâs my acting experience coming through,â says PERI. âWe needed something to break up the rhythm and a song about art should be a little avant-garde, donât you think?â

âGallery Whoreâ was recorded at Serious Business in NYC and Beautopia in Astoria, NY and was produced by JANA PERI and Peter Kohl. The song features JANA PERI on vocals and electric guitar, Jacob Callis on bass guitar and Rob Holm on drums and percussion, with additional guitar by Peter Kohl. Photography for the âcover artâ is by Maro Hagopian and the Andy Warhol-inspired design is by Natalie Woodson who also designed the guitar logo t-shirts that are available for sale on PERIâs website.