Essence ft Anohni

from Hi​-​Def Femme by Nomi Ruiz

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    Nomi's debut album 'Lost In Lust' released in 2005 is a song-oriented downbeat electronic album steeped in the grittier ends of early-'90s hip-hop and R&B.

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lyrics

you’re really a part of that
this new generation of dreaming and thinking
about trans identity.
which isn’t about this revelation of transformation
but really just a continuing conversation about essence
society’s still in the most rudimentary phase of embracing
a trans person and it has to be a person that’s desexualized
it has to be someone that’s like sexless but maternal
can still be pretty but not sexually threatening
it’s so frustrating at the same time because
I do feel like some of our greatest artists and assets
are being undervalued in our society
It’s like a level of feminine power that you’re embodying
that really does scare the shit out of some of those guys
that aren’t comfortable
And it’s not about passing it’s about power
It’s so simple it breaks them all down
It breaks down their whole system of the binary
It breaks down everything that their little tiny myopic lives
are built on
they don’t wanna know that they could fall in love with you
and that they want to fall in love with you
it’s gonna totally deconstruct the fabric of their heterosexual
nuclear lives

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from Hi​-​Def Femme, track released September 22, 2022
“Anohni” Bodega Dollz. S02E03. 8 Jan. 2017.
Produced, Arranged & Mixed by Nomi Ruiz
Trombone: Smoota | Saxophone: Matt Parker | Trumpet: Carter Yasutake
Mastered by Cem Oral

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Nomi Ruiz Brooklyn, New York

Nomi Ruiz broke boundaries as the first latina trans woman to perform on prestigious stages world-wide. She has collaborated with the likes of Anohni, Honey Dijon, Keinemusik, Sam Sparro, Todd Terry. Her original songs have been featured on The American Academy Awards, Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto and in campaigns for Mugler, Calvin Klein, Dior Homme and Tommy Hilfiger. ... more

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