Somali-Canadian songstress AmaalNuux talks fashion, identity and using sci-fi influences to create her musical utopia.
is about confronting the misogynoir and all the old oppressive ideologies that have constrained me most of my life. My music helped me discover the woman I’m meant to be. But it has taken all these years for me to get to this point. So I asked myself, “What would a world look like where people didn’t have to conform to the identities given to them?” And this is what I kept seeing. It was very otherworldly, cosmic and beautiful.
It’s this essence of Black people taking over, sharing, using their voices and putting their print in their art. Their identity is present on it without being remixed by someone else or being told, “Oh, this is too much.” It’s completely living, being and doing what we love. I really just wanted to be a part of that. I wanted to get my art out there, and do it in a way where I was challenging these [constraints] that I was up against during most of my life.
, I felt I had to choose. But I’m all of these things; it’s my story. I see the rules in my world looking that way. But I wouldn’t even call them rules — just the way of life.into my own sense of style. Edgy. And sexy. If I can add one more, it’s masculine. I love having a suit outfit or an oversized jacket with pants.styleFor years, I used to wear henna. I also have all this gold jewelry from my mom that have very distinct Somali styles.
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