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SAKIMA Captures the Chaos of Falling in Love in 'DJ Romance'
"Like I can’t stop talking about him and it gets to the point of being a bit hyper."
Artist SAKIMA is known for unabashedly exploring queer sex in his music, but the English singer-songwriter just dropped an intimate new love song with "DJ Romance."
"It’s just who I am and that’s the only kind of story I know how to truly tell, queer stories that is," SAKIMA told PRIDE. "It’s obviously something I care a lot about and want to push for queer representation in popular culture, but I’m now reaching a point where I think it’s more political to just live as true to yourself as possible."
"DJ Romance" might've dropped on Valentine's Day, but the mature trap-pop/R&B stylings of his music and his tiny bit obsessive lyrics give the track a dark bite.
"I usually write songs about experiences that have already happened rather than in the moment," he said. "I think I find it hard to be in the present with songs because I already over analyze everything as it is. But I had finally allowed myself to have feelings for someone after spending a long time trying to stay away from that stuff, and even though it felt really amazing it also felt really out of control, and I think that’s why there’s this slightly chaotic overtone to the lyrics, like I can’t stop talking about him and it gets to the point of being a bit hyper."
The track is just a taste of SAKIMA's upcoming mixtape, Project Peach, that he says is "something less formal than an album that I can be a bit more playful with, explore wider genres and tell more varied stories."
"For me as an artist, an album needs to be pretty conceptualized and have a strong narrative throughout whereas a mixtape can just be a collection of your favorite songs so that’s what it has become. But it’s still rich in queer sex, love, sadness and self-love. It’s also super close to being finished."
Project Peach is expected sometime this year. Stream "DJ Romance" below.
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
