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Kate Nash has said that she refuses to censor out the swearing in her songs.
The 'Foundations' singer told The Times that the expletives in new track 'Mansion Song' were less unpleasant than lyrics from the Pussycat Dolls, a band she has criticised in the past.
Nash said: "They do sexualise young children, it's a fact - look at their name, 'p***y' and 'dolls'. But even though I say f**k and c**t and cocaine in that song, there's nothing in there as offensive as 'Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me'.
"I'm sympathetic - if people don't want their kids to hear [my music], if they're offended by it, I accept responsibility. But I'm not gonna censor myself. I'm not a TV presenter. I'm an artist.
"It's unfortunate really that I became a popstar 'cause that was accidental. I didn't mean to do that. So I apologise to parents who think that I'm gonna offend their children. But I actually think, you know what, your children won't be offended."
She added: "[Kids who hear my music are] not singing about stealing people's boyfriends. They're going to be singing about wanting to be an empowered woman with f**king morals and brains.
"And not thinking, 'I wanna be pretty, I wanna be thin, I wanna shag people'. They're gonna be thinking, 'I wanna f**king do something'. That's much better in my book. So, apologies for the swearing, but no apologies for the meaning behind it."
