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Kelela: Raven

The Pitchfork Review

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Kalaala - Is She a Black Woman?

Kalaala to me is what Suf John Stevens is to Midwestern white gay men who spent their teen years in the closet. She does not really fit the beauty standard in America or like Ethiopia as well. So I think that was just so like revolutionary for me to see someone who was just that comfortable in her skin and how she went from sort of like an experimental artist to sort of where she is right now.

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