- ABBA
- Adele
- Akapellah
- Al Green
- Alejandro Sanz
- Alicia Keys
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Ariana Grande
- Autotelic
- Axwell /\ Ingrosso
- Aytekin Ataş
- Bad Bunny
- Bee Gees
- Bernie Taupin
- Billie Eilish
- Billy Joel
- Bob Dylan
- Brandi Carlile
- Burna Boy
- Calcutta
- Carly Simon
- Ceza
- Coldplay
- DAVID x ELI
- Demi Lovato
- Don McLean
- Drake
- Elton John
- Elvis Presley
- Eminem
- Espinoza Paz
- Fatboy Slim
- Florence + The Machine
- Franz Ferdinand
- Fred again..
- Gabby Alipe
- George Fenton
- George Gaudy
- Gloria Estefan
- Harry Styles
- Holly Humberstone
- Iad Aslan
- Idris Elba
- Ilse DeLange
- Imagine Dragons
- INXS
- Irving Berlin
- J Balvin
- Jack White
- Jacob Olofsson
- James Newton Howard
- John Lennon
- Jonas Blue
- Joy Division
- Juan Gabriel
- Juan Karlos
- Justin Bieber
- Justin Timberlake
- Keith Urban
- Kendrick Lamar
- Leiva
- Leonel García
- Lionel Richie
- Little Simz
- MAGI
- MagnusTheMagnus
- Mahmood
- Manuel Carrasco
- Maren Morris
- Mariah Carey
- Mark Knopfler
- Maroon 5
- Martin Garrix
- Megan Thee Stallion
- MFÖ
- Miguel
- Mon Laferte
- Morat
- Mumford & Sons
- Natalia Lafourcade
- Neil Diamond
- New Order
- Nicki Minaj
- Nikos Zoudiaris
- November Ultra
- Olga Kouklaki
- Oliver Heldens
- Otis Redding
- Pantelis Pantelidis
- Pascal Reinhardt
- Pearl Jam
- Peggy Lee
- Petros Klampanis
- Post Malone
- Prince
- R.E.M.
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Rex Orange County
- Robyn
- Romeo Santos
- Rosalía
- Roxette
- Rozalén
- Ruel
- Rvssian
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Sam Hunt
- Seinabo Sey
- Selda Bagcan
- Shawn Mendes
- Sıla
- SNIK
- Stavento
- Steve Lacy
- Steve Mac
- Sting
- Swedish House Mafia
- SZA
- Taylor Swift
- The Clash
- The Go-Go's
- The Killers
- The Really Useful Group
- The Smiths
- The Weeknd
- The xx
- Thief
- Thompson Twins
- Tom Walker
- U2
- Vargas & Lagola
- Vera Blue
- Within Temptation
- Yahritza
- Yusuf / Cat Stevens
Steve Lacy
Photo credit: Julian Klincewicz
Written, produced, and played pretty much entirely by Steve, Gemini Rights is an incredible leap forward for an artist who has already established himself as a true cultural force. At the ripe old age of 24, Lacy already has a veteran’s resume: Wired Magazine Tech Visionary, Time Magazine Most Influential Teen, Grammy-nominated for his debut album, Apollo XXI, multiple world tours, walked for Virgil Abloh’s first Louis Vuitton show in Paris, gave a TED Talk in NYC, produced a track on Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN (“Pride”) on his iPhone. His list of collaborators is a who’s who of game changing artists, all of whom look to Lacy to bring his signature brand of cool to their sonic table: people like Tyler the Creator, Solange, J.Cole, Vampire Weekend, Dirty Projectors, Kali Uchis, Thundercat, and Mac Miller, not to mention his guitar, bass, songwriting, and production with his bandmates THE INTERNET. His song “Dark Red,” which he literally made on his iPhone, just went platinum a few months ago as well.
None of this will prepare you for the sprawl and scope of Gemini Rights, however. Like Lacy himself, the record is an amalgamation of a crazy array of references and influences – everything from Caetono Veloso to Andre 3000’s The Love Below to the Beatles to Sly Stone to his friends/band mates in THE INTERNET and much more. Processing his first real heartbreak of his early 20s, Gemini Rights explodes with emotional breadth, with some songs calling out his ex (see: the first lines of album opener “Static” - “Baby you got somethin’ in your nose / sniffin’ that K, did you fill the hole?”) to others fully lamenting the loss (“Buttons”) and bouncing back with indignance (“Sunshine” featuring glorious vocals by Fousheé) and more. It is an album that’s savage, hilarious, tender, sexy, gender fluid, heartbroken, forthright, polyamorous, full of longing, and wears its heart on its sleeve in the best ways possible. Like its title, it is dichotomous but singular, and you will not hear another album like it in 2022.