Queens D Light is well-versed and well-rehearsed. You may remember this MC from our konversation “Oshun” or our My Art, My Culture review, and we’re glad to announce the music video for her warrior of love track “Love Pistol,” off her upcoming album California Wildflower dropping this Spring.

I got to pre-peep the sounds of the new album at her fittingly titled “Black Dandelion” listening party a while back- which was a complete blossoming of female cultural production including murals, installations, and poetry from her sisters displayed in a manner intended to give us a taste of what a feminist safe space could be. Seriously, Queens’ music gives me hope. She eloquently embodies her world vision and honestly does not care who you want her to be.

The video, directed by renown director, and loving friend, Brandon Tauszik (Antwon, RL Grime, Emmy award winning production company Sprinkle Lab), follows Queen’s on a love hunt and beautifully casts West Oakland as a sci-fi set complete with dancing spirits in warehouse terrariums, blazing arrows in fields, and well-suited team huddles in alleyways. The mystical style of the video has me ready to figure out some sign language, wear matching separates, paint a gold dot by my left eye, and read a short fiction novel based on this video to get every detail of it’s world and Queens’ chase to take aim with her love pistol and all that it stands for – bang bang.

Give it a good watch, and hold on for the full album, California Wildflower, dropping this Spring.