ibeyi & meshell ndegeocello’s frida kahlo-inspired collab celebrates possibility with new video

Borrowing quotes from Frida Kahlo’s diary and with Meshell Ndegocello on bass, IBEYI’s “Transmission/Michaelion” is an ethereal, but defiant liberation anthem about the ‘transmission’ of community and love. “It’s not about singing a song, it’s all about transmitting,” AFROPUNK Brooklyn performers IBEYI says. “We believe in education and we believe in transmitting; giving something to people, and those people giving you back beautiful things. There are tears, there is pain, but we are transmitting this: we’re alive, we are here, we are beautiful, we are strong, and we can change things!”