"I could be really brash and really loud and really dressed however I wanted to and almost made [Chappell] on purpose a drag version of myself so I can be whatever I want. It allows me to feel really safe exploring those aspects of myself. I’d never be able to do that if I took myself super seriously with pop. I think that the project has allowed me to be a part of the queer community in a deeper way because I'm not observing from the outside anymore. I feel like I'm in it. I am the queer community–it's allowed me to just feel queer, feel like a queer person and feel freedom in that."
the real lesson of 2024 is stanning Valtteri at every corner, this man is just in his fluorescent highlighter green car, having 40 second pitstops , decided he's Australian, fast and racy as fuck all the time. Slay you weird bitch.
but there’s this element of mirroring and sameness that occurs when they’re speaking to one another that’s not only about strengthening their communication, avoiding explosive misunderstandings and reassuring the other that they’re with them and hear them… but moreso that they’re the same as them. very much “i see you in me, i see me in you” type energy. on some real “i am you, you are me, we are one” type time. like, let’s merge more than just our brains type shit. maybe our energies and souls? merging the bodies can come last. [x]