Creativity Quote by Michael Hutchence

Hutchence’s line lands like backstage banter that accidentally tells the truth: half compliment, half alarm bell, delivered with the swagger of a frontman used to rooms that tilt toward him. “Incredible in groups together” is admiration for a kind of social electricity he’s watching from the outside - the speed of it, the coordination, the shared wavelength. Then he pivots: “Terrifying.” That turn is the tell. The fear isn’t of women as individuals; it’s of women as a collective force that doesn’t need male permission to form, judge, organize, or move on.

The subtext is power, specifically power that isn’t flattering to the male gaze. A single woman can be romanticized; a group can’t be so easily managed. In pop culture, men are trained to read women’s consensus as an existential threat: the group can see through performance. For a musician whose job is performance - selling charisma, vulnerability, desire - “terrifying” is basically an admission that the audience might be smarter than the act.

“Men have nothing on them” pretends to be generous, but it’s also a little defensive, like he’s pre-empting critique by offering praise first. Coming from a rock context steeped in macho mythology, it’s a sideways acknowledgement that the old hierarchy is unstable. Women together aren’t just muses or fans; they’re a tribunal, a network, a market, and sometimes a movement. The line works because it’s messy: attraction, respect, and anxiety colliding in one breath.