Tell me what you cry for
Tell me what you’d die for
Tell me what you’d lie for
I’ll tell you the truth
Whatever you’re fond of
Whatever you want, love
Whatever you’re looking for
Is looking for you too

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Swipe for a message of hope and certainty for your day and dreams, my sweet friend. 📷: @oprahtheactress ...

The side of my face, a face made out of weird sand that I’ve kept generally intact for two-and-a-half years and through moving house, standard garden harvest texts from my father, I love indoor flower bouquets but hate the idea of them dying without fulfilling their desires to share their pollen, a 100-pound dog fetus, my favorite lamp, hemp flower (CBD) is great for people like me who love weed but hate getting high (thanks @lolalangusta & @shopstonedfox), I put my head next to his head and transmit love, life with Raynaud’s syndrome (it’s not a big deal, just annoying), remember when women used fans to hide their faces in order to flirt with their eyes? Try to think of masks like that, only less sexist because now we all get to do it and be super classically sultry (or not) in the process. ...

I remember the day I was born. The feeling of being pulled away from my mother and this lifetime, and then the feeling of coming back via this great force working in the opposite direction. And even though my eyes couldn’t yet see perfectly in a medical sense, I have a clear-as-day vision of watching a needle being pricked into my foot — which is what the doctors used to see if my brain could recognize pain even though I was unresponsive. Curling my toes was my way of saying, “I’m alive!”
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Thank you to the women who named, raised and saved me, to the women who named, raised and saved them, to the women who named, raised and saved them, and so on and so forth through my ancestral infinity. And much gratitude to the good men, reformed men and sperm donors in my lineage. (ESPECIALLY the reformed men who broke out of cyclical patriarchal, ancestral and systemic trauma and stereotypes to become gentle, vulnerable and loving with themselves and others.) My mother taught me that anything is possible. She went to battle with my sick, sad and rebellious sides that constantly wanted to give up and fail, and didn’t stop fighting until I believed in myself with as much consistency and conviction as she believed in me. My father speaks in poems and epics. I wouldn’t be the artist I am today if not for the childhood I spent listening to, and learning from, his captivating voice. ...

Let’s go to a ball and then eat hot wings and then watch movies about aliens colonizing other aliens’ land and act like that’s not what’s happening on Earth because their blood isn’t red. ...

@chiiild’s debut album, “Hope For Sale” is out now! It’s a masterpiece from top to bottom, and it was nothing short of magical, or rather, something more than magical, creating “Eventually,” “The Best Ain’t Happened Yet,” “Weightless” and “Sleepwalking” alongside my brilliant and golden-hearted friends. Swipe for previews and for tour dates, where I’ll be opening in some of the cities! ...

I’m changing
And I don’t know
What it means
Hope it’s more human
And not more machine ...

“Lucky” is out now, alongside an entire @kuumusic EP — “How To Change Your Mind.” @alexmetricmusic and @ritontime are two of the most free-spirited musicians I know, and I’ve never not smiled when we’ve made art together. We started and finished this EP on two sides of the world, together and apart, and are so happy to finally be sharing it with you. Love to @vitoaeroplane for his musical contributions on “Voices.” So much more to come! ...

I am so grateful to be on this planet, in this lifetime, at the same time as you. I used to look at photos of myself and, even through my smiles, see the sadness in my eyes. Now I see hope, love and a little something mischievous, but in a good way. Like a, let’s change the fucking world way. Thank you to everyone who has shown me kindness — from my friends and family to strangers who have smiled at me on lonely walks and reminded me of the wonder and beauty of being alive at the same time. You make me less afraid of being seen. You make me want to be a better person, to myself and others. You make life oh so wonderful. 💛 ...

My debut album, “I’m not a mother, but I have children” comes out on Friday and I couldn’t be more excited and grateful to every person who has helped make this dream of my ancestors and mine come true, including some of my wonderful old and new friends in America, Italy and Zimbabwe. Swipe for the tracklist and credits, and pre-save the album via the link in my bio. 💛
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Photos by my father, @oprahtheactress and @yazzalali. Special shout out to @lorenzoluppii for his amazing string compositions alongside his father, @danieleluppi, on “The world can’t change for you, but you can change the world” ...

An everlasting note to self. ...

I remember the emotions of this moment so vividly. It was the moment I realized that bringing joy to others was worth making a “fool” out of myself. I realized that if I put my food on my head, my parents — who weren’t getting along — would laugh with each other. If you’ve spent a lot of time with me, chances are I’ve either embarrassed you with my random outbursts of terrible dancing in public places, or you’ve danced alongside me. You’d know that my jokes are corny, my happiest smile is as big as my face, my laugh is certifiably too loud, and that when I see people (or animals or bugs) suffering, I feel the need to do something about it. These sides of me formed their full consciousness on the night this photograph was taken. I can still feel how the desire to make other people feel better hit my brain like a wave of warm magic. I wrote my upcoming album, “I’m not a mother, but I have children,” in honor of this little girl and her wishes — in honor of her kind and optimistic soul, and in defiance of the cruelties of the world that have tried to taint it. Both she and I are certain that we’re on our way to something magical...and when I look within, at her, I realize how much magic we have always had. My debut album is out on June 18th! Pre-save it via the link in my bio and then close your eyes and give your inner child a hug for helping you get this far. ...

Right now someone’s sitting in an office, laughing at all of the money they’re making because we can’t get along. ...