THE Music
SINGLE
After T.H.O.T.
Featured in THE CHANGER & THE CHANGED, After T.H.O.T. is a BLACK and QUEER hookup anthem that pokes at contemporary post-PrEP, post-HIV+ hookup culture—where a generation of sexual connection is facilitated by digital platforms.
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BEHIND THE MUSIC—For over 20 years, Dazié’s writing and performance work has adressed complex relationships at the crossroads of sexuality, identity, HIV status and recovery. With After T.H.O.T., Dazié completes a narrative arc that brings these complexities into the modern era. Being HIV+ and seeking sexual connection means something very different today than it did 20 years ago. The writing reflects the present moment of app-driven hookup culture, PrEP and undedectable viral loads with biting humor, critique and celebration. The dominance of hookup apps like Grindr inspired the use of the Grindr alert as a musical element—an immediately recognizable shout-out to the app’s users and the impact that app has had on sexual connections in the QUEER community. The album art features design and illustration by Derrick Miller-Handley that mingles the visual language of THE CHANGER & THE CHANGED with reference to Keith Haring, invoking the legacy of Haring’s sex-positive storytelling and HIV/AIDS activism while re-appropriating the African diasporic art that influenced his work as BLACK and QUEER.
LP ALBUM
Make Me Black
A body of original work featured in Dazié's award-winning solo show NIGGA-ROO. Fusing spoken word with Jazz and Hip-Hop, this album is a provocative and harrowing interrogation of racism and it’s impact on BLACK identity.
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BEHIND THE MUSIC—Music has always been an essential source of inspiration in Dazié’s work and creative process. Early in the development of NIGGA-ROO, MAKE ME BLACK was conceived as a companion piece to that work. As one of the original members of The Deep Dickollective (one of the nation’s first black gay hip-hop groups), MAKE ME BLACK also marks Dazié’s return to recording music—this time as a solo artist. The album art was created by Derrick Miller-Handley in direct response to a Toni Morrisson inspired line in the titular track: “If your blue eyes are taken for granted, give them to me. I will make them more special than anything.”