Jill Sobule’s “I Kissed a Girl” was the first queer modern rock song to chart. She just passed away.

Jill Sobule, the bisexual singer-songwriter behind ’90s hits like “Supermodel” and “I Kissed a Girl,” died Thursday morning in a house fire.

Her publicist confirmed her death at the age of 66 to the Associated Press.

Go reports that Sobule had been staying with friends in Woodbury, Minnesota, while rehearsing for an upcoming performance of her one-woman show, F*ck 7th Grade, in her hometown of Denver, Colorado. According to the outlet, officials say firefighters arrived at the suburban home around 5:30 a.m. Thursday morning. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Between 1990 and 2018, Sobule released 10 studio albums. Her self-titled 1995 sophomore record spawned her two biggest hits, “Supermodel,” which was included on the Clueless soundtrack, and the groundbreaking “I Kissed a Girl.” As the AP notes, the song reached No. 20 on Billboard’s Modern Rock chart despite being banned by some radio stations for its sapphic themes.

According to ABC News, “I Kissed a Girl” was the first…

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