Last January, Brit Steves revealed to the world his single anti queen.The accompanying video opens onto a photo session where the musician sports an absurd look, an ultra -neckline and indented body associated with a huge ruffle jacket like Princess.All carried with a pink wig and a very pronounced makeup, on silver, infernal dizzying heels.In this candy paper outfit, she is led by a photographer who requires arched, swaying, and who encourages her to adopt selling attitudes...A sort of manifesto, Anti Queen sends a opposite view to the female stereotypes of the music industry, which often wander the woman into a pure sexual product.Further in the video, BRI Steves takes up iconic looks of strong figures that have not folded these shots (Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, Aaliyah...) and who have been able to impose themselves thanks to their talent, their music and their personality."You say that I am not a queen, because I speak like this, and that I act like that [...]/ Because I aborted, that I have no king, no ring to my finger, "she said.
“In my videos, I make sure to show places where I lived and that I actually frequent, so that we understand that what I propose is not a manufactured product: I put forward the person Iam really.»
In an era when the power of the image and the accessibility of its technologies aggregate the trivialization of cosmetic surgery, the Instagram filters and the triumph of influencers, for more ever transforming women into an entertaining and appetizing goods,BRI Steves claims refreshing authenticity.To her big earrings, braids, long nails, she often couples comfortable baggy outfits, and describes herself as a big fan of sneakers.His tomboy look, his deep and sexy voice, his ability to be as comfortable in rap as in singing, necessarily think, rather than contemporary cards B, in the great figures of the 90s-2000, LaurynHill, Alicia Keys or Missy Elliott.Recently, the latter paid him a tribute in a television program: “BRI Steves is an artist who does not enter the boxes.His message reminds me of the person I was at the start of my career, when we were trying to classify myself in one category or another.» Lorsqu’on l’interroge au sujet de cet hommage intimidant, Bri Steves débite d’une traite, enthousiaste : “Missy Elliott a eu une carrière parfaite, elle a tout fait.She was a rapper, singer, producer.She is really a model for me.» Pour ironiser sur les attentes du public contemporain du rap et du R’n’B en matière de dévoilement féminin, Bri Steves a inventé son alter ego, Ashleigh, tatouée et fan de lingerie fine, qu’elle met en scène sur son compte Instagram face à un miroir, pour interroger les différentes facettes de la féminité.
