Ibeyi are back with their beautiful music video for ‘Transmission/Michaelion’ which was directed by Jamie-James Medina and Fons Schiedon, premiered via Lenny Letter here. Watch below! The song is the masterful centerpiece of the twins sophomore album Ash and features Meshell Ndegeocello on bass, a sample from the audiobook ‘Citizen: An American Lyric’ by Claudia Rankine plus an excerpt from The Diary of Frida Kahlo read by the twins mother Maya Dagnino. Lisa-Kaindé...
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Ibeyi released a music video for new song ‘I Wanna Be Like You’, off their album Ash, out today. The video, which stars twins, Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Díaz, was shot in France and directed by Remi Besse and produced by Standard Films. Watch it below! Lisa-Kaindé wrote the track for Naomi – her twin by nature but opposite in reality. Lisa-Kaindé explains further, “Sometimes I want to be like Naomi. I want her eyes,...
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Ibeyi have debuted a music video for ‘Me Voy feat. Mala Rodriguez’, another song off their forthcoming album Ash, out Friday 29 September. Watch it below! The video, directed by MANSON and produced by CANADA, stars Ibeyi and Mala Rodriguez. The song sees both Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé on vocals and includes Naomi’s signature bata’s interlaced with electronic percussion. ‘Me Voy’ is Ibeyi’s first song with lyrics entirely in Spanish. Ibeyi...
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French-Cuban twins Ibeyi announce their second album Ash, a record that tackles subjects as diverse as womanhood, spirituality, activism and racism. Set for release on September 29, Ibeyi share a video for album track ‘Deathless’ directed by Ed Morris. Watch below! While firmly rooted in Afro-Cuban culture and history, Ash finds itself entirely concerned with Ibeyi’s present: Who Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi are, what’s important to them, and how they live today,...
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