M. Ward

B-Sides: Is She & Him's Gender-Swapped "Baby It's Cold Outside" Less Date Rape-y Than the Original?

Music post by Kelsey Wallace on December 6, 2011 - 1:17pm; tagged b-sides, Baby It's Cold Outside, date rape, M. Ward, She & Him, Zooey Deschanel.

Zooey Deschanel and M Ward in a promo shoot for their holiday album. She is wearing a santa hat and he is reading a book.On their latest album A Very She & Him Christmas, Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward cover the creepy (yet catchy—creetchy?) classic with a twist: Deschanel is the "wolf" to M. Ward's "mouse." Does this make the song any less of a problem?

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