Riz Ahmed On His New Album & Break-Up Letter To A Post-Brexit Britain

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The British-Pakistani actor and rapper has written one of the most important records of 2020, The Long Goodbye. Here, he talks about self-love, imposter syndrome and not being defined by trauma and oppression.

“I started to get the itch last summer. I thought, ‘I’ve got to do this, I’ve got to say this. I want to make an album that’s my break-up love letter [to England].’ I’m going specific with my experience in Britain, but it’s true if you’re Muslim in India, Uyghur in China… It’s true if you’re Mexican in Queens, waiting for ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] to knock down your door. This is how it feels [for immigrants] everywhere.

“I wanted to talk about how it feels to be here [in England]. It feels heartbreaking, man. It feels enraging. It feels like it’s not real. When you’re in a relationship, sometimes you’re looking for someone else to validate you. And when you’re rejected, you internalise the idea that you aren’t worth anything. I’m feeling rejected by Britain, but I am fucking British. I am Britain. So evaporating that illusion of duality is really empowering.

 

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Please don't include hindus and any other religion with this muzzies .. we hate them .. they don't represent any diginity of Indians .. we are not pakis.. we are hindus and proud British dot

British Vogue - where is your damned advocacy for the 10s of 1000s of gang raped & tortured (many murdered) chidlren whose gang rapists were protected for the sake of diversity 10s of 1000s of children thrown on the funeral pire to protect this group. SHAME ON YOU

It represents a bizarre inversion of reality, which a camera crew and production team was needed to create, while the crimes of South Asians against the indigenous population are a lived experience the breadth of the country. Maybe he can sing a song about Rotherham next...

Way to go rizwanahmed 👌🏼🙌🏼👏🏼

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