Honey Milan Talks Pushing Oral Sex Boundaries With ‘Cook Food’
Chappa Gyal Honey Milan says her new music video for Cook Food is all about pushing boundaries.
Two weeks ago, before YouTube viewers got the opportunity to enjoy the video’s content, the cover image of Honey herself and another woman’s lips embracing was enough to pique the interests of Dancehall lovers who revealed their take within the comments.
One user, Olivia Rose simply said, “The cover is enough for me.”
Honey Milan, born Tina Lynch, opened up to DancehallMag about intentionally agitating interest and going against the norm.
“I always push boundaries, if I put it out for the world to hear it definitely was my intention, the ladies love when I take it there, nuff man a hide and do it anyways,” she said.
“It” refers to oral sex, where women being reciprocating end is considered to be taboo in Jamaica, specifically within the Dancehall. Her lyrics, “mi can call Henny Hex and go sidung pon him face,” confirms the barriers she is willing to push. Interestingly enough, or rather a double standard; male deejays flaunt their approval of the act from women, who gladly oblige them and use them as props in music videos demonstrating such.
Another user who shared the sentiment, expressed “All who a hide and eat yuh can stop hiding.”
The trap-infused song starts with Honey’s soft tone delivering the catchy hook, “Dem seh dem love mi like cook food, cook food, him seh him love mi like cook food, cook food”. These lines are intertwined with sultry images of provocatively dressed women teasing in a neon pink lit room.
Filmed in Miami, the video’s direction comes courtesy of “the chappa gyal”, who in the main scene wears a Fuschia hooded mini dress cheekily deejaying, “him seh chappa gyal please, mi love yuh more than mi granny rice and peas, fill him up more than a five course meal.”
Lynch, who is no stranger to controversial lyrics, told DancehallMag that her single Chappa Gyal , done earlier this year with E-Syde artist Skillibeng, has put her on the right track and that her talent speaks for itself.
“It has impacted my career, I would say that’s my first hit if we didn’t have to take it down. It still buss doe,” she said. “I’m also working with a handful of producers; Country Hype, Navigator, Track Starr, Abroad Records and other producers I won’t mention as yet.”
The songwriter is ready for 2022, and is confident her fans are going to enjoy her fresh take on storytelling. “I am making beats myself and have new projects with different stories, and unique vibes”, the 27-year-old Jamaican-born artist said.
“Tommy Lee and I just dropped our song ‘NFL’ from his album transition, and that music video should be ready any day now. I will be dropping new music all year, from all of our favorites, each feature is a different side of me.”