Music: Prostitute - Mr. Dada: haos, Identity, and the Radical Art of Becoming

Based in Dearborn, Michigan — a city with America’s largest Muslim population — Prostitute are a confrontational and conceptually driven art-punk band blending noise, absurdism, and identity politics into a volatile, thought-provoking experience. Formed by Moe (vocals) and Andrew (drums), the duo craft music that sits somewhere between punk performance art and cultural exorcism, unafraid to provoke, unsettle, or question.

Their work is deeply personal yet politically charged. As Moe reflects, “I had an identity crisis growing up. After 9/11, I hated being Arab — I hated Arabs, because people hated me. Through much of my 20s I thought, ‘How about I be the character you want me to be?’” From this self-aware confrontation with xenophobia and cultural alienation, Prostitute built their aesthetic — a mirror held up to America’s post-9/11 paranoia, refracted through noise, satire, and radical self-performance.

The band’s philosophy, described by Andrew as a form of “radical terrorism through art,” explores the tension between stereotype and selfhood. Their music doesn’t ask for comfort — it demands reckoning.

“Mr. Dada” captures Prostitute’s chaotic intelligence at full force — a sonic meltdown that merges Dadaist absurdism with punk aggression and conceptual irony. The song channels the unpredictability of identity itself, built from jagged riffs, manic percussion, and Moe’s sardonic, confrontational delivery.

As its title suggests, “Mr. Dada” embraces the meaningless to expose meaning — tearing through systems of logic, politics, and prejudice to reveal the fragility of order itself. It’s both performance and protest, using humor and noise as weapons of defiance.

With “Mr. Dada,” Prostitute assert themselves as one of America’s most fearless and subversive new voices — turning pain into philosophy, and chaos into catharsis.

Band Page: https://www.instagram.com/attempted.martyr/