Do it and do it again

Getty Images In Utero tour 1993

The next album, In Utero, was released in September 1993 and included “Rape Me” -- another song where the offender is worthless and the female who is also the victim is strong. The media wanted to know more about the song; it seemed to have been inspired by the rape Cobain heard of and wrote in Incesticide’s liner notes. When asked about “Rape Me” Cobain told Spin in 1993, “It's like she's saying, 'Rape me, go ahead, rape me, beat me. You'll never kill me. I'll survive this and I'm gonna fucking rape you one of these days and you won't even know it” (74). Cobain saw the power in women who survived rape and abuse and was inspired by their resilience.   The song has also been speculated to be about the music industry or capitalism in general, but Cobain also had the literal meaning in mind.