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Although the moment has probably passed, I would favor to add some texture to the many replies you received as to the nature of bliss and what it means to others.
The definition of joy, the etymology of the word, the nature of the quality behaves far differently than a surface euphoria. Therefore, calamity, personal crisis and the like does not mean that we are necessarily robbed of happiness – although for a certainty, such moments entice tremendous sadness. Some hold likened joy to be a flame enshrined behind a glass lantern – no matter how tough the wind blows, the flicker stays intact.
The bible beautifully describes this process at Psalms 126:5,6, verses that describe you to a T. “Those sowing seed with tears”. In other words, the one who continues, persists in some kind of routine, who keeps looking out for interests of others, who continues in output of some description will ‘reap’ despite the trauma that surrounds them.
You certainly are an outstanding example as “one who does go out, though weeping” with your application to your art, your sheer heart for others and of course the most crucial of all, caring for the deepest needs of your dear wife and family. No doubt, you hav
MIXTAPE: Flamy Grant’s Songs for Healing Gay Religious Trauma
Welcome to the playlist you probably didn’t have on your bingo card this year: a series of songs spanning from gospel music to ’90s folk to contemporary singer-songwriters, all curated by a flamboyant queen with a number one Christian album under her belt. I’m Flamy Grant, and I’m honored that BGS invited me to share the songs that healed my very gay, very religious trauma.
My first record was called Bible Belt Baby, so I know a thing or two about growing up in the shadow of a religious fervor that wants boys to be boys, girls to be girls, and gays to keep it in the closet. Here are a few of the songs that helped me not only to arrive out, but to grant this little light of mine keep shining in the faces of a lot of people who’d prefer it were secret under a bushel. Not today, gatekeepers. Not today. – Flamy Grant
“If You Ever Leave” – Flamy Grant
Oh, hello darling. I’m a drag queen with wares to sell. Of course I’m starting off this playlist with my modern single! It is, at least, very much on topic. This ballad from my forthcoming record, CHURCH, pretty much speaks for itself, but I will offer
In his new album ‘Charlotte’, Montell Fish draws on personal experiences to examine narratives of fame and religion
Raised in a religious familiar in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Montell Fish started out his musical career as a Christian rapper. However, after he began to feel boxed in by the genre’s strict rules expectations, he moved to New York to experiment with new sounds and tell new stories. Now, he’s established for producing highly emotive songs that respond to his personal experiences and heartbreaks while also speaking to universal experiences. Take ‘JAMIE’, his 2022 album, as an example, which Billboard described as a “gallery of unfiltered desperation.”
Montell Fish recently joint his sensitive sound with us during his debut A COLORS SHOW act of ‘Don’t You Love Me?’, a track that will feature on his upcoming album ‘CHARLOTTE’. In line with the release, we sat down with the artist to discuss working smarter not harder, the importance of altruism in art, and how there’s still an acknowledgement of the divine in his musical creations.
You started making melody when you were around 16 or 17 after a tumultuous period of heartbreak and difficulty, including get Regrets, they’ve had a few. This week, Hayley Williams ‘fessed up in a Track 7 interview that 2017 Hayley might not have written a controversial lyric in “Misery Business,” the lead single from Paramore‘s second studio album, Riot! Given a decade to reflect about it, the seemingly anti-feminist line “Once a whore, you’re nothing more/ I’m sorry, that will never change” from Williams’ teenage diary was “feeding into a lie” that she said she’d bought into about the “cool girl religion.” To show her development, Williams didn’t chant the line at a recent Royal Albert Hall performance in London. She’s not alone in walking back some of the lyrical indiscretions of youth. It’s also been a decade since Katy Perry broke through with her first major-label release, “Ur So Gay.” Released when Perry was 22, the song is a minefield of cringe-worthy couplets, including the refrain “You’re so gay and you don’t even favor bo As a transgender lesbian gal who has listened to rap her whole existence, nothing scares me anymore. Living this life is like the meme of the ant with a stick and bag slung over his shoulder—you don’t want it. I contain become so accustomed to being the butt of the joke that I can predict when a rapper is going to drop a slur based on their rhyme scheme. Unfortunately, the negative lyrics are something I contain come to terms with. Rap music is so integral to my Ebony identity that sometimes I try to turn a blind eye, like when grandma says something a little strange at the Thanksgiving function. Rarely perform I feel seen and heard by the occasionally popular queer rapper; I am usually having my ears harassed by a homophobic 40-year-old dude in a Rocawear hat. I will share some of the most striking rap lyrics about queerness—lots of which I wish I never heard. While queerphobia has been rooted in the genre since its inception, there has also been a long lineage of allyship developing parallel to it (homo hop, an early 2000s subgenre of rap, specifically focused on battling the negative rhetoric way back when). Perhaps we can laugh at the ridiculousness of the bigotry and embrace the heartwa
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