A song all about that familiar feeling of first queer love 😍 BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS We’ve had our fingers crossed for brand new Runrummer music ever since her wonderful set at DIVA Pride back in the summer. Luckily for us, we’re starting our week off right with the new single, It’s Strange, released by the French-Japanese [….]
The new video, featuring music from Toya Delazy, showcases a floor-filling fusion of UK and South African sounds BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS, IMAGE BY RAF CHLAPINSKI East London’s South African MC, Toya Delazy, has just dropped the visuals for Qhawe. Meaning “be strong warrior” in Zulu, the bass-filled floor-filler carries a powerful message to stand your [….]
“Braided is a clear-eyed manifesto on self-love” BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS, IMAGE BY KENYA NAOMI Stepping onto the music scene as a spoken word poet, Philadelphia native Christinna O has plenty of though-provoking and introspective tunes up her sleeve. Through her music, she’s providing an unparalleled commentary on her experience as a queer Black woman. She’s [….]
The hotly anticipated debut, Collapsed In Sunbeams, will be released early next year BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS, IMAGE BY ALEX KURUNIS It really is the year of Arlo Parks – she’s pretty much unstoppable at this point and we still can’t get enough. Just yesterday, the rising star released her brand new single Green Eyes, alongside [….]
DIVA’s Black History Month playlist is packed with our favourite Black lez/bi and non-binary folk BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS If you’re looking for a way to celebrate Black History Month we’ve got just the thing for you. Whether you’re working from home, need some bops to bake along to in the kitchen or something sweet and [….]
A gift from DIVA to you: watch and love these music vids by queer artists of colour BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS, IMAGES VIA INSTAGRAM Surely we can’t be the only ones who spend our spare time falling down the YouTube hole of queer music videos… If you can relate, we’re providing you with a little list [….]
“My intention with this song is to celebrate life, togetherness, to appreciate the moment before it’s gone” BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS, IMAGE BY VIC LENTAIGNE All the way back in April, when lockdown was in full swing, Romy Madley Croft took to Instagram live to give us some news we’ve been wanting ever since The xx [….]
