# @thefader on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DCR8RUFx-JN
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/24834004-thefader-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-11-12T17:51:13.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The FADER (@thefader) — https://gondola.cc/thefader

## Caption

The first voice you hear on Gramarye, the debut album by Scottish DJ and artist and TAAHLIAH, is not hers but that of Octavia St. Laurent, the Harlem ball scene legend and star of Paris Is Burning.

“I am here, and nothing can push me aside,” akataahliah says on opening track “Lachrymose,” the recording a clip from an interview she did before her death in 2009. Her appearance concludes with a sharp “Don’t fuck with me,” delivered like the crack of a whip. That same steely resolve in St. Laurent’s words can be found on Gramarye, an album that marks TAAHLIAH’s reinvention from DJ to pop artist and songwriter capturing the bruising effects of love.

Read ddavidrenshaw’s Discover Blogly review at the link in bio, or head to TheFADER.com.

📸 Jackson Bowley

#TAAHLIAH #DiscoverBlogly

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