![]() ![]() , and a loving cover of Tammy Wynette ’s 1968 country hit "Stand By Your Man." Her set spanned her classics, like "Video Games" from 2012’s Born To Die, current hits, such as the title track from this year’s album Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd. This time, Del Rey’s set included a projection that said "God Bless You San Francisco" and a giant swing woven with flowers that flung her into the air while she sang. A new generation has since discovered the singer’s outsize character and vibe, and as the gates opened on Saturday, giddy groups of teenage girls rushed to park themselves at the edge of that very same stage to catch Del Rey’s big return to Golden Gate Park. Kendrick Lamar Brings The Friday Night Lightįlower crowns were all the rage when Lana Del Rey made her Outside Lands debut in 2016 at Twin Peaks, the festival’s second largest stage. The most overtly queer-friendly edition of Outside Lands was something beautiful to continue and build on in the future. A highlight was Reparations, an all-Black drag show hosted by the incomparable Nicki Jizz, San Francisco’s serial Drag Queen of the Year (according to local publication 48 Hills) who wore a large penis hat that she claimed was true to her actual size. This year’s Outside Lands also saw the debut of the LGBTQIA+-centric Dolores’ stage, which was powered all weekend by local party crews such as Hard French, Fake and Gay and Oasis. Her almost Rockettes-level line choreography with her dancers has leveled up as well. Monáe’s natural charisma has only gotten sharper over time, and her dance moves are more infused with the quick steps of the Godfather of Soul James Brown and Prince. To be Black, to be queer, to be nonbinary, to evolve and to have family like you is a blessing." ![]() Monáe has since come out as nonbinary and greatly expanded her fanbase at Outside Lands, she dedicated her performance to "my community, the LGBTQIA+ community," saying, "I love you so much. was assassinated.Ī post shared by Lessie Vonner a towering stack of Jamaican sound system-styled speakers, giant beach balls, a towel-waisted band and swimsuited dancers, Janelle Monáe brought the sexy "Black Sugar Beach" and "Lipstick Lover" vibes of her new album The Age of Pleasure to the Lands End main stage, which she last graced in 2018. This was at the height of the Civil Rights movement and the same year Dr. "Say it loud, I’m Black and I’m proud," became an affirmation recited far and wide specifically in such a turbulent year as 1968. "Say It Loud," James Brown (1968)īeing proud to be Black was almost a foreign concept commercially during this time and James Brown took the lead on empowering Black people all across the world. But before this moment, there were a few of the songs that have been at the center of protest, revolution, and radical political change over the years. That tradition of music has continued over centuries as each new movement-specifically involving the fight for self-love, equality, and fair treatment for Black Americans-creates its own soundtrack.Ģ020 will see its own host of songs that highlight the times, from Meek Mill’s "The Otherside of America" to H.E.R.'s "I Can’t Breathe," which she recently premiered in her performance for IHeartRadio’s Living Room Concert Series. For slaves, it was a form of communication and later became so much more. It only continued after men and women were captured and enslaved in the U.S through the Middle Passage. Music has always been deeply rooted in African culture. The current state of unrest in the United States surrounding the violent treatment of Black people and people of color at the hands of police has caused a resurgence of music addressing the current state of affairs directly in lyrics and tone.Īs we celebrate Juneteenth (not to mention Black Music Month), a date that signifies liberation for African American people as Gordon Granger announced in Galveston, TX that the enslaved people there were free in 1865, we have to recognize the importance of music when it comes to freedom, protest, survival and celebration in Black culture. Whether it’s the slow hum of Pete Seeger's "We Shall Overcome" or the energetic repetition of YG’s "FTP," when the chants of freedom slow, we often hear an emotional outcry about political issues through music. From the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to the streets of Ferguson, activism certainly has a sound. ![]()
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