Madison Moore

In which we chat with Berlin-based producer Ziúr and talk about her musical influences, queerness and how she knows when a party is good.

For some reason you always keep the wine corks, the penis or perhaps the dildo of the wine drinking experience.

If this doesn’t dig into the troubles of the modern day relationship, I don’t know what does.

As you creep into your 30s people start having a “5 year plan.”

You know how you get roped into going to some house party or magazine launch or art opening or whatever but don’t really want to stay too long? Your introverted boyfriend can help!

Black joy is calling your friends and gossiping for hours.

Sex with introverts won’t be a quick, wham-baam-thank-you-maam type of thing. It will be intense, life changing and well-paced.

Booking tickets to see a concert 6 months from now? Nope!

Clubbing is resistance.

He keeps you waiting. The only reason you’re waiting is because he ain’t thinking about you. So there you sit, waiting for him to respond to a message, waiting for him to change. Waiting.

The first thing my friend Sean said before he introduced his new boyfriend to me was that they’re both tops. That’s cool and sounds like fun!

James Blake makes you want to cry and dance all at once.

Oh…

The guessing game of what you’re into in bed goes out the window. You can share it with people and they can either opt in or out.

Getting bored with the routine, getting bored with the sex, feeling like your partner is just plum BORING.

Don’t date a guy who makes you feel like a burden, because there are plenty of others out there who don’t makes lame excuses for why they can’t hang out.

He was proof that androgyny is sexy, that it’s a kind of magic that can captivate everyone, gay or straight, white or black, male or female.

How many pop stars who came up with Beyoncé in the 90s and early 2000s are still relevant today? I don’t mean sliding by album-by-album. I mean relevant?