In conversation with .. 8!
Welcome to our new digital issue: IN CONVERSATION WITH – Part 8! Featuring with Aka Kelzz, Jaume Miró, José Rojas, Wooly and the Uke, Ford Kelly, Olli Hull. Special thanks to Orientation NYC. 118 pages filled with interviews and editorials. Contributors are Lewis Robert Cameron, Johannes Brauner, Arabella Romen, Rianon Vran, Joseph Sy, Arron Dunworth, Alis, McGuire Brown and more. Enjoy our new issue! Feat. @akakelzzmusic @akakelzz @jaumevmiro @jose_illustration @woolyandtheuke @SoyFordKelly @ollihull On the cover Creative Direction & Styling McGuire Brown @mcguire.brown Photographer & Editor Abby Lorenzini @abilorenzini Lighting Assistance Joe DaJour @joedajour Assistance Jane Handorff @jhandorff & Samantha Del Rosal @samanthadelrosal Model Kayinoluwa Ibidapo @kayinoluwa Makeup Tania Mallah @tatimallah Production Orientation NYC @orientationyc
Welcome to our new digital issue: IN CONVERSATION WITH – Part 8! Featuring with Aka Kelzz, Jaume Miró, José Rojas, Wooly and the Uke, Ford Kelly, Olli Hull. Special thanks to Orientation NYC. 118 pages filled with interviews and editorials. Contributors are Lewis Robert Cameron, Johannes Brauner, Arabella Romen, Rianon Vran, Joseph Sy, Arron Dunworth, Alis, McGuire Brown and more. Enjoy our new issue!
Feat. @akakelzzmusic @akakelzz @jaumevmiro @jose_illustration
@woolyandtheuke @SoyFordKelly @ollihull
On the cover
Creative Direction & Styling McGuire Brown @mcguire.brown
Photographer & Editor Abby Lorenzini @abilorenzini
Lighting Assistance Joe DaJour @joedajour
Assistance Jane Handorff @jhandorff & Samantha Del Rosal @samanthadelrosal
Model Kayinoluwa Ibidapo @kayinoluwa
Makeup Tania Mallah @tatimallah
Production Orientation NYC @orientationyc
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Do you sometimes get sick of having to be an educator in<br />
that sense?<br />
It’s tiring, for sure. Because me being in a space is already<br />
enough. Only when I’m in spaces <strong>with</strong> black and brown people<br />
do I feel more relaxed. I don’t have to do the work. When I’m in<br />
a space <strong>with</strong> white people, I have to talk a lot more. Normally,<br />
my music says everything and other black and brown people<br />
will understand it. They’ve been through similar things. I think<br />
when it comes to education, it’s mainly for white people. That’s<br />
when the <strong>conversation</strong> normally where I have to talk about and<br />
explain how you deal <strong>with</strong> depression comes up.<br />
It’s very unreflective because mental health struggles affect<br />
everyone no matter what skin colour or background you<br />
have.<br />
It’s a constant thing for me because I started therapy again,<br />
which has been a great thing, and I’m a huge advocate for<br />
doing things that make you feel good. Find your support<br />
system and if you have access to therapy, go! <strong>In</strong> Germany, it’s<br />
very difficult to access certain things, specifically therapy. I<br />
love to talk about black and brown people because these are<br />
people that can understand the things I’ve been through.<br />
I like to share, but also I want other people to see me and<br />
understand that I’m an open book and letting you into this<br />
vulnerable side. I want to take people on a journey whenever I<br />
perform. I want them to see the bad side and that it’s okay to<br />
have fun. It’s not just this positive music, it is a real journey I<br />
want to take people on to show them that being on this stage<br />
took a lot of work. Writing this song took a lot of work for<br />
people to enjoy.<br />
I really like that! Do you have any music coming up soon?<br />
I have a bunch of releases that are coming out. We’re still<br />
deciding on the order in which they are going to come out.<br />
But, I have two songs coming out this year. One is called<br />
“Blank Space”, which is about mental health and the other<br />
one is “Timestamp”. “Timestamp” is me talking about my<br />
experience of people trying to make me feel small and put<br />
me in a box. My EP will be coming out next year and that is<br />
something I am super excited about!<br />
Follow Aka Kelzz @akakelzzmusic<br />
@akakelzz<br />
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