{{Short description|Electronic music duo}}{{about|the Electronic pop duo|the Incel neologism|Femcel}}{{Infobox musical artist | background = group_or_band | name = The Femcels | image = | origin = London, United Kingdom | genre = {{hlist|Electronic pop|twee<ref name="Guardian" />}} | years_active = 2024–present | label = | current_member_of = | past_members = | associated_acts = | image_caption = }} '''The Femcels''' is an English electronic pop duo formed in London by musicians Rowan Miles and Gabriella Turton in February 2024. Their debut album ''I Have to Get Hotter'' was released on January 24, 2026.<ref name= "Guardian" >{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |last2=Beaumont-Thomas |first2=Ben |last3=Snapes |first3=Laura |date=2026-03-20 |title=Add to playlist: the sharply observed electro-twee of the Femcels and the week’s best new tracks |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/20/add-to-playlist-the-sharply-observed-electro-twee-of-the-femcels-and-the-weeks-best-new-tracks |access-date=2026-04-05 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
== Career == Rowan Miles (also known as Rowan Please<ref name=":2" />) was born in Brighton,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-06-09 |title=8 rising stars you should take note of this summer |url=https://theface.com/culture/introducing-music-art-film-music-fashion-designers-rising-stars |access-date=2026-02-07 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> while Gabriella Turton was born in the West Country.<ref name=":1" /> The pair initially met on Instagram, though Turton later invited Miles to a sleepover in 2023.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Clarke |first=Patrick |date=2025-12-01 |title=The Quietus Albums of the Year 2025 (In Association with Norman Records) |url=https://thequietus.com/tq-charts/albums-of-the-year/best-albums-of-2025/ |access-date=2026-02-07 |website=The Quietus |language=en-GB}}</ref> The pair formed a band on February 24, 2024, after going into a studio session with just the name "the Femcels".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Turley |first=Richard |date=2026-01-23 |title=Meet The Femcels, London's Horniest and Holiest Pop Duo |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/the-femcels-holy-noise-horny-despair-and-the-art-of-dreaming-yourself-alive |access-date=2026-02-07 |website=Interview Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> Turton had previously been styling Maria Manow of the electronic music duo Bassvictim, which led to the pair consulting Ike Clateman to produce them.<ref name=":0" /> The duo have cited the GTOs, the Beach Boys, the Beatles, the Roches, Leonard Cohen, Elvis Presley and Beat Happening as influences.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />
British magazine ''The Face'' described the pair's debut single "He Needs Me" as "a bouncy, chiptune-flavoured update of The Shining actor Shelley Duvall's cult 1980 cut".<ref name=":1" /> The publication described Turton as a "coder-by-day" and Miles as having a fascination for the 1960s.<ref name=":1" /> ''Pitchfork'' noted the group as a "Teenagers-esque pop duo".<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=D’Souza |first=Shaad |title=Worldpeace DMT / Rowan Please: The Velvet Underground & Rowan |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/worldpeace-dmt-rowan-please-the-velvet-underground-and-rowan/ |access-date=2026-02-07 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> While Miles was credited as "part of the '00s-fetishizing London scene that tangentially includes fakemink and Bassvictim."<ref name=":2" />
On July 8, 2025, Rowan Miles released her debut collaborative album ''The Velvet Underground & Rowan'' with Worldpeace DMT.<ref name=":2" />
On February 4, 2026, ''Pitchfork'' reviewed their debut album ''I Have to Get Hotter'' released on January 24, 2026, rating it a 7.6 and stating "LARP or not, the Femcels have a lesson for sadsack bedrotters everywhere—find a friend, hire a cracked Clateman, and start turning your cliché insecurities into corny-giddy art."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Press-Reynolds |first=Kieran |title=The Femcels: I Have to Get Hotter |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-femcels-i-have-to-get-hotter/ |access-date=2026-02-07 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Discography ==
=== Albums === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" |Title ! scope="col" |Album details |- ! scope="row" |''I Have to Get Hotter'' | * Released: January 24, 2026 * Label: — * Format: Digital download, streaming |}
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