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The new album I Co-Executive Produced is out now! Repost from @michaelxomichael • To Build Me a House THE ALBUM Is finally yours. I am so deeply proud of this body of work. The last two years making this has required deep reflection, pain, and ultimately, transmutable joy. I think of this record as the welcome home to myself I didn’t know I needed. Thank you to my co-executive producer @reubenbutchart for being co-pilot, teacher, confidante, musical partner, and generous friend every step of the way. I love you Reubs. Thanks to everyone who said I couldn’t, and the many more who believed I could, because I am doing it ALL, honey. Thank you @getbetterrecords for championing this album when it was still a collection of 36 demos. Especially @alex_licktenhour & @kojisaysaloha. I love you both. The credits, the songs themselves, and the short video clip I made to “House in Vermont” in the last slide express the way this album has molded me better than words here can, for now. I hope you immerse yourself in these stories, in this world that I’ve risked everything to build. This album art! Was based on a simple photo taken in Tompkins Square park in NYC’s East Village by family @ralvarezartcom … that day I’d taken my first day of hormones. I was so giddy and over caffeinated, and this artistic portrait is how Richard remembers me, looking toward the future, my hair a flowing crown of glory, my skin glowing, my smile content. My dear @brett_lindell photographed Richard’s artistic rendering, lighting it carefully, handling the work with the preciousness of someone deserving of focus, time, and undivided attention. That is how I recommend you dive into this work. Immersively, expansively. I hope you love what you find. And I hope you feel inspired to add whatever you need to your own home, which as we know, is wherever you are. I love you. Michelle PS. Today is @bandcamp Friday and if you really believe Black Trans Lives Matter, you’ll support me by buying this work there, which cost me a small fortune to make. I want to keep making elevated work that feeds the soul. Let’s do this together. ❤️ https://michaellovemichael.bandcamp.com/album/to-build-me-a-house https://www.instagram.com/p/CkixYJgM3RN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#KeepItSimple https://www.instagram.com/p/CiaTIKQOHoh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

At San Francisco international airport. Heading back to Brooklyn. Spent a week in my childhood home for the first time after my mom’s passing two years ago. Covid lockdown kept me away. It has been a hard trip home, walking room to room and crying with my sister @alwys2bzy. Trying to figure out what to do with over 50 years of personal belongings. Mom’s things. My step-dad hasn’t changed a thing. Her cell phone still charging on her night stand. Her makeup mirror in place. All her architect’s blueprints spanning the years of her work. Baby blankets. Kiddie drawings. Her encyclopedia volumes. Trinkets. Documents. An entire life cut short at 68. My sister and I just spinning in disbelief. What’s next? What does ‘moving on’ even mean? I can only take reality in doses - but it’s not doled that way. I’ve been a New Yorker for decades; but I left my heart in San Francisco because I once belonged to Northern California. I miss you mama. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (Link to full song in bio) I come from a place where the redwood is taller than the tallest building. Giant angels roost there, roots in the earth. I once belonged to Northern California. I come from a place where the sun is only overshadowed by the fog. Warm in a blanket fills the forest air. I won’t be too long from Northern California. I live in a place where the sirens burn a hole right through my nervous head. Rotten to the marrow, Big Apple is sour grapes sometimes. Today I long for Northern California. You’re my sweet home. #NorthernCalifornia #California #SanFrancisco #NewYork #Brooklyn #GoldenBoy #ReubenButchart @ReubenButchart https://www.instagram.com/p/CRkPXfuD0bc/?utm_medium=tumblr

Listening to @joanaspolicewoman new smash ‘TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER’ with @allencodrum and @dave_okumu_ Joan is brilliant. So there. And I did the cover art so….. @reubenbutchart https://www.instagram.com/p/CRefSZ1jYiT/?utm_medium=tumblr

#TBT Just catching up #memories # ReubenButchart @ReubenButchart (at John F. Kennedy International Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRWi1QvjNZf/?utm_medium=tumblr

Working on a new song today... Lyrics: But that don’t matter too much to me I believe in the fundamental power of we We can turn this into a playground of pleasure A kingdom of queens of means beyond all measure If it don't matter too much to you let’s get busy because there’s so much good we can do Starting at the bottom 'til we reach the top This is how we beautify our own pleasure spot #NewSong #NewMusic #NewLyrics #ReubenButchart @ReubenButchart #RecordingStudio #DIY # pleasurespot #whythefucknot ALSO. Thanks to everyone who got those tix for tomorrow’s sold out show w/ Starr Busby & Chris Gaskell, and me at The Boscoe Barles Backyard Center for the Performing Arts in Williamsburg Brooklyn #reubenbutchart @cquitty @__s__t__a__r__r___ @chrisgaskellbzz (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRJ-iEsjjlW/?utm_medium=tumblr

#Repost from my collaborator @michaelxomichael ・・・ HAVE BY ME AND @cchelseawwolfe is OUT NOW ‼️ go stream & blast it & share at the link in my bio. Hope you enjoy... we put so much love & magic into this one and I’m so proud of the result. Thank you Chelsea for saying yes and for believing in the power of this song and the lyrics i wrote. It is an incredible honor to sing these words with you- one of my all time favorite artists. Thank you for producing HAVE and adding the magic only you possess to it. ❤️ Special thanks to everyone at @sargenthouse for your love & support with this release, to the generous @reubenbutchart for helping me achieve my best vocal performance, to @dannywolf6 for beautifully mastering this song, to @marika_zrz @sargenthouseeu for crafting this amazing teaser , & to @brett_lindell for your masterful images of us. ❤️ I am so grateful & honored & blessed. THANK YOU. https://www.instagram.com/p/CRHMG6xjWvD/?utm_medium=tumblr

Excited for this Sunday’s 8pm (7/11) intimate show w/ Starr Busby & Chris Gaskell, and Reuben Butchart (that’s me) at The Boscoe Barles Backyard Center for the Performing Arts tix only avail from link in bio #reubenbutchart @cquitty @__s__t__a__r__r___ @chrisgaskellbzz (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRAK3asDitl/?utm_medium=tumblr

#dun @piggyhuggums dun it!! Thank you https://www.instagram.com/p/CQH68HajKse/?utm_medium=tumblr

#getReady @piggyhuggums https://www.instagram.com/p/CQHln_tD5eX/?utm_medium=tumblr

#landlording https://www.instagram.com/p/CPB1bn7D657/?utm_medium=tumblr

#wait #whatsaselfie #feelingmyself https://www.instagram.com/p/CN6CJEnjj6f/?igshid=3xzvooz4zaei

#√√ #DoneAndDone #covid_19 #covidvacccine #ᴠᴀᴄᴄɪɴᴇssᴀᴠᴇʟɪᴠᴇs #ReubenButchart https://www.instagram.com/p/CNX4nidjtki/?igshid=1wlo05nm0yuga

Check it out!! The music video for @michaelxomichael ‘s new single that I co-produced "American Flag Bikini" is out now. #Repost from @michaelxomichael ・・・ “My video for American Flag Bikini is out now, premiering exclusively on @gayletter with a lovely feature by @baez.us! Link in @michaelxomichael 's bio to watch! Huge love and thanks to all who made it possible ❤️ Directed by @maddytalias Photography by @brett_lindell Concept by me Song written by me & @nattivogel / produced by @reubenbutchart & me.” https://www.instagram.com/p/CLNHnKUFXAD/?igshid=1so5488qfbpc2

Check this out. I worked on the package design for this album. #Repost from @joanaspolicewoman ・・・ 🔵My new LIVE album is released TODAY via all streaming platforms 🔵Get the Transparent Double Electric Blue Vinyl edition with download code from select indie retailers and Reveal Records who run my webstore (who also have a few copies of my ultra-limited Transparent Neon Yellow Vinyl edition and CD format) 🔵All also available at my Bandcamp page 🔵Links to listen and buy are in my bio 🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵 Recorded by Robin MacMillan @farawayjazz Mixed by @a_sachs80 Drums & Vocals @parkerkindredmusic Bass & Vocals @jacobsilver Keys & Vocals @ericlanes Guitar, Keys & Vocals @joanaspolicewoman Package design by the great @reubenbutchart Photos by superwomen @babzzarella & @lyswant2 Released by the indie badasses @reveal_records Fueled by everyone who’s come to our shows and supported us on the road. Thank you. We will ride again💃🏽! https://www.instagram.com/p/CKpJ4vyFWfV/?igshid=ijll3qfd5m75

#goodmorning #brooklyn #nyc #queer https://www.instagram.com/p/CKmRCLglui4/?igshid=hog4w7e5imvj

A new single I produced just dropped today. In today’s America, hear this voice - hear this message. Now. As we close the chapter on an abusive relationship with our last president and embark on a mission of change and regeneration, know there’s a lot of work ahead to make sure all Americans are cherished, protected, and celebrated. #Repost from @michaelxomichael ・・・ American Flag Bikini - new single out now, link in bio of @michaelxomichael Written by @michaelxomichael & @nattivogel Produced by @reubenbutchart & @michaelxomichael Mixed & mastered by @lukemoellman Cover art / photography by @brett_lindell From Michael: “I could say a thousand things about this release, but for now, I’d rather let the music speak. However, to quote Audre Lorde, the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. I am building my own house.” Link in bio of @michaelxomichael https://www.instagram.com/p/CKT0DuZlNET/?igshid=1u1dfqccxpod9