Music: My first music video "I Can't" with Alyssa Edwards & Gia Gunn

A quarantine-style music video with 20 guests was no easy feat from afar, but having RPDR royalty like Alyssa Edwards and Gia Gunn, YouTuber Arika Sato, B. Hawk from POSE, along with dozen others, has been beyond exciting! TIAAN was of course involved, Victor Jackson’s choreography added extra cool and video producer Rahjiv Staten put it all together with panache. Gay Times premiered the music video on April 23rd and I couldn’t be happier with the results! 

As my very first single, a collaboration with vocalist/songwriter TIAAN and producer Ford, we originally had other plans for “I Can’t”. Even though our initial idea was cancelled by COVID-19, Cameron thankfully conjured a brilliant set-up involving many individuals and locations:  a virtual house party! 

A music video with 20 guests was no easy feat from afar, but having RPDR royalty like Alyssa Edwards and Gia Gunn, YouTuber Arika Sato, B. Hawk from POSE, along with dozen others, has been beyond exciting! TIAAN was of course involved, Victor Jackson’s choreography added extra cool and video producer Rahjiv Staten put it all together with panache. Gay Times premiered the music video on April 23rd and I couldn’t be happier with the results! 

Cameron’s incredible eye for detail lent to the Art Direction - he created each set in our own home during quarantine! We wanted to depict the best of stay-at-home style while playfully paying homage to ‘90s femme films and early 2000’s club culture:  a dark night lounge (a.k.a. our living room), hot tub time with wine, an afterparty with unicorn aesthetic, and a steamy domestic date night. The workout was ‘80s-inspired:  my mom was an aerobics instructor growing up and I wanted to capture the outfits and enthusiasm of that time. 

The glitter lip took center stage tying together each look. We styled from clothes I already had in my closet. Quarantine has been a great time to explore all the different aspects of ourselves without judgment and I felt this video was a great way to put personas on blast. 

I want to give a huge thanks to all who joined us to party (safely) from home:  Appearances include Aaron Valenzuela, Feroza Syed, Brigitte Bidet, Brande Elise, Dani Gray, Miss He, Geo Neptune and TJ MAXXX.