Cansei de Ser Sexy
Origin	São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Genre(s)	Indie rock, Dance, Electro, Pop
Years active	2003–present
Label(s)	Sub Pop
Website	Official website
Members
Lovefoxxx Adriano Cintra Luiza Sá Ana Rezende Carolina Parra
Former members
Maria Helena Zerba Iracema Trevisan Clara Ribeiro

Cansei de Ser Sexy (pronounced [kɐ̃'seɪ dʒɪ ser 'sɛksɪ], literally "I have become tired of being sexy" in Brazilian Portuguese), better known as CSS, are a Brazilian band from São Paulo. São Paulo ( is the largest city in Brazil, with its metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world ( is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene This article is about music for dancing in general You may also be looking for Electronic dance music. Electro ( electro-boogie, electro-funk) is a Genre of Electronic music directly influenced by the use of TR-808 and Funk Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure See also 2003 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2003 Record labels In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Sub Pop is an Independent record label (though funded and sharing distribution outlets with Warner Music founded by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman Lovefoxxx ( Stage name of Luísa Hanaê Matsushita, born on February 25, 1984 in Campinas, Brazil) is the Adriano Ferreira Cintra (born May 21, 1972 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian multi-instrumentist and producer of Portuguese, Caboclo Luiza da Silva e Sá (born March 29, 1983 in São Paulo) is one of the guitar players and drummers for the Brazilian indie-electro band Cansei Ana Maria de Rezende Versiani dos Anjos (born March 19, 1983 in São Paulo) is a Film director and guitar player for the Brazilian indie-electro Carolina Moraes Parra (born November 16th 1978 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a guitar player and drummer for the Brazilian indie-electro Iracema Trevisan (born August 28, 1981 in Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais) also known as Ira was the bassist for Brazilian indie-electro Brazilian Portuguese ( Language code pt-BR Portuguese: português brasileiro or português do Brasil) is a group of Portuguese |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld São Paulo ( is the largest city in Brazil, with its metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world Their songs have an electro/rock sound, and are sung in both English and Portuguese; their lyrics mostly concern pop culture. Electro ( electro-boogie, electro-funk) is a Genre of Electronic music directly influenced by the use of TR-808 and Funk Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Popular culture (or pop culture) is the Culture — patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance —

History

CSS formed in September 2003, consisting of a group of friends. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[1] Their name was taken from a reported quote by Beyoncé, who allegedly declared that she was "tired of being sexy". Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4 1981 commonly known as Beyoncé (biːˈɑn ^[2]

The band first achieved notoriety through the Internet. Some of its members, like Adriano Cintra, had been previously known in São Paulo's underground club scene, but not outside of the local alternative subculture. Adriano Ferreira Cintra (born May 21, 1972 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian multi-instrumentist and producer of Portuguese, Caboclo Others, like Lovefoxxx, were owners of popular fotolog and flickr pages. Lovefoxxx ( Stage name of Luísa Hanaê Matsushita, born on February 25, 1984 in Campinas, Brazil) is the Fotologcom (changed from Fotolognet) is a shared Photoblog Web site. Flickr is an image and video hosting Website, Web services suite and Online community platform Their collective band fotolog also gained popularity and their songs were frequently downloaded from Trama Virtual's website (a Brazilian website loosely similar to MySpace Music). Fotologcom (changed from Fotolognet) is a shared Photoblog Web site. MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and Trama Virtual invested heavily in the band, inviting a series of Brazilian and British journalists to report on them. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Articles were printed in several Brazilian magazines and the British newspaper The Guardian,^[3] whose reporter, Peter Culshaw, was invited to see the band playing just before their signing for the debut, at a club in São Paulo. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. He predicted that they "could be the biggest band ever to come out of South America". ^[4] Several songs by CSS were featured in mainstream media: "Meeting Paris Hilton" was featured in the Latin American broadcasting of The Simple Life, "Superafim" was used in the Brazilian version of the Big Brother reality show, and "Computer Heat" was used in the South American version of the game The Sims 2: Nightlife, including a version in Simlish. The Simple Life was a Television series broadcast from December 2, 2003 to August 5, 2007. Big Brother Brasil (or simply BBB) is the Brazilian version of the reality show Big Brother and is broadcast over Rede Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a The Sims 2 Nightlife is the second Expansion pack for The Sims 2, which was released on September 13, 2005 ( Simlish is a fictional language featured in Maxis ' Sim series of games Still without a record deal, they released two independent EPs in 2004, and played that year at TIM Festival. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Their song 'Patins' was written by Lovefoxx and is about her previous relationship with band member Adriano Cintra.

In 2005, they signed with the Trama Virtual label, and in October their first album was released in Brazil, along with an 7-track EP that was sold at concerts. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A limited edition version of the album had a CD-R included, so that the buyer could burn a copy of the album onto the CD-R to give away as a gift. A CD-R ( C ompact D isc- R ecordable is a variation of the Compact Disc invented by Philips and Sony. ^[5] In Brazil the album has reportedly sold 5,000 copies to date, but neither the album nor the singles have reached charts. Two music videos were also released: "Off The Hook" and "Alala". A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics "Off the Hook" was directed by guitar player Ana Rezende, and filmed at the home of band members Carolina Parra and Adriano Cintra, where CSS recorded most of their songs. Ana Maria de Rezende Versiani dos Anjos (born March 19, 1983 in São Paulo) is a Film director and guitar player for the Brazilian indie-electro Carolina Moraes Parra (born November 16th 1978 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a guitar player and drummer for the Brazilian indie-electro Adriano Ferreira Cintra (born May 21, 1972 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian multi-instrumentist and producer of Portuguese, Caboclo

In the beginning of 2006, CSS signed with Sub Pop to release their international debut album. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Sub Pop is an Independent record label (though funded and sharing distribution outlets with Warner Music founded by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman The first single, released in June 6, was "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above", with an accompanying video directed by Cat Solen. "Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death from Above" is the first international single by Brazilian indie / Electroclash band Cansei de Ser Sexy In July, along with DJ Diplo and funk group Bonde do Rolê, they began their first international tour. Diplo may refer to Ramón Rivero, Puerto Rican actor comedian and composer Diplo (DJ, Wesley Pentz (also variably known as Diplodocus Funk carioca (Funk from Rio favela funk and elsewhere in the world baile funk, is a type of dance music from Rio de Janeiro, derived from Bonde do Rolê is a Funk Carioca group from Curitiba, Brazil consisting of MCs Pedro D'Eyrot and Marina Ribatski and DJ /MC Rodrigo

CSS sold as many as 60,000 copies in the US and Europe up to February 2007 (according to journalist Lucio Ribeiro in Folha de São Paulo). Folha de SPaulo is a Portuguese language Newspaper published in São Paulo. ^[6]

They played at various festivals across Europe in the summer of 2007, and were due to play Lollapalooza on 4 August 2007 but they were held behind by United Airlines at New York Airport and missed it. Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring Alternative rock, hip hop, and Punk rock bands Dance and Comedy performances Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. United Air Lines Inc, trading as United Airlines ( is a major airline of the United States. The following are active airports serving the New York City area, lying underneath New York's Class B airspace in New York and New Jersey ^[7] They did arrive in time for their performance at Virgin Festival in Baltimore the next day. The Virgin Festival (known from 2008 as the Virgin Mobile Festival in the United States) is a Rock festival held in the United States and

Cansei de Ser Sexy performing at Rock en Seine in August 2007

CSS caught an unlikely break when their song "Music Is My Hot Hot Sex" was used in a worldwide television commercial by Apple Inc. for the iPod Touch. Apple Inc, ( formerly Apple Computer Inc, is an American Multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing Consumer electronics The iPod Touch (trademarked and marketed as the iPod touch and sometimes colloquially referred to as the iTouch) is a Portable media player and An 18-year-old British student, Nick Haley, used the song in a homemade 30-second commercial for the iPod Touch that he created and then posted on the video sharing site YouTube on September 11, 2007. YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[8] Creative executives from Apple's advertising agency, TBWA\Chiat\Day, saw Haley's creation, contacted him, and enlisted him to remake it as a broadcast version. TBWA Worldwide is an international advertising agency headquartered in New York City. ^[9] The spot began airing in the U. S. on October 28, 2007, and later in Japan and Europe. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Due to the song's exposure in the US, it hit #63[1][2] on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the highest charting single by a Brazilian band in the history of the chart. Coincidentally, the same song had been used in a promotion for the competing Zune media player a year prior. Zune is a brand of digital media players and services sold by Microsoft. ^[10] In March 2008, the music video for the song amassed over 112 million views on YouTube, making it the most-viewed video on the site, but it has since been removed. YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees

Their singles "Alala" and "Off The Hook" have been featured in the video game Forza Motorsport 2. Forza Motorsport 2 is a Racing simulator Video game developed by Turn 10 Studios, and the sequel to the original Forza Motorsport FIFA 08 also features "Off The Hook". FIFA 08 is the next to latest installment of Electronic Arts ' series of football Video games Developed by EA Canada

In April 2008, Iracema Trevisan left the band; Adriano Cintra replaced her on bass guitar. The band is currently working with a session drummer. ^[11]

As of April 28, 2008, the new single "Rat Is Dead (Rage)" is available as a free download from the CSS website and other sources. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common It is taken from the band's forthcoming second album Donkey, to be released July 21, 2008. Donkey is the second album of Brazilian electro / rock band Cansei de Ser Sexy, released on July 21, 2008.

Discography

Albums

• Cansei de Ser Sexy (LP, Trama) - 2005 (Brazil)
• Cansei de Ser Sexy (LP, Sub Pop/Warner) - 2006 (International) UK #69
• Donkey (LP, Sub Pop/Warner) - July 21, 2008

EPs

• Em Rotterdam Já É uma Febre (EP, independent) - 2004
• A Onda Mortal / Uma Tarde com PJ (EP, independent) - 2004
• CSS SUXXX (EP, Trama) - 2005 (Brazil)

Singles

References

External links

• Cansei de Ser Sexy official website
• Cansei de Ser Sexy at MySpace
• CSS YouTube channel
• Cansei de Ser Sexy at Last.fm
• Cansei de Ser Sexy on Flickr
• Cansei de Ser Sexy at Sub Pop Records
• CSS Trash, a CSS fansite with a frequently updated collection of articles related to the band
• CSS in the Yahoo! Directory
• CSS at Stomp Entertainment
• Cansei de Ser Sexy Review at UKEvents. MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees Lastfm is a UK -based Internet radio and Music Community website, founded in 2002 Flickr is an image and video hosting Website, Web services suite and Online community platform net

Interviews and live reviews

• CSS @ Gold Coast VFestival video feature - virgin.com/music, April 2008
• CSS Back To Brazil Feature - Dazed Digital, February 2008
• CSS first UK cover feature - Plan B Magazine, October 2006
• The Guardian, "Brazil nuts!"
• Interview with CSS on www.krugermagazine.com, 21 January 2007
• Live performance on BBC
• The Times, "I predict a riot"
• The Times, "Brazil Nutters"
• The Independent, "CSS: Too sexy for Sao Paulo", published 13 April 2007, retrieved 12 June 2007. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.