Honey Dijon Premieres Sex Positive 'La Femme Fantastique' Video

Sofia Kasım 08, 2021

Being this a ways into quarantine, it appears like human contact is a far off reminiscence. As soon as upon a time, we used to bump and grind on tightly packed dancefloors, transferring as one large organism with pulsing vibrations emanating from subwoofers. Globe-trotting DJ and manufacturer Honey Dijon is aware of this sensation reasonably neatly. Commanding dancefloors any place from model week events to clubbing establishments like Berghain with crowds starting from a couple of hundred elite visitors to hundreds packed right into a pageant mainstage, Honey has observed all of it from the in the back of the decks — and he or she loves each and every 2nd of it.

Honey's newest effort is a love letter to nightlife's pleasures at its maximum hedonistic, decadent and Dionysian extra. Enlisting the assistance of animator Ciaràn McCusker, "Los angeles Femme Fantastique" follows the adventure of an uninitiated clubgoer as they descend in to the depths of a X-rated bacchanal with Honey flying overhead and dropping rain liquid intercourse upon the denizens of the evening. The visible is unapologetic in its birthday party of sexuality. There is the whole thing from exhibitionism to bondage, intercourse swings and puppy play all going down underneath the similar roof in a single nice large orgy for the ages. It is not anything in need of wonderful and if any of that has you achieving to your pearls, all of the extra explanation why to press play.

In some way, "Los angeles Femme Fantastique" is utopic, envisioning an international of unbridled intercourse positivity that is deeply rooted in queer historical past. From cruising to bathtub homes, burlesque and intercourse events that do not glance extraordinarily other from the only Honey lays out for us right here, embracing unfettered sexuality has at all times been a cornerstone of queer tradition even though Puritanical notions of decency have relegated them within the footnotes and margins.

On "Los angeles Femme Fantastique," Honey reminds us that we must by no means really feel ashamed to specific ourselves to the fullest extent and that by myself is usually a type of radical resistance. Forward of the PAPER premiere of the totally uncensored video for "Los angeles Femme Fantastique," we stuck up with the DJ to speak about the brand new unmarried, her coming near near album, space's raunchy historical past and her model line with Comme des Garçons.

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How did the video for "Los angeles Femme Fantastique" come about?

After we had been running at the album, we had been seeking to come to a decision what we needed to mention artistically and I have at all times been a intercourse sure particular person. I have at all times believed that queer folks, their narratives are at all times instructed by means of heteronormative society, we are at all times a response to that. So I actually sought after to create a video that was once talking to queer folks, in need of to inform their very own tale and celebrating sexuality, trans sexuality, nonbinary sexuality and what actually occurs in those queer areas. Then, as you already know Instagram is our pal, a actually nice cartoonist hit me up, he were to considered one of my events and he was once like, "I actually love your paintings and should you ever wish to paintings with any person..." I noticed his paintings and was once like, "Oh shit, his paintings is actually superb!" So it was once actually natural about how the technical facet of it got here in combination from my imaginative and prescient.

It is one thing that we've got been speaking about right through this album that I am running on, Black Lady Magic, is that the songs are much more introspective, coping with oppression and love. We are residing within the social media age the place persons are bullied and attacked such a lot. One of the crucial songs is known as, "It is Now not About You." I actually felt just like the track movies that I am making and the album that I am running on, it is a mirrored image of the instant that we are residing in. The timing could not were higher, however it is actually a love letter to queer folks being unapologetically themselves.

Do you may have a favourite second within the video?

When I am descending from the ceiling and dripping over the group. I like the section the place the woman with the 2 buns opens up her legs. I like the ass clapping, I just like the sling second as a result of we all know a sling is tremendous comfy in sexual eventualities. And if you do not know then I counsel everybody check out it! However I believe my favourite a part of my video is that we simply were given the message out. I do not believe, to my thoughts, that anybody in dance track has actually been so unapologetically sexual with their paintings. That was once tremendous necessary to be.

"It is actually a love letter to queer folks being unapologetically themselves."

Why do you suppose this is?

Space and techno track has been round for a very long time now, like 30-35 years, it is transform part of the mainstream and anything else that turns into in regards to the mainstream is at all times watered down for the hundreds. The place space track comes from, those had been sexual areas. The clubbing in New York, even now there is a resurgence, the queer events are the recent events and there may be numerous sexuality occurring. Perhaps in a peculiar approach this pandemic is permitting these items to occur once more: persons are being much less afraid to specific who they actually are, their sexuality. However to reply to your query, I believe space track and dance track tradition turned into so industrial that sexuality were given taken out for the hundreds to digest it. Particularly queer, Black sexuality and trans sexuality. It was once extra about partying and photographs and going to the membership and it by no means actually spoke about human expression for me.

Numerous the early Dance Mania-era stuff was once actually raunchy taking a look again on it.

Yeah, "I wish to fuck you within the ass," and "ass and tits," like there may be such a lot of. "It is freaky motherfucker" by means of Mike Dunn, I may identify masses of data that had been very sexually specific. Then it become like, "I wish to cross to the membership. I am on the membership, meet me on the membership." It turned into about that.

Talking of the membership, what is been the wildest celebration you've gotten both performed or been to?

Describe wild. As a result of I have been to events the place there was wild abandon in relation to dancing, the place the entire room is simply heaving and dancing and sizzling and folks shedding their minds. I have additionally DJ'd intercourse events the place I have observed folks do stuff with they stuff. I imply I do are living in Berlin, honey, so you'll be able to believe I have observed a wide variety of stuff. Wild is relative for me, the one factor I to find wild is when there may be violence at a membership. That is at all times actually stunning to me, to look competitive habits at golf equipment. However I do not believe anything else that occurs at a membership is actually wild.

Golf equipment are puts for folks to go away their inhibitions on the door, overlook all of the issues which were imposed upon them within the day international, and cross out and let their freak flag fly. I have observed numerous fucking on the membership, medicine taken on the membership, I have observed bare folks within the membership, I have observed bare trans folks within the membership. I've to mention once I noticed a non-op trans girl on the membership in Europe simply being so bare and unfastened, that was once actually wild for me as a result of there may be such a lot disgrace relating to sexuality and trans our bodies in The us, or even for cisgender heteronormative folks there may be such a lot disgrace round frame. To only see this trans girl with titties and a cock, a receding hairline, unapologetic for who they had been was once wild and superb to me, as a result of I believed, "Wow, any person must be so fortunate to be that unfastened. To have that quantity of freedom."

"Space track and dance track tradition turned into so industrial that sexuality were given taken out for the hundreds to digest it."

Are you nervous that persons are gonna simply see the scandal and now not the birthday party of intercourse positivity?

I am hoping they do, I am hoping they see the scandal. That is extra eyeballs on it, honey. I might be remiss if I did not search the scandal. In fact I would like them to look this. Excellent artists are meant to make folks uncomfortable. I am hoping persons are uncomfortable. The most efficient response folks will have is "Oh my god, I will't imagine I noticed that." However the worst is that if any person's similar to, "Oh, it is k." That is not what I am seeking to do with this piece of labor. Do not you love to be stunned?

I imply, yeah.

The one stunning factor that we've got at the moment is the fool in administrative center, so it takes so much for folks to be stunned this present day. Sexuality is so commonplace, everybody does it, or in case you are asexual you do not however this is any other type of sexuality. I do not perceive why bare our bodies or folks doing what folks do is stunning. Intercourse is like consuming a work of toast. It simply will depend on what aspect your bread is buttered, child.

Inform me in regards to the upcoming album.

My upcoming album is known as Black Lady Magic and I am actually happy with this album as a result of numerous the issues I have written about are actually well timed. It is about love, oppression, preventing again and taking a stand. I have labored with some actually nice Black feminine singers and songwriters: Hadiya George on "Now not About You." There is some business techno moments at the album as neatly, which I believe folks might be reasonably stunned as a result of folks suppose I have a tendency to make a definite form of space track. So it is a vast number of decrease temp issues, extra techno-sounding, business issues, there may be some ballroom affect concerned, however I do not wish to give an excessive amount of of that away.

This album was once actually a extra introspective album than my first one — it appears like a modern day disco file so far as the lyrical content material, now not such a lot the soundscape, which is actually reflecting about what is taking place in tradition and the human situation. Black Lady Magic is a party of queer dance track tradition that I champion and are available from. I am actually happy with this file and I believe that is all any artist can hope. I do not know the way it is going to be gained, however I will hang my head up top understanding that I made track that now not most effective I cherished, however was once accomplished actually neatly and with some actually gifted folks.

"Black Lady Magic is a party of queer dance track tradition that I champion and are available from."

What are you paying attention to at the moment or what is were given you actually excited?

The brand new Jesse Ware album is actually just right. I have been paying attention to that so much. In fact, I at all times concentrate to Sylvester, Sylvester at all times will get me excited. His Sylvester Reside album is at all times on repeat. Imagine it or now not, I concentrate to numerous '70s track. I like Fleetwood Mac, I like to hear track that has extra analog manufacturing on it. Like Roberta Flack, Earth Wind and Hearth, Marvin Gaye, only for manufacturing, high quality — Ashford and Simpson, Motown, I am paying attention to numerous early '90s dance track, too.

Talking of fucking, you additionally introduced your personal model line closing yr, Honey Fucking Dijon, in collaboration with Commes des Garçons proper?
Sure! The following drop is on the finish of August. That is actually, actually thrilling. I simply shot the lookbook within the glance video. Quarantine for me was once a actually nice time to be productive and end numerous initiatives that I used to be running on.

Any parting ideas?
I am simply satisfied that this track is in the end seeing the sunshine of day, this clothes collaboration is seeing the sunshine of day and, most significantly, that I am able to give a contribution someway to lend a hand folks get via this time. I am hoping numerous nice artwork and track comes out of this era. I am hoping the challenge I am doing offers folks a bit of bit of delight right through those sophisticated occasions.

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