COURTNEY ACT RELEASES NEW SINGLE, KALEIDESCOPE, AHEAD OF SYDNEY GAY AND LESBIAN MARDI GRAS PARADE‏

 

 

 

 

 

COURTNEY ACT RELEASES NEW SINGLE, KALEIDESCOPE, AHEAD OF

SYDNEY GAY AND LESBIAN MARDI GRAS PARADE

 

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Global Ambassador and international songstress, Courtney Act releases her new single, Kaleidoscope on Monday 29 February 2016.

 

The song, written by Act and Australia’s own Sam Sparro, is the official anthem of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras 2016.

 

The song pays homage to the gender and sexuality revolution taking place with the current generation. As more young people are embracing the fluidity of their sexuality and gender, the six clearly defined colours of the gay flag now start to create a kaleidoscope of possibilities not easily categorised.

 

Courtney Act captures this essence in her song and music video Kaleidoscope.

 

In the video Act, who identifies as gender fluid, appears as a girl strolling along the iconic Bondi to Bronte coast line in Sydney Australia, she meets eyes with a skater girl and a summer romance involving skateboarding, swimming and some vegan sorbet ensues. At face value we are looking at two girls falling in love, but knowing that Act is a male bodied person who lives life on the gender divide sometimes as Shane Jenek, the story seems less conventional. 

 

"I love creating stories that push limits. I aim to confuse. Having identified as a gay man most of my adult life, the last few years I have realised that both my sexuality and gender are fluid. This has been so liberating for me because I never fit into the binary of man/women or gay/straight anyway.”

 

“I feel more comfortable existing in the grey area and I encourage anyone who feels like the status quo doesn't represent them to join me. You may feel broken or separate but when you look through a kaleidoscope suddenly all of those broken bits and pieces create a beautiful image." says Courtney Act. 

 

The digital release, features an acoustic version of the track and three remixes from Aussie DJ Tanner Derby, UK DJ Jodie Harsh & US DJ Dirty Pop. The music video will be premiered on MTV Australia on March 1st and Courtney Act's YouTube channel.

 

"At the heart of Queer culture is revolution. The truest rebellion against a world built on categories, labels and binaries is coming from the emergence of identities that refuse to conform." - Lily Edelstein

 

Courtney Act - Kaleidoscope 

Official theme song of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras 2016

Released – Monday, February 29