Aunt Jennifer's Tigers

"Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" is a song by Spanish recording artist Regina Harper. Written by Regina and produced by Liam Howe, the song was released as a free track from Regina's official website on March 2nd 2012 as a "taster" of what to expect from the album. The song describes the relationship between a young girl and her aunt Jennifer who self-harm themselves. The "tigers" in the song are used to represent opression, but on another level represent the demons in the girls' heads. The song was inspired by the poem of the same name by the American poet Adrienne Rich.

The song, when reviewed as an album track, received many positive reviews from critics and the general public who described the song as 'informing', 'deep' and 'a masterpiece' before dubbing it to be a fan favourite from "How Many Miles To Hollywood?". Other critics claimed the song got "boring" by the time the album was released.

In June 2012, Harper said she regretted giving the track away for free so early as she hoped it would be a single. She did however announce her plans to perform it during her Hollywood Babylon Tour and potentially shoot a music video for the track.

Background and Writing
Regina began reading the poetry of American feminist Adrienne Rich in 2010 and Aunt Jennifer's Tigers soon became her favourite poem and inspired the writing of the song. The track speaks of a young girl and her aunt Jennifer. Together they cut themselves and later laugh about it all over a cup of tea, while the dominating uncle remains oblivious. The "tigers" represent opression. They are seen as free, everything the two girls are not. They are also represented as whole, contrasting with the two women who are mostly represented by their hands - this symbolises their incompleteness.

Music Video
At the moment, there is no music video for the track however Regina has expressed her interest in filming a music video for it.