Argentine club queen Six Sex wants you to get free

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Set us as preferred In an era hallmarked by what experts call a “sex recession,” Six Sex is a symbol of liberation.The Argentine baddie fashions herself as a baby-voiced, bikini-clad fembot, beamed in from the clubs of Buenos Aires — and has become known for cheeky, instructive celebrations of desire.Her songs are designed to galvanize like-minded club rats into Dionysian revelry, or, in the case of the song “How to Make Your Ass Bigger,” squats.To a certain subset of the Latine underground, she represents a pure-hearted hypersexuality.

Yet, for the artist behind the persona, Francisca Agustina Cuello, this wasn’t always the intention.“I don’t know if it was because I still had to keep my innocence or what, but I didn’t envision the project that way,” she said, calling from a hotel room in Barcelona.“That response sort of came about from the people, towards me.

So, I said OK, I’m making it my own.”In doing so, Cuello has churned out six thumping EPs as Six Sex, a campy character that she describes as a “fable” — a mix of “fantasía y hedonismo.”That dynamic is taken to extremes on her debut album, “Ultra”, released June 6.It’s a dark and propulsive journey through decades of electronic dance music, best described by its own opening words portending “ultra terrorific fantasy.” (The phrase conjures up images of grandeur, but really, it evokes that “Blades of Glory” quote: “no one knows what it means, but it’s provocative.”)“I feel like nothing I say is all that serious,” she said about her lyrics.

“It’s a thing about my personality to be silly and goof around.”“Ultra” centers Cuello’s winking, suggestive sense of humor.“Not Your Mom” features a conversation with a garbled, omnipotent voice akin to the parents in Charlie Brown; “FUchi!” features sc...