Final day of Hope! It was my dream come true to bring this specific group of artists together. The show lived in my mind as a fantasy for years and I am so grateful to all the incredible artists who made my fantasy a reality. I think in many ways the show honors the kids who, listening to their favorite early 00s pop songs on Sony Walkmans, dreamt of their futures while being fed a promise of what the new millennium would hold. Now in 2025, those same kids live in the waste of those promises, and yet they persist and find beauty, glamour, expression, and hope in the face of a world on fire.
Thank you to my idols @paulkopkau@punkraque@kayodeojo@robinfrancescawilliams@__kyledunn__@_melancholia@mariannasimnett
And thank you @vanmeterwilliam for the words
Bad tattoos on leather tanned skin
Jesus Christ on a plastic sign
Fall in love again and again
Winding roads, doing manual drive
Bad tattoos on leather tanned skin
Jesus Christ on a plastic sign, mm
Early nights in white sheets with lace curtains
Capri in the distance
