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#001Performer

Blonde or Ginger

Exploring the journey of self-expression and the questioning of identity through visible markers. The choice between two aesthetics suggests the constructed nature of self-presentation.

The Stagesong
#002Invisible

Love & Mercy

Emotional Depthsong
#003Invisible

SomewhereNowhere

The Shadowssong
#004Invisible

Stop And Stare

The Shadowssong
#005Invisible

Judging Gaze

The Shadowssong
#006Invisible

Anyone Can See

The Shadowssong
#007Performer

That's How We Do It

The Stagesong
#008Performer

Gotta Be Extra

Celebrating flamboyance and unapologetic self-expression. The necessity of excess to be seen and heard.

The Stagesong
#009Invisible

That Means

Identity Paradoxsong
#010Performer

Louder, Higher

The Stagesong
#011Performer

Further, Faster

The Stagesong
#012Rebel

Weirdos

Embracing uniqueness and finding strength in individuality. The reclamation of the outsider status.

The Riotsong
#013Rebel

I Rather Be

The Riotsong
#014Invisible

For Free?

Social Commentarysong
#015Invisible

Bro, Buddy, Pal

Exploring connections and the search for understanding in friendships. The complexity of male relationships and intimacy.

Queer Identitysong
#016Invisible

Like it lighter?

The Shadowssong
#017Performer

Our Own

Queer Identitysong
#018Invisible

Give or Care

Emotional Depthsong
#019Performer

Deep end, Big star

The Stagesong
#020Invisible

Way too friendly

Identity Paradoxsong
#021Rebel

My side

The Riotsong
#022Performer

Without A Doubt

Confidence in being one's true self. The achievement of certainty in identity.

The Stagesong
#023Myth

Black Magic

The power of transformation through mysterious means. The enchantment of performance and spectacle.

Mythology & Transcendencesong
#024Performer

Looka There

The Stagesong
#025Performer

So Much Damn Swag

The Stagesong
#026Rebel

The Deed

The Riotsong
#027Invisible

People from?

Social Commentarysong
#028Rebel

Let me lose it

Rebellion & Confrontationsong
#029Rebel

Enough, Ain't it?

Recognizing fulfillment and growth through the journey. The moment of sufficiency.

Rebellion & Confrontationsong
#030Rebel

Roll Your Eyes

Rebellion & Confrontationsong
#031Invisible

Road Too Long

The Shadowssong
#032Invisible

Exhausting

The Shadowssong
#033Performer

Jerome's

The Stagesong
#034Performer

Undeniable

Affirming one's identity as valid and powerful. The assertion of undeniable existence.

The Stagesong
#035Performer

Triple (H) Head Held High

The Stagesong
#036Myth

The Giant & The Genius

Recognizing one's inner strength and wisdom. The coexistence of power and intellect.

Mythology & Transcendencesong
#037Performer

Squad on Stroke

Queer Identitysong
#038Performer

Goin' On

The Stagesong
#039Rebel

Face The Wind

Rebellion & Confrontationsong
#040Performer

A Lil Bit Louder

The Stagesong
#041Performer

Y&J

Emotional Depthsong
#042Performer

Consort

Emotional Depthsong
#043Rebel

Crazy Brave

The intersection of madness and courage. The willingness to take risks.

Rebellion & Confrontationsong
#044Rebel

Just FYI

Queer Identitysong
#045Rebel

Vestigios

Remnants or traces of the past. The lingering effects of history and experience.

Rebellion & Confrontationsong
#046Rebel

To Rev

Rebellion & Confrontationsong
#047Invisible

V-Card

Queer Identitysong
#048Performer

Bump Up

The Stagesong
#049Invisible

Long Story Short

Identity Paradoxsong
#050Rebel

Nollywood

The African film industry as a symbol of alternative representation. The rejection of Western narrative dominance.

Social Commentarysong
#051Myth

Moral Of the Story

Mythology & Transcendencesong
#052Invisible

Put On Spot

The Shadowssong
#053Myth

Kinda Windy

Mythology & Transcendencesong
#054Invisible

Stick Out

The Shadowssong
#055Rebel

Uncle Tom

Social Commentarysong
#056Invisible

Tender

Softness, vulnerability, and care. The emotional landscape of gentleness.

Emotional Depthsong
#057Performer

LPMQTPHDLGP

An acronym or coded message. The hidden language of identity.

Queer Identitysong
#058Performer

Soneo

The Stagesong
#059Performer

Give Me Scat

The Stagesong
#060Performer

All That Jazz

The Stagesong
#061Invisible

Hiatus

The Shadowssong
#062Rebel

BQC (Black Queer Community)

Queer Identitysong
#063Invisible

Dichotomy

Identity Paradoxphilosophical
#064Invisible

Your worst still better than my best

The inversion of hierarchies. The assertion that even the worst version of you surpasses my best.

The Shadowssong
#065Invisible

Binnomic Form (a + bi) = (Real + Unreal)

Identity Paradoxphilosophical
#066Myth

Intuición = Instinto (Intuition is my instinct)

Mythology & Transcendencephilosophical
#067Rebel

Hollywood / Nollywood

The contrast between Western and African narratives. The politics of representation and storytelling.

Social Commentarycinematic
#068Performer

Go BIG or Go Home

The Stagesong
#069Invisible

Climbing the hill reverse walking

Identity Paradoxvisual
#070Invisible

Staring at the floor under the rain

The Shadowsvisual
#071Rebel

A group of children getting up into a bus, the driver denying a black boy to get in

A narrative about racism, denial, and unexpected gratitude. The complexity of racial dynamics.

Social Commentarynarrative
#072Rebel

Why would someone with so much range stay in the status quo?

Rebellion & Confrontationphilosophical
#073Invisible

Every time I keep it in. I'm back in my cage.

Rebellion & Confrontationphilosophical
#074Rebel

If you hit it, I hit it LOWER

Rebellion & Confrontationsong
#075Performer

(BYE) Be With You Every Time

Emotional Depthsong
#076Performer

(EAT) Energy and Taste

The Stagesong
#077Performer

(ATE) AND How does it feel TASTE that ENERGY?

The Stagesong
#078Myth

Idle Idol

The paradox of the inactive icon. The contradiction of being worshipped while being passive.

Mythology & Transcendencesong
#079Invisible

Unlovable

The Shadowssong
#080Myth

Dream maker

Mythology & Transcendencesong
#081Rebel

Never cover a book by its judge

The Shadowssong
#082Invisible

The Idea Of Me

Identity Paradoxsong
#083Rebel

A movie exploring the science of rage — two words that turn anyone into a beast

Rebellion & Confrontationcinematic
#084Rebel

Hostile Skin Tone - Hostile Skin - Hostile Tone

Social Commentarysong
#085Performer

Fake it until you make it

The strategy of performance leading to reality. The transformation of pretense into authenticity.

Identity Paradoxsong
#086Rebel

I DON'T GAF

Rebellion & Confrontationsong
#087Invisible

The OUTCAST

The Shadowssong
#088Performer

My Pleasure

Queer Identitysong
#089Myth

Paved the road

The creation of a path for others. The legacy of pioneering.

Mythology & Transcendencesong
#090Invisible

Eons of waiting

Rebellion & Confrontationsong
#091Invisible

You can't trust and I can't be trusted

Identity Paradoxsong
#092Invisible

Dolo Unrealized / Dolo Asking

The unfulfilled desire to be alone. The question of solitude.

The Shadowssong
#093Rebel

Cara Demonio

Mythology & Transcendencesong
#094Rebel

Woke Fisco / Unwoke Fisco

Social Commentarysong
#095Rebel

Apartheid

Social Commentarysong
#096Myth

Movie: Cinderella × Wicked × Inside Out × Encanto × Avengers Endgame

Mythology & Transcendencecinematic
#097Invisible

Chamber / Chamberline

The Shadowssong
#098Myth

Gerewol Ritual

Mythology & Transcendenceperformance
#099Rebel

QUEERKISS

The visibility and celebration of queer love and desire. The kiss as political act.

Queer Identitysong
#100Performer

GONIMOFO / GONYMOFO

An acronym or coded term. The hidden language of identity.

Queer Identitysong
#101Rebel

DEADNAMING

Queer Identitysong
#102Invisible

Shopenhauer Love / Shopenhauer Crush / Shopenhauer Boy

Emotional Depthsong
#103Invisible

LIMERANCE

Emotional Depthsong
#104Invisible

Mandela Effect

Identity Paradoxphilosophical
#105Invisible

LOOP

Identity Paradoxsong
#106Rebel

No Speed Limit

The refusal of constraint. The freedom to move at one's own pace.

Rebellion & Confrontationsong
#107Myth

Love story between a boy and a sculpture that only came to life at a specific time of the day

Mythology & Transcendencenarrative
#108Myth

LA BOSSA + LA NOVA + LA MECCA

Mythology & Transcendencesong
#109Rebel

(BPW) BEST PUSSY IN THE WORLD / (BFW) BEST FAG IN THE WORLD

Queer Identitysong
#110Rebel

Here To Stay

Rebellion & Confrontationsong
#111Myth

Hell & Heaven

The coexistence of opposites. The inversion of moral hierarchies.

Mythology & Transcendencesong
#112Rebel

Blaxploitation

Social Commentarysong
#113Myth

Late Bloomer

The delayed flowering of identity and power. The assertion that timing is not a limitation.

Mythology & Transcendencesong
#114Invisible

My Sin And My Hell

Emotional Depthsong
#115Myth

Wonderfully Unconventional

Mythology & Transcendencesong
#116Performer

Like it like that by Rebirth Band (Choreography by Isa)

The Stageperformance
#117Myth

Movie about a perfect town where nobody needs to leave — until they do

Mythology & Transcendencecinematic
#118Performer

Wake Night (Perfume) - Tomorrow Night (Perfume)

The Stagesong
#119Myth

BEAUTIFUL F***ED UP DELICIOUS MESS

Mythology & Transcendencesong
#120Myth

A CHILD IS MADE OF Hopes • Dreams • Wishes

The foundational elements of human existence. The building blocks of identity.

Mythology & Transcendencephilosophical
#121Myth

The sea don't cry cuz a wave fell

Mythology & Transcendencephilosophical
#122Performer

Is About How Much Fucking MEL

A reference to a specific person or concept. The intensity of feeling.

Emotional Depthsong
#123Invisible

All that wanting, all that desire, all that begging to....feel

Emotional Depthsong
#124Myth

Becoming what you were thought to hate

Identity Paradoxphilosophical
#125Performer

Getting my towel is like getting my mic

The Stagesong
#126Rebel

Deny who he is, what he thinks and what he feels. Well that's not love. That's hate.

Queer Identityphilosophical
#127Myth

Magic in u

The recognition of power and transformation within the self. The internal source of change.

Mythology & Transcendencesong
#128Invisible

Lost to Learn

The Shadowssong
#129Myth

Showland

Mythology & Transcendencesong
#130Invisible

Ma kiant think, Ma kiant breath, Ma kiant live

The Shadowssong
#131Performer

My everything everytime

Emotional Depthsong
#132Performer

ATTABOY

The Stagesong
#133Rebel

In Europe men kiss twice... Here, men kiss zero times

The cultural differences in expression of affection. The specificity of queer culture across geographies.

Queer Identityphilosophical
#134Performer

Sesabnasti - Sasenbtias

The name of the relational figure (Sebas). The significance of this specific connection.

Emotional Depthsong
#135Performer

Bandana / Bandana Color / Bandana Fruit / He ties my type

The Stagesong
#136Rebel

Love the culture not the color / Love the color not the culture

Social Commentarysong
#137Rebel

There're also rules in war / Laws in war

Rebellion & Confrontationphilosophical
#138Invisible

Not everything that hurts leaves scars or make you bleed

The Shadowsphilosophical
#139Invisible

(Blank — The Space of Silence)

The Shadowsphilosophical
#140Myth

Purple (Made with hands) - Mauve (royalty) - Violet (light)

Mythology & Transcendencevisual
#141Myth

Different airs, different skies, same pair of wings (Two birds visual collage)

A visual vision of two birds in different sky conditions. The unity despite difference.

Mythology & Transcendencevisual
#142Performer

Create beauty is my talent

The Stagesong
#143Performer

Girl skating on a run band

The Stagevisual
#144Performer

(VISUAL PICTURE) Hand with twist pinky finger

The visual representation of the twisted pinky gesture. The symbol of defiance and queer identity.

Queer Identityvisual
#145Myth

Gold win-dow

Mythology & Transcendencesong
#146Myth

I'm the solar of this system

Mythology & Transcendencesong
#147Performer

Pick it up like you found it, drip it like you lost it

The Stagesong
#148Invisible

Music video: loop of a person waiting at the bus stop, boarding, then immediately returning to wait again

The visual representation of the bus stop loop. The cyclical trap of waiting.

Identity Paradoxvisual
#149Myth

Beauty that comes from a painful history

Mythology & Transcendencephilosophical
#150Rebel

Malakoi

Queer Identitysong
#151Invisible

Coliflor ears

The Shadowssong
#157Rebel

No I will not explain myself for what you're about to read/watch/hear

Rebellion & Confrontationphilosophical
#158Myth

She was born special / I was born special

Mythology & Transcendencesong
#159Invisible

Heroes only love you as long as they need you

Social Commentarysong
#160Rebel

Hoes / Hoes before...

The reclamation of a slur. The assertion of sexual agency and freedom.

Queer Identitysong
#161Rebel

Gender Limbo

Queer Identitysong
#162Invisible

I been big & small... BIG AND SMALL... & still nobody wants me

The Shadowssong
#163Rebel

Main sin / The main sin

Queer Identitysong
#164Rebel

I've never met a girl.....(I'm gay)

Queer Identitysong
#165Rebel

A hoe I'll be (I ain't wanna be / But you gon' make a hoe out of me)

Queer Identitysong
#166Myth

Key to the key (Beyoncé inspiration: KEY TO THE KINGDOM)

Mythology & Transcendencesong
#167Performer

Bad baddie

The celebration of being bad in the best way. The power of transgression.

The Stagesong
#168Rebel

You may not like what you see, but you'll see me motherfuker

Rebellion & Confrontationsong
#169Myth

If I am underwater why can I see any fish

Mythology & Transcendencephilosophical
#170Rebel

Your heaven sounds like my hell

Rebellion & Confrontationsong
#171Myth

Corazón de Estrella / Corazón de super estrella

Heart of a star / Heart of a superstar. The cosmic identity of the protagonist.

Mythology & Transcendencesong
#172Invisible

Repay Wrapped As Love

Social Commentarysong
#173Myth

Main Character Complex

Mythology & Transcendencesong
#174Rebel

Wrist drop, Drooping wrist, Limp wrist

The gesture of queer identity and defiance. The body as site of resistance.

Queer Identitysong