Canadian Singer-Songwriter, Lights, Boldly Supports Black Lives Matter
This Canadian female musician flexes girl power in support of the black lives matter movement and she’s not beating around the bush.
Electro-pop musician, LIGHTS, posted to her Instagram account on May 31, 2020, a straightforward message in support of the black lives matter movement. Her caption for the post is quite frank, partly reading, “I’ll keep putting sh** in my stories too as I find useful links. Do the same if u can. #blacklivesmatter.”
Vancouver 🧡 distanced as best we could (ppl handed out masks and sanny) and left chalk messages on walls. powerful times
gotta isolate for a bit now but moments like these don’t wait for the right day pic.twitter.com/oIShUTj9Z0
— Lights (@lights) June 1, 2020
Her Instagram story, posted the same day, showed footage of her attendance in what appeared to be a protest of hundreds of people. Signs were held into the air reading, “Black & Indigenous Lives Matter,” and “That’s Not A Chip On My Shoulder That’s Your Foot On My Neck.”
LIGHTS’ husband, frontman of American metalcore band Bless the Fall and owner of Golden Hearts Media, passionately shared a video on his Instagram of the protest. His post shared the location being Vancouver, BC. He even asked to be informed if anyone recognized someone in the video so that they could be tagged. He matches his synthpop wife’s assertiveness: “repost, share, do whatever just spread the word #blacklivesmatter.”
Filmed this yesterday. So proud to have been able to document this amazing demonstration! Just listening to all the stories everyone told on those steps and seeing the sea of people out supporting the cause has me overwhelmed with emotion. Please share if you can. 📍Vancouver,BC pic.twitter.com/f0Inp8cGfc
— BEAU (@beauknows) June 1, 2020
VANCOUVER,BC — WE STAND WITH YOU! #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/LiuS5nQyF9
— BEAU (@beauknows) June 1, 2020
Warning: Tearjerker ahead. He also shares an overwhelmingly compassionate caption in a repost of a Tick Tock video of a young African American girl courageously speaking out against racism that went viral following the horrific death of George Floyd. Now that’s a power couple.
Like mother, like daughter (and father), LIGHTS shared a heart-melting tweet quoting their six-year-old daughter, Rocket Wild Bokan, speaking of the beauty of doing unto others.
I was trying to explain things to rocket and she said matter of factly whilst sucking on a lemon:
“If you want someone to be nice to you, you have to be nice to them. If you want someone to help you, you have to help them. If you want someone to love you, you have to love them.”
— Lights (@lights) June 1, 2020
The singer was born with the full name Valerie Anne Poxleitner, but later legally changed her name to Lights. She has actively shared links via her Instagram story to sign the petition to demand justice for George Floyd and make donations.
You can engage in and support the black lives matter movement from home through LIGHTS’ social media.
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