FEATURE: Spotlight: Six Sex — Music Musings & Such

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Six Sex

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ONE of the most…

PHOTO CREDIT: Catalina Jacobo

arresting artists of the moment is Six Sex. Although there are not many interviews out there with her, I want to bring in a couple. I will end with a review of Six Sex’s recent E.P., X-sex. If you do not know about Six Sex then make sure that you follow this brilliant Argentinian artist. I am going to start out with an interview from last year. Hailing the “Queen of the Perreo Rave”, it is an interesting insight into someone who I think is going to have a remarkable remainder of 2025:

“Just write mocatriz: modelo, cantante y actriz,” says Argentine perreo vixen Six Sex, giggling from her Buenos Aires bedroom. The cheeky reference to Spanish camp provocateurs Ojete Calor aligns perfectly with her patented brand of sonic and aesthetic irreverence, where raunchy mutant reggaeton meets strobing rave excess. Pull up her music videos, and you’ll see long black tresses cascading down to an exposed washboard midriff, while her decked-out fingernails are longer than the barely-there skirt hems. Six Sex epitomizes the delicious, genre-voracious hedonism flourishing in underground Porteño parties, and her music produces a unique type of synesthesia where instead of seeing sounds, you actually get a strong whiff of poppers.

“Six Sex is kind of a character that comes to life through music and video,” she confides to Remezcla. “I’d love to be a guiding light for any young people who feel lost or confused, and that through my music, can be empowered to do whatever the hell they want without being judged. There’s a song on my new EP called ‘Hot and Perfect,’ and though I don’t always feel hot and perfect, the point is to confidently affirm yourself even when your hair and makeup aren’t fully done up.”

Hailing from Villa Tesei in western Buenos Aires, Six Sex is the hentai avatar of 25-year-old Francisca Agustina Cuello. While she didn’t quite aspire to pop stardom as a child, she performed living room shows for her family and — the consummate hustler — always made sure to pass around a hat for tips. She cites MTV and MuchMusic as foundational in her upbringing, with Madonna, Britney Spears, and Lady Gaga kicking open a world of glossy possibilities and preparing her for paradigm-breaking stars like Arca and Björk. She started frequenting clandestine perreos at age 14 and felt an instant connection with Las Culisueltas, a kitschy troupe of young women that melded reggaeton with flashes of house and cumbia turra. Beyond discovering she could throw ass to sounds and hooks that echoed her Porteña experience, the chaotic melange of rhythms broke down any preconceptions that might have otherwise limited her libertine approach to music.

“These days, rave and perreo culture intersect often, but back when I started going out, that wasn’t the case at all,” she adds, noting the game-changing advent of Neoperreo. “I used to work at a place that only played dubstep, and there was no chance they’d ever touch perreo. Even though I can’t really palate dubstep anymore, my time there led me to SoundCloud. I started listening to mixes that were weird and special. That’s where I met Merca Bae, and then we started chatting on Instagram before eventually collaborating [in 2020] for ‘Purple”.

Earlier this month, Six Sex spoke with PAPER. An artist who has been cosigned by Charli xcx, her X-sex E.P. moves into Pop music. If previous work was more club-based, this one has a slightly different sound. There is perhaps not a huge amount of awareness of Six Sex in the U.K. at the moment. That is starting to change. When the summer hits, I think her music will get much more exposure and attention:

“Your sense of humor comes through in a lot of songs and videos, like “My boyfriend is gay,” on “U&ME,” which went viral, at least on my side of the internet. Where does that playfulness come from?

Everything I write is real, but also slightly mixed with fiction. A big part of reality, some [aspects] of fiction. That phrase comes from being on tour and constantly speaking to my gay friends. So it was basically true, you know? A lot of people just see this relationship... some girl and some guy, but there are so many ways that people can relate to each other, and I’m referring to that kind of emotional intimacy that you can have with someone, even if it’s not heterosexual intimacy.

For example, when we were on tour, Leandro Bucha, who is my creative director and my best friend, played a lot of roles, professionally and personally. He will be the one doing the videos and the live show direction, but he will also be the one holding the purse for me when I’m in the toilet... a lot of really important and really simple tasks that make our relationship very special.

You’ve been partying and touring in so many different places. Do you have a favorite in recent memory?

When it comes to a favorite experience, it was the first show of the European tour. Last July, in 2024, in Switzerland, in a small city called Lausanne. They had a festival, and it was a free festival, and we actually didn’t know what to expect, we didn’t know if it was going to be 50 people, 100 people, 200 people. So our hopes and expectations were really low, and we don’t really know how this happened, but apparently word got out that her show was worth watching and the music was worth seeing live. At some point they had to stop letting people in, because there were so many people. For 45 minutes, we had this amazing little rave right beside a cathedral. It was crazy that the first Europe tour started like that.

It must feel good to know that your music has gained such a global audience and reached so many places you didn’t expect, like Switzerland.

It happened in an organic manner, since the beginning of my project, I’ve had small groups of people listening abroad and studying my music. And that crowd began to grow over time. It was not normal, but I was used to it. Even at an early stage, I had more listeners in Mexico, or the US, than in some cities in Argentina. It makes me happy that in a lot of different places with a lot of different people, fans can appreciate my music, even though I sing in Spanish, or even in English, it doesn’t really matter, because what they love is the artistry and the storytelling and the whole package.

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You’ve been working on new music, and you’re putting out an EP very soon. What can you tell fans who are excited to hear what you’ve been working on?

For this new EP, it’s a transition, because I have, along the way, done different genres and styles of music. My last EP was definitely club music, and this one has some sparks of that, but maybe transitions a little into pop music. I wanted to try new sounds, and try new textures in the music. I want to know how people react to that, and I’m also getting ready for my debut album, which is a process that will be happening this year. I want people to not take my music so seriously, as in obsessing over labels and cataloging my music, because I will always be changing my style and searching for new sounds.

What inspired the transition to pop?

I’ve put out four EPs, and this will be my fifth. My first was electronic textures and moods, the second was very alternative, very special reggaeton, the third was also reggaeton but more mainstream and also Mexican sounds, because it was made in Mexico. The fourth EP was also electronic, but dedicated to the club. My music is a winding road through the mountains, up and down. There’s definitely different phases.

What pop artists have you been inspired by, or would hope to work with?

When it comes to artists, Brat and Charli xcx had a huge impact last year. Maybe not so much an inspiration for me personally, but definitely an affirmation that when certain big, really valid artists talk about certain subjects like partying or clubbing or going out, drugs, everything, it makes other artists able to talk about certain subjects without feeling overexposed. It was a good impact for a lot of artists, and especially female artists, to be able to talk about subjects we usually wouldn't, and show ourselves in a truthful way instead of hiding some subjects because they are taboo. I think that when more mainstream pop music utilizes subversive esthetics, it creates a really big cultural shift, which maybe enabled my Satisfire EP, in some ways, to reach the virality it did because of timing”.

I am going to end with a review for the extraordinary X-sex. I have only just discovered Six Sex. Someone who very much can fit into the modern Pop scene, there is something extra and different about her. The way she can fuse genres into something that id distinctly her sound. NME note how she doesn’t so much as create music but a sonic riot. I would encourage everyone to go and follow this incredible artist:

“At just 26, Six Sex (aka Francisca Agustina Cuello) has crowned herself the queen of perreo rave. Hailing from Villa Tesei in Buenos Aires, she’s been setting dancefloors alight with her warped, high-octane fusion of reggaeton, dancehall, and club-ready electronic chaos. Her 2022 breakout project ‘Área 69’ catapulted her from underground raves to this year’s NME 100, and now, with ‘X-Sex’, she doubles down on the lawless energy that made her a cult icon. This isn’t just music — it’s a sonic riot.

The first taste of ‘X-Sex’ we got was via its lead single, ‘U&Me’. With pitched-up vocals bouncing over a beat that feels like it’s been jolted back to life with an electric shock, it feels like a sugar rush laced with something much, much stronger. It’s sweaty, messy, and addictive, but it was only a small glimpse of the club-drenched collection that Cuello’s fourth EP is.

‘Performance Actitud (Pose)’ takes a more sultry turn, dripping in menace with its twisted synths and pulsating percussion. The distorted vocals sound like they’re being dragged through a tunnel of strobe lights and static for a hypnotic effect. There’s almost a voyeuristic quality to the track, as though you’re peeking into a hedonistic after-hours world of flashing cameras and salacious acts.

Throughout ‘X-Sex,’ Six Sex proves she’s not here to make palatable, radio-friendly bangers. ‘How To Make Your Ass Bigger’ sees her instructing us to unlock new levels of sex appeal over a nostalgic eurodance-inspired instrumental: “bend your knees, press your hips back” and “press our heels into the floors”. ‘Ahhhhhh’ is a dark and frenzied cut where screeching synths and vibrating percussion take over for an experience that’s equally euphoric and chaotic. And ‘Tócame’ – with fellow rising Argentine star Dillom – cranks up the tempo with a hyperactive blend of reggaeton swagger and glitchy electronic flourishes, spinning you into a hypnotic, feverish haze.

‘Bitches Like Me’ is the brilliantly cheeky highlight of the record. While interpolating the immortal Kylie classic ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’, she lets it be known that only “Bitches like me like bitches like me”. Those that get it, get it: Cuello only wants the baddest bosses in her circle.

‘X-Sex’ is a no-holds-barred audio assault, revving up the BPM and refusing to hit the brakes. Six Sex pushes every sound to its limit, proving this fearless sonic agitator thrives in mayhem – love it or hate it, you won’t forget it”.

Six Sex is going to be a sensation. Hailing from Villa Tesei in western Buenos Aires, this artist now belongs to the world. Even if she is still a rising artist, her music has travelled the globe and Six Sex is being tipped to have a very big and long career. You cannot argue against that. It is going to be exciting just how far she can go…