Nylon premieres Charleston musician Diaspoura's video featuring femme, trans people of color

An electronic artist from Charleston who goes by stage name Diaspoura released a new music video Thursday with Nylon Magazine. 

The video traverses a variety of scenes and moods, including a blue-toned dance club, henna ink and rhinestone dresses, a dirt bike in the wilderness and putting lipstick on in the backseat of a Jeep.

It features "a crew of entirely femme, trans and non-binary people of color, on- and off-screen." 

Diaspoura wears a red bandana top with matching eyeshadow and wild pony tails in one scene and then white flowers and black lipstick liner in another, exuding a mystical aura with smooth vocals that blend with an electronic background riddled with shimmering bells and a booming bass. 

The lyrics to this track, "Glisten," shine bright, evolving from what can be interpreted as a story of lost love into a political statement. 

Diaspoura has long used a presence behind a microphone to stand up for marginalized people groups and take a social stance. This song is no different, noted in the line, "Y'all don't want to be a part of something that y'all can't cash in on. My ship already departed. I'll sail to the clean and farther."  

In an interview with Nylon, Diaspoura says, "Rally up and move on with or without them," referencing those who don't share the same agenda. 

The artist, who first began performing in Charleston in 2015, is living out an unexpected dream by making it into the pages of Nylon with this video premiere.

"As a kid I didn’t have the money to subscribe to this mag, but I loved their music recs (recommendations), so I would ... take pics of the page in the CVS Pharmacy and look it up later," Diaspoura gushes. "So, this is truly wild."

Read the full article at nylon.com/diaspoura-glisten-video-premiere.