Dorian Grai

Queer Digital Artist & Musician

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David Hockney’s personal style was defined by a bold, eccentric wardrobe featuring rounded spectacles, tailored suits, and a fearless attitude toward mixing patterns and colors that did not traditionally go together.

He effortlessly blended bespoke tweed and pinstripe suits with casual sportswear, rugby shirts, and quirky accessories like brightly colored socks. He was also never without his trademark thick, rounded, Le Corbusier-style spectacles.

It all meant that the artist was as instantly recognisable as his paintings. I wanted to pay tribute to David Hockney after his recent death by putting together some of his most iconic looks alongside my own musical tribute to him, Hockney Blue 🩵 👔 👓🧥🩵

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David Hockney’s personal style was defined by a bold, eccentric wardrobe featuring rounded spectacles, tailored suits, and a fearless attitude toward mixing patterns and colors that did not traditionally go together.

He effortlessly blended bespoke tweed and pinstripe suits with casual sportswear, rugby shirts, and quirky accessories like brightly colored socks. He was also never without his trademark thick, rounded, Le Corbusier-style spectacles.

It all meant that the artist was as instantly recognisable as his paintings. I wanted to pay tribute to David Hockney after his recent death by putting together some of his most iconic looks alongside my own musical tribute to him, Hockney Blue 🩵 👔 👓🧥🩵

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David Hockney’s personal style was defined by a bold, eccentric wardrobe featuring rounded spectacles, tailored suits, and a fearless attitude toward mixing patterns and colors that did not traditionally go together.

He effortlessly blended bespoke tweed and pinstripe suits with casual sportswear, rugby shirts, and quirky accessories like brightly colored socks. He was also never without his trademark thick, rounded, Le Corbusier-style spectacles.

It all meant that the artist was as instantly recognisable as his paintings. I wanted to pay tribute to David Hockney after his recent death by putting together some of his most iconic looks alongside my own musical tribute to him, Hockney Blue 🩵 👔 👓🧥🩵

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David Hockney’s personal style was defined by a bold, eccentric wardrobe featuring rounded spectacles, tailored suits, and a fearless attitude toward mixing patterns and colors that did not traditionally go together.

He effortlessly blended bespoke tweed and pinstripe suits with casual sportswear, rugby shirts, and quirky accessories like brightly colored socks. He was also never without his trademark thick, rounded, Le Corbusier-style spectacles.

It all meant that the artist was as instantly recognisable as his paintings. I wanted to pay tribute to David Hockney after his recent death by putting together some of his most iconic looks alongside my own musical tribute to him, Hockney Blue 🩵 👔 👓🧥🩵

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David Hockney’s personal style was defined by a bold, eccentric wardrobe featuring rounded spectacles, tailored suits, and a fearless attitude toward mixing patterns and colors that did not traditionally go together.

He effortlessly blended bespoke tweed and pinstripe suits with casual sportswear, rugby shirts, and quirky accessories like brightly colored socks. He was also never without his trademark thick, rounded, Le Corbusier-style spectacles.

It all meant that the artist was as instantly recognisable as his paintings. I wanted to pay tribute to David Hockney after his recent death by putting together some of his most iconic looks alongside my own musical tribute to him, Hockney Blue 🩵 👔 👓🧥🩵

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Querelle - Lyrics

[Verse 1] Here is a man, cigarette parting his lips Wearing a vest and white slacks high on his hips Silhouette that is lit by this lurid sun Lonely and alone, sailor and scoundrel.

[Chorus] Querelle, I knew that man so well Yet knew nothing at all of what he has come for, A man who all men need to love, But leaves his shallow heart on every other shore.

[Verse 2] His eyes hollowed out, they are purpled and hard The heft of his jaw, a disconsolate mouth See in that devil's cleft, he isn't even human He lives in double solitude, elusive criminal.

[Chorus] Querelle, I knew that man so well Yet knew nothing at all of what he has come for, A man who all men need to love, But leaves his shallow heart on every other shore. Querelle, shows love only with fists It seems to me his kiss is one that quickly kills, I wonder if he does exist Or does our need create him out of the abyss?

[Bridge] Funny how we fall in love with the same man every time How often have I had to repay for his brutal crime? 'Cause I knew that he'd come I knew that he would try to Take all the sweetest love I could give until I'm altered.

[Chorus]

[Outro] Querelle

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David Hockney’s personal style was defined by a bold, eccentric wardrobe featuring rounded spectacles, tailored suits, and a fearless attitude toward mixing patterns and colors that did not traditionally go together. He effortlessly blended bespoke tweed and pinstripe suits with casual sportswear, rugby shirts, and quirky accessories like brightly colored socks. He was also never without his trademark thick, rounded, Le Corbusier-style spectacles.

It all meant that the artist was as instantly recognisable as his paintings. I wanted to pay tribute to David Hockney after his recent death by putting together some of his most iconic looks alongside my own musical tribute to him, Hockney Blue 🩵 👔 👓🧥🩵

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Inspo video for Querelle from my Pink Triangle EP 🏳️‍🌈💜🏳️‍⚧️

The song was inspired by the novel ‘Querelle of Brest’ by Jean Genet and the 1982 film adaptation by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Brad Davis famously portrayed the sailor and thief who is the object of a dangerous and maddening sexual power and who murders his lovers for thrills and profit.

You can stream the entire song on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube

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Darker Instincts - Lyrics

[Verse 1] Falling down now to your knees It's a pleasure we have plagiarized You can never see what it is But it glitters somewhere in your eyes.

[Pre-Chorus] You will want this You will need it It will leave you full of shame It's a private kind of pain.

[Chorus] You're not the one they want You are the one who won't recant those Darker instincts, There's nothing to repent All of this is being spent With all of its risks, You're not the one they want You are the one who won't recant the Darker instincts, Until there's nothing left All of those unquiet deaths Are all that exists.

[Verse 2] You are stripped of artifice An identity is left behind As the blackouts surfaces As seducements hurt you in their stride.

[Pre-Chorus] You have asked for this You have craved it Till you're marked out for such use Till you wear their strange tattoos.

[Chorus]

[Bridge] Would you prefer to live Or would you prefer to die? That's your choice in this It's a type of suicide. Where are you now Where have you gone? Is this supposed to be it? Or is this something you can resist?

[Chorus]

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Pink Triangle - Lyrics

[Verse 1] You never wanted war but I think you've started one You say we don't exist and there isn't a problem You send us to a place where there isn't a return It seems you're taking notes from someone else's solution.

[Bridge] "It's not right, it's not true We don't kill or persecute..." But your lies are the proof You're the gum under Russia's shoe.

[Chorus] Your pink triangle x 4

[Verse 2] You never wanted war but I think you've started one You have us rounded up in your very own pogrom Then you electrocute and then you will tattoo on That perfect little symbol that you ink onto our arm.

[Bridge] "It's not right, it's not true We don't kill or persecute..." But your lies are the proof You're the gum under Russia's shoe.

[Chorus] Your pink triangle x 4

[Bridge] Chechen boys like big arms, big beards, and big bellies x 8

[Bridge] "It's not right, it's not true We don't kill or persecute..." But your lies are the proof You're the gum under Russia's shoe.

[Chours] Your pink triangle x4

[Outro] Chechen boys like big arms, big beards, and big bellies x4

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So sad to learn of the death of one of the great British artists of our times - David Hockney. He was both a brilliant eccentric who lived authentically as a queer man but also created some of the most indelible images of the 20th century. His series of swimming pool paintings influenced my song, Hockney Blue. It is a small homage to a truly brilliant artist!

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Celebrating one week of releasing my Pink Triangle EP 🏳️‍🌈💜🏳️‍⚧️ Happy Pride Month people 💜💜💜

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Querelle is the fourth and final song taken from my Pink Triangle EP. It was inspired by the novel ‘Querelle of Brest’ by Jean Genet and the 1982 film adaptation by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. 

Brad Davis famously portrayed the sailor and thief who is the object of a dangerous and maddening sexual power and who murders his lovers for thrills and profit. 

You can stream the entire song on YouTube 🏳️‍🌈

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Darker Instincts from my Pink Triangle EP 🏳️‍🌈💜🏳️‍⚧️ LISTEN NOW!

Darker Instincts is the third song on my Pink Triangle EP. It’s about queer shame and the need to gratify ourselves with dark pleasures. You can stream the whole song on YouTube!

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Querelle is the fourth and final song taken from my Pink Triangle EP. It was inspired by the novel ‘Querelle of Brest’ by Jean Genet and the 1982 film adaptation by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Brad Davis famously portrayed the sailor and thief who is the object of a dangerous and maddening sexual power and who murders his lovers for thrills and profit.

You can stream the entire song on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube 🏳️‍🌈

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Darker Instincts from my Pink Triangle EP 🏳️‍🌈💜🏳️‍⚧️

Darker Instincts is the third song on my Pink Triangle EP. It’s about queer shame and the need to gratify ourselves with dark pleasures. You can stream the whole song on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, or on YouTube!