American - Musician | June 6, 1983 -
Fog and one blue light is all I need in life at the club. Just a dark room and loud music. I'm into that.
Kelela
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I think I'm taking risks and putting myself out there.
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Even on my most angry song, I'm also still saying, 'Thank you for helping me to learn.' I've always wanted to give voice to that complexity in our experience.
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I've always had this commitment to not being in one thing.
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I am your homegirl, at the end of the day, but I also feel very... outside. So if you're finding solace in feeling outside with me, then we're good to go.
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Self-care is a requirement.
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I am not carefree. I'm just not. I experience an immense amount of joy, a crazy amount of joy through sadness and so much struggle. There's something problematic about 'carefree black girl.'
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I really do like Solange, sincerely. I'm down for her, and I trust her judgment.
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There's definitely a push and a pull to 'legitimize' electronic music live by playing the same way that a band would play.
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I just want to shed light, illuminate and turn the spotlight over to all of the black people who have been being futuristic and innovative since instruments were plugged into a wall. With computers, machines, and music, black people have been contributing to that a great deal for a long time.
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To me, the best writing points to something literal or common but is also nuanced: The moment when somebody is telling you they love you while simultaneously disappointing you. Everybody's experienced that.
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I've grown up feeling very American but being constantly bothered by people - there's internalized racism and feeling weird about being second-generation.
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