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Written, performed, mixed, and mastered by Ham Sandwich.
Produced by @foreigner2x.
Video by @BlaxTracks.
Thumbnail and cover art design by Ham Sandwich.
Mirko illustration by Jason Kim.
Mina illustration by dumpiwumpi.
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HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH Y'ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This time around I wanted to do a lil something special, but I also want to clear up some things concerning the decisions I made during this song's production. Given the topic, it shouldn't be much of a surprise that I had a hard time deciding what characters I felt I should include or exclude from this song. For starters, there are about 4 black women in anime with very specifically afro features that aren't racist caricatures, so going into the making of this track, I was already in a bit of a pickle. So, the criteria for this song wasn't "who is explicitly, obviously black," it was "who does the black community resonate with." Like, what characters, when I go to conventions or I'm scrolling through Instagram, am I most likely to see cosplayed by black people? In widening the scope like this, I was able to include not just the characters that were explicitly intended for us, but also the ones that the community has sort of adopted as if they were made for us. That being said, I tried to exclude characters in my lyrics who are just tan (Nagatoro) and characters whose ethnicity is explicitly stated to be non-African (ex. Abigail Jones -- she's from Iraq). As far as black representation goes, things have been getting better stateside for a while, but that kind of progress cannot realistically be expected of an muuuuuch more ethnically homogenous nation like Japan where creatives have no incentive to write stories with characters of diverse backgrounds. Which is no knock on them -- that's just how it is. Their black audience is all but non-existent over there. However, the low amount of black representation -- ESPECIALLY that of black women -- in manga and anime can leave a lot of people feeling alienated from the anime community, especially black cosplayers, who frequently have to deal with trolls online telling them who they can and can't cosplay, sending them threats, etc. In all honesty, this song is meant for them first and foremost. Because it's not fair for the black community to be ransacked, co-opted, and/or outright stolen from on all sides, just for us to be ridiculed for the crime of attempting to exist in a space that does not welcome us by default, especially when that ridicule frequently comes from people who are also guests in that space. For all the blerdy millenial women whose first cosplay was Yoruichi, to the new generation of black girls trying on white wigs and bunny ears for the first time, this track is for you. Stay beautiful. Happy black history month 👑
(ALSO none of the above is to say that people of other ethnicities can't resonate with/feel represented by some of the characters I chose for this song. Buuut this is black history month yfm?)
Characters mentioned (in order): mirko (rumi usagiyama) from my hero academia, mari the mink (marie itami) from bna: brand new animal, hibana from fire force, michiko malandro from michiko & hatchin, candace from genshin impact, marina from splatoon 2, nessa from pokemon: sword & shield, yoruichi shihoin from bleach, lashiti from dimension w, sakura ogami, aoi asahina, and akane owari from danganronpa, elana from street fighter, mina ashido from my hero academia, coffee from cowboy bebop, and todoroki tina is a reference to megan thee stallion's cosplay of shoto todoroki from my hero academia. also blax put ikumi mito (the meat master) from food wars, a character from fooly cooly, and at least one other character I don't immediately recognize in the video.
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