5 days agoBig (Huge + Collosal) Magic.By Ada. — By Ada. Dedicated to the love of my life, Kamara. I thank you always for your love, your vision, your honesty, your truth and your being. I had a moment a few hours ago. A thought I want to cradle and hold like a precious and loved one. Thought: I’m…Elizabeth Gilbert3 min read
Feb 1This is precious loveBy Ada. — By Ada. In honour of bell hooks. For the depth and understanding of the spaces community and love [should] occupy in everything we do. The season 2 finale of of Schitt’s Creek is one of my favourites. It shows the Roses as they begin to accept and embrace the town…Bell Hooks3 min read
Aug 24, 2021I’m going through a break-up.By Ada. — By Ada. At first, it seemed dramatic to describe it like this, but also, who am I if not a woman of theatre? I am in mourning, I am grieving the loss of my first relationship but also understanding the ways in which I am healing. Healing isn’t linear. I’ve…Breakups4 min read
Jun 13, 2021Systems function as they do with intent.It’s easier for white faces to go places. Especially in pop. The pop machine has long been a system that extracts the latent content of… — Bree Runway11 min read
Mar 21, 2021It doesn’t matter, so now I do what I want.By Ada. — By Ada. Days don’t mean anything to me right now. Neither does time really. In fact, neither does anything. Note: The artwork featured in the rest of this post is by Izzyalright, an American artist whose work focuses on surrealism. And what is life if not that? Anyway, I think…Surrealism5 min read
Feb 18, 2021After 6 – A Lyric Review: A Boassy RNB Babe, Mnelia Is All Things Theatrical, Thuggish and TenderBy Corey Anthony Tucker — By Corey Anthony Tucker RNB Divas have a knack for the theatrical. For imbuing their music with emotions so grandiose and combustible, that one listen can launch a fan, feelings in tow, sky high into a state of elation/ ennui. A state they may never come down from. Their vocal…Lyric Review6 min read
Jan 12, 2021The Art Of Conversation – A Lyric Review: Clarity Is Communion, And The Key to Bellah’s High Res RNBBy Corey Anthony Tucker — By Corey Anthony Tucker To conversate can be to clarify. That is to say, conversation is one of our most immediate means of understanding one another. Anyone can talk. Talk out of turn, talk over someone, talk as if their side is the only one of significance. Feigning to listen…Lyric Review8 min read
Jan 2, 2021Happy New Year: Day 3By Ada. — By Ada. Less than 5 minutes ago, I was dry heaving and crying over the toilet, tempted to sprawl on the bathroom floor. The bathroom floor. And yet even that seemed more comforting a place to be than in bed alone with myself and my thoughts. This new year has…Happy New Year3 min read
Dec 14, 2020What Am I Gonna Do On Sundays?: A Lyric Review – Olivia Dean Sheds the Spectre of A Past Love to Find Self LoveBy Corey Anthony Tucker — By Corey Anthony Tucker To lose a love isn’t to part with it completely. Not always. Remnants of a past romance have a habit of locking themselves into our cellular structure. Just when we think the damage of a break up is done and dealt with, the damage resurfaces, shifts…Songwriting6 min read
Nov 17, 2020Capricorn Moon – A Lyric Review: Pop Music Matters, Nelā’s (knee-Ah) Blackness Brightens The Pop StratosphereBy Corey Anthony Tucker — By Corey Anthony Tucker Consider this. Ariana Grande’s music has been characterised as pop for several years now, with writers Victoria Monet and Tayla Parks having co-penned some of her biggest hits to date. But when pop singer, Normani, released Motivation, it was classed as R&B/ Hip Hop, despite its…Songwriting7 min read
