In honour of Pride Month, Mykki Blanco, the multi-hyphenate artist, activist, and rapper, has created this playlist of queer sounds with a punk spirit. Like their own music, these tracks bounce around genres and moods, and there’s a mix of both queer artists and iconic allies—but a spirit of resistance connects them all. Here they take us through a few of the tracks they’ve picked. If you hear something you like, add it to your library. Cakes da Killa & Proper Villains, “Don Dada” “Cakes da Killa’s raps are hard-hitting, saucy and sassy. He is a ruthless rapper from New York and is one of the originators of the Queer rap genre. Cakes continues to push the envelope of hip-hop even further with ‘Don Dada’, a song that fuses house music, hardcore rap and proud proclamations that Cakes is here to change the game.” Keiynan Lonsdale, “Rainbow Dragon” “Keiynan Lonsdale creates a magical world for us to step into with this song. Proudly living his truth as a Black queer human being, breaking stereotypes left and right and really breaking outside of the box of society’s expectations of who he should be and how he should live. Rainbow Dragon is self-discovery pop at its best.” Dorian Electra, “Daddy Like” “‘Daddy Like’ sees rising pop star Dorian Electra breaking down and through gender norms as a genderqueer father figure. Turning the theme of ‘sugar daddy’ on its head, Dorian is flamboyant as well as benevolent, creating a song with juicy punchlines, pushing the boundaries of gender-nonconforming pop music, and most importantly a bop we can groove to.”