And She Was by Talking Heads

This week’s Song of the Week was recommended by MIA reader Kendrea Rhodes:

“Everyone at school had thought the flying girl in that video was on drugs, but she wasnā€™t.
They didnā€™t recognize her power to levitate and fly away and see the world.
They didnā€™t recognize her person-hood beyond domesticity. Or her wonderful weirdness. She did though.
I was her every time I played it.
I was her as I outgrew my town after high school and donned a backpack.
As I boarded a planeĀ  Ā &Ā  Ā my power to levitate opened up the world.”

ā€”Kendrea Rhodes

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