THE ANGEL YOU DON’T KNOW
Amaarae is a queer Alte/Afropop artist born in New York City and raised between Atlanta and Accra, Ghana. Her sound is hard to place as it’s an eclectic blend of airy Pop, Afro rhythms and smooth R&B. She floats on each track, singing in a hushed falsetto like she’s telling us a secret. And though she is private about her sexuality she is still very intentional, titling one of her early songs FLUID and featuring LGBTQ+ dancers, drag queens and pole dancers. Her latest album THE ANGEL YOU DON’T KNOW is even more transparent in its sexual expression—on her track FANCY she whispers “I like it when you call me zaddy” on the hook— alluding to her being butch. So while pride should be every single day, this pride month I’m practically begging you all to check out this pioneering queer artist in one of the fastest growing spaces in music. My stand out tracks from the project are: JUMPING SHIP, SAD GURLZ LUV MONEY,and LEAVE ME ALONE.
