The Blindboy Podcast How I found a bag of Heroin on the ground because I thought it was a dead Bird
Nov 19, 2025
The host explores the idea that clothing is like music, highlighting how personal style reflects creativity and confidence. He shares a humorous yet serious story about mistaking a bag of heroin for a dead bird while practicing mindfulness. The discussion covers the impact of the pandemic on mental health and the journey to regain calm through meditation. Additionally, he delves into moral reasoning, connecting fashion and art to cultural reclamation and resistance. The episode combines humor, insight, and profound reflections on anxiety and creativity.
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Outfits As Internal Creative Conversations
- Blindboy reframes dressing as an internal creative conversation rather than external performance.
- Viewing outfit elements as musical instruments made fashion accessible and fun for him.
Music Metaphor Explains Fashion Roles
- Blindboy maps song roles to garment roles (belt as bass, jacket as guitar) to explain cohesion.
- This analogy revealed accessible rules and exceptions in fashion for him.
Dapper Dan Turned Luxury Inside-Out
- Blindboy recounts Dapper Dan making tracksuits from luxury bag linings in 1980s Harlem.
- That practice turned classist luxury codes inside-out and influenced mainstream hip-hop fashion.