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Alexandra "ahlay" Blakely

Alexandra "ahlay" Blakely

Artist, singer-songwriter, and communal grief tender; creator of WAILS: Songs for Grief

Jun 6, 2026

12:53
Mm.
12:53
I would say that the kind of music I am doing now is definitely rooted in lineage of movements, specifically the Civil Rights Movement, and it's usually something that's easy to learn, and you can catch it pretty quick.
13:12
A- and then everyone sings it together, and it's less about the Mariah Carey and Ariana Grandes in the room.
13:22
It's more about what the collective voice sounds like together.
13:25
So it's less about how good you sound and more about our inherent birthright as human beings to sing and to sing together and to remember that together.[singing] May all the places that have yet to know love, may they know love, may they know love, may they know love.
14:53
May all the places that have yet to know love, may they know love, may they know love, may they know love.
15:24
May all the places that have yet to know love, may they know love, may they know love, may they know love.

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26:38
Hmm.

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