.Warrant’s “Cherry Cake”, The Runaways’ “Firecracker”, Hozier’s “Cherry Red or white wine” … There is actually a main reason why many performers– spanning decades and categories– are actually inspired by one commonplace fruit product. On the one hand, cherries represent the easy sweetness of youth as well as grab the strong fond memories of lengthy summer season days (lifestyle is but a dish of cherries, besides).
On the various other, they’re shorthand for sexual activity, seduction, as well as a loss of innocence (think the sultry verses of Lana Del Rey or even Twin Peaks’ Audrey Horne tying a cherry stem with her tongue).