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9/26 AT @transfusenightmarket
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CANNOT BELIEVE UR DEADBEATDAD JUST PLAYED AT @electric_forest

I am still in shock and so grateful. Electric Forest is like no other place in the world. I met so many great people and ran into so many friends. What a crazy way to spend my first Forest 🌲

I’m not one to get stage freight but DAMN that had me shaking beforehand. It was incredible to let all that energy out on stage and be embraced by the crowd like that, for a pride set nonetheless. My little self would be so fucking proud. Couldn’t have played a better stage truly.

A huge thank you to @sarahgthangs and @heychoff for putting a good word in. I love yall so much - you both are so supportive, genuine, and kind and I am so happy we met. So excited for your new adventure and for our future hangs and music plans.

The biggest thank you to Jodi, Em, & Nan for being so supportive, so helpful, and sharing this experience with me (I definitely cried under my sunglasses a couple times). I love y’all endlessly and am so happy we got to spend time, have fun, and laugh as hard as we did. Yall were so reliable and so helpful and grounded me a ton. Couldn’t have curated a better group of people together for this like actually🥰

Huge thank you and shout out to @samueljsprague for letting me borrow equipment to practice on before I headed out - you have always been so supportive and helpful and a great friend.

Another HUGE shout out and thank you to @mk.sticky and @showbothrows for taking my dad’s literal wedding jacket and turning it into a gay dream. I am so thankful and happy I met you and am so excited to make more art and community with you.

I really feel like this is the beginning of something really great. My life has been so insane in so many ways the last few years it really just feels like I’ve been rewarded so heavy for all of the work I’ve put in emotionally and otherwise.
It’s so hard coming home after moments like this - working on setting up for a huge show for 4 months and not wondering “now what?” I’m trying my best to take this all in and let myself feel the accomplishment. THAT WAS A BIG FUCKING DEAL. My heart feels very full and I am emotional.

Happy Forest, y’all. More to come ✨🌲 taken in Electric Forest by @no1deadbeatdad

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I HAVE NO WORDS YALL I AM EMOTIONAL
HAPPY FOREST 🌲✨ taken in Electric Forest by @no1deadbeatdad

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released WHAT CONTROL FEELS LIKE a year ago today and I’m feeling sentimental. I’ve come a long way in a year.
This album poured out of me. I was going through some of the toughest moments in my life to date and writing these songs truly kept me afloat. Every track holds so many big moments for me - good and bad. I was writing and recording these in real time, and you can hear it in my voice and instruments. I was falling apart and processing it with these songs in real time. It’s crazy what music can do for someone. I know artists and creatives understand this feeling.
All in all making this album taught me so many things:
1. that anything goes - you can be going through the hardest things you’ve ever gone through, change your band name in the middle of it all and fully write and produce songs that you and other people love (and can dance too obviously)
2. when you go through something hard people don’t always stick around to see you at the end of it and that it’s okay to grieve those losses
3. That authenticity always shines through
4. Representation matters so much
5. You can’t be the person you want to be in the wrong places

I truly am in such a better place and I am so grateful to my friends and my insane will to better myself when things get hard.

Anyway happy anniversary to the best album I’ve ever made. I’ve got more cooking, I just need to go to the store real quick.

Xoxo ur No1deadbeatdad taken in Ferndale, Michigan by @no1deadbeatdad

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I am once again asking for yall to protect queer art #troyesivan #lgbtq taken in Detroit Public Library by @no1deadbeatdad

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protect queer art this is what happens when gay artists exist

@thetessamystic making my gay little dreams come true I was GOT stunned gagged you name it you win

#drag #edm #detroit taken in Five15 Royal Oak by @no1deadbeatdad

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💪👨DEADBEATDAD💪👨
Deadbeatdad is a newer project name on the scene, but the heart of deadbeatdad KJ has been a household name of the queer electro-pop scene in michigan for years. As the times change and communities evolve, KJ has remained dedicated to fine tuning their sound into a rush of bubbly, lush, heartfelt, shimmery melodies, reminiscent of the y2k anthems we all know and love. Bearing their heart on their sleeve, their recent release WHAT CONTROL FEELS LIKE gives love, loss, lust, and self discovery with a crunchy raw edge. by @no1deadbeatdad

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I TOLD YOU I ONLY WANTED TO PLAY QUEER EVENTS FROM NOW ON 👏🏻

Headed back home to perform some songs I made about being queer and trans for Grand Rapid’s Trans and Queer Celebration at @transfusenightmarket 9/26 🏳️‍⚧️✨

#grandrapids #lgbtq #edm taken in Grand Rapids, Michigan by @no1deadbeatdad

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protect queer art 👏🏻🏳️‍🌈✨🏳️‍⚧️ #shaniatwain #lgbtq taken in Detroit, Michigan by @no1deadbeatdad

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deadbeatdad b2b the library feat. the most eventful weekend I’ve had in a while

melting in black pants feat. @dallyinthealleydetroit

dad’s first Gigi’s visit feat. @thetessamystic

dad’s first @detroitpubliclibrary visit and gig feat. this gorgeous mural

dbd last minute library gig feat. this plaque

packing everything into one weekend feat. the handmade signs at @dallyinthealleydetroit

@em_is_a_fern feat. their tabi love affair

mogging feat. 3 hot people

I didn’t even take this

my shy shy cat feat. the flash

me after my friend bender (that I loved so much) taken in Detroit, Michigan by @no1deadbeatdad

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Catch me on the 3rd floor at the Detroit Public Library today at 4pm📚🎹🎤

#detroitmusic #electronic #concertseries taken in Detroit Public Library by @no1deadbeatdad

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gays theys and hotties ONLY (if you’re reading this it’s you 😇🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈👌🏻)

like what do you mean you’re wondering why I brought a Cher cover to the gig

#lgbtqcommunity #edm taken in Pronto Royal Oak by @no1deadbeatdad

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best stage at @artsbeatsneats goes to @pronto.lounge 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ // staff, stage, and hospitality was amazing - I truly didn’t know how badly I needed a night like that with good vibes and good people. Will come back to the patio ANYTIME 😇 taken in Pronto Royal Oak by @no1deadbeatdad

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