St. Vincent says women artists are misinterpreted because people expect everything to be a diary

Artist is releasing her new album MASSEDUCATION in October

St. Vincent has said that music by women artists is often misinterpreted due to their gender.

The artist born Annie Clark explained that people have "a tendency to assume that if a woman is singing a song, it must be literally true.

"They think everything must be emotional, a diary, and obviously that's not the case," she said.

In the interview with British Vogue, she added: "People wildly underestimate women - they think we lack intelligence."

She also spoke about how her sexuality was discussed after her relationship with former girlfriend Cara Delevigne.

"I fell in love with this very famous person," she said. "It's not anything I was in anyway ashamed of, so I wouldn't have hidden it."

She added: "Modern culture definitely recognises gender and sexual fluidity in such a way that the idea of coming out is... coming out as what? Myself? What's the big deal?"

St. Vincent's new album MASSEDUCATION is set for release on 13 October, after she released her single "Los Ageless" at the beginning of September.

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