Nirvana Responds to Their Most Controversial, Misunderstood Song in 1993 Interview

Nirvana Responds to Their Most Controversial, Misunderstood Song in 1993 Interview

Kurt Cobain wrote “Rape Me” around 1991, shortly before the release of Nirvana’s breakthrough album Nevermind. There were a few live performances of it at that time, lacking the bridge, which was added when it appeared on In Utero in 1993. Initially, it was intended to be a staunchly anti-rape song and was written to be painfully blunt. But it was shrouded in misunderstandings, and many people thought it was actually about the media. The song wa…