| Kaleidoscope | ||||
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| Released | 7 July 2015 | |||
| Length | 21:21 | |||
| Label | Courtney Act Inc | |||
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Kaleidoscope is a 2015 extended play (EP) by Courtney Act. [1] According to Nylon, the EP is a "meditation on gender and the artifice that comes along with social constructions". [2]
According to Queerty 's Timothy Allen, the title track "tells the story of how the traditionally separate colors of gender and sexuality are blurring into a kaleidoscope of possibilities". [3]
The music video for "Kaleidoscope" sees Courtney Act in drag, meeting and kissing a girl. The song served as the official theme of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in 2016. [4] [5]
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