Honey Dijon’s Playlist Contains Madonna, Beyoncé, and Kendrick Lamar

On November 25, Dijon will launch her sophomore album, Black Woman Magic, which options collaborations with Channel Tres, Eve, and Luke Solomon. “It’s actually about love and self-acceptance,” says Dijon, a fixture within the golf equipment of Berlin, the place she’s based mostly, who has helped soundtrack runway reveals for Louis Vuitton and Dior. (She additionally has her personal trend model beneath the Comme des Garçons umbrella.) In every little thing she does, Dijon seeks to pay homage to bop music’s birthplace in queer Black and Latin areas. So when Beyoncé requested Dijon to assist produce her current dance-inspired album, Renaissance, she was excited by the chance to middle these experiences. “Beyoncé wished to rejoice the roots of dance tradition in an genuine approach,” she explains. “I’m very proud to share how a lot magic was created by marginalized individuals.” For this challenge, Dijon curated a playlist across the theme of course of, selecting a “broad brushstroke” of music that conjures up her. Together with Kendrick Lamar’s “Mirror,” about his “means of therapeutic and releasing disgrace as a Black artist,” Dijon included “BlackWater” by Octave One (a “house-music membership anthem”) in addition to her personal single “Love Is a State of Thoughts.” “It encompasses every little thing I imagine in,” she says of the latter observe.

Hearken to Honey Dijon’s playlist completely on Apple Music.

This text initially appeared within the October 2022 challenge of Harper’s BAZAAR, obtainable on newsstands October 4.

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