![]() And, perhaps you have seen the symbol of the night club, Pacha, in Ibiza, which is two ripe, Pop-art cherries? The marketing message isn’t subtle. In the lyrics to ‘Blow’, the cherry is a stand-in for sex, alongside sweets, especially Skittles: small, numerous and unequivocally erotic. Behind her, in pink neon lights, is the word ‘Cherry’. There is a scene in the music video for the song ‘Blow’ by Beyoncé with others, which features the singer on all fours, writhing rhythmically atop a sports car. We all know the phrases, like ‘popping your cherry’, and visual images of the cherry often have sexual connotations. ![]() In modern popular culture, however, the cherry is a symbol of sex. It featured in apocryphal stories of the Virgin Mary at the Nativity and was laden with notions of good fortune and celestial wealth – as a perusal of medieval embroidery, pilgrim badges, manuscript illuminations, and mystery plays reveals. ![]() Though among the first soft fruits of the British summer season, the cherry was once associated with Christmastide. ![]()
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