Jill Sobule, ‘I Kissed a Girl’ and ‘Supermodel’ Singer, Tragically Dies in House Fire at 66

New York Post ^ | May 1, 2025 | Whitney Vasquez

[nickcarraway]

Jill Sobule, the singer of the groundbreaking 1995 hit “I Kissed a Girl,” has tragically died.

The musician and songwriter perished in a Minneapolis house fire early Thursday morning, several of her former colleagues confirmed to The Post. Sobule was 66.

She became a household name with “I Kissed a Girl,” which is widely viewed as the first openly gay-themed tune to make it into the Billboard Top 20. Millennials will know Sobule for her song “Supermodel,” which was featured in the 1995 coming-of-age teen classic film “Clueless.”

[nickcarraway]

I remember the song said something like "I might do it again" so it was hardly a lesbian rallying cry.

I just looked up the lyrics, and both the girls kissing were dating men, so it was cheating.

[BenLurkin]

Did she spend her final years as a packrat hoarder cat-lady type?

[SaveFerris]

A quick Google search yields the following results:

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Sobule identified as bisexual. Sobule died in a Woodbury, Minnesota house fire on the morning of May 1, 2025, at the age of 66.

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[nickcarraway]

If it was a lesbian anthem, why does it say, “and I may do it again?”

[SaveFerris]

Dunno - I only maybe heard 15 seconds of the song since it was released - never paid attention

There’s already several articles it appears

[Salvavida]

From house fire to eternal fire if she didn’t repent.

[Kudsman]

“**The Future is Queer**”

How does that even make sense logically? Can Queers reproduce now?

If not, where is "the future"?

[SaveFerris]

Oh man....don’t be using logic
and Biology 101 - you’ll upset them/they

😜😛🤪

Science!! 🧪🧪🧪

[grey_whiskers]

That song is 30 years old?

[SaveFerris]

We can hope that she cried out to the Lord Jesus 🙏🙏🙏

But no way to know.

[rfp1234]

Oh, RIP. I thought it was Katy Perry who sang that.

[ifinnegan]

Never heard of her.

I thought some astronaut did that songs

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[Olog-hai]

Same title but different song. Sobule’s song was thirteen years earlier too.

[TangoLimaSierra]

I did, too.

[Dr. Sivana]

She became a household name with “I Kissed a Girl,” which is widely viewed as the first openly gay-themed tune to make it into the Billboard Top 20.

The Kinks' "Lola" made it to #9 in 1971.

"I'm glad I'm a man and so is Lola."

sounds pretty openly queer to me.

My mother made my big brother return the 45 to the record store.

[decal]

“Girls will be boys and boys will be girls,
It’s a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up world
Except for Lola.”

[nickcarraway]

Jill Sobule ripped off Katy Perry.

[This is a joke, since the Katy Perry song came out more than a decade later.]

[grey_whiskers]

“Girls will be boys and boys will be girls, It’s a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up world Except for Lola.”

I prefer this version.