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DylanToback8 t1_jebhvyd wrote

Reply to comment by substantial-freud in TIL that Kurt Cobain got the inspiration to make Nirvana's famous song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" when Kathleen Hanna, the singer of the band "Bikini Kill" wrote "Kurt smells like teen spirit" on a board. Teen Spirit was a woman's deodorant and he didn't knew it until he was done with the song. by WonderfulWanderer777

That’s not true. He was “secretly” dating some girl, can’t remember who, that everyone knew to wear that deodorant. The message was to let him know everyone knew the big “secret”. Source: I’ve read four different biographies about him.

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trudenter t1_jecpj8n wrote

I read they just broke up at that point, when the teen spirit thing was written on the wall.

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CombImpressive3416 t1_jed0w7h wrote

Wasn't it Tobi Vail?

I don't think it was a secret, just than Hanna and Vail had recently bought some teen spirit deoderant while shopping together and Hanna was making a joke about that.

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