We recently came across this Tik Tok video, shared by Sam Sanders on Twitter. It's by user @emmanuelreddish, and it is a recording of him recasting TLC's "No Scrubs" as read by Dr. Maya Angelou. We experience it as a moment of virtuoso virtuality—

In "Pour One Out For 2020's Wildest Subplots, Twists & Heroes," a recent article in Bustle, poet and essayist Shayla Lawson spins a recap of 2020 through the lens of Erykah Badu’s desire to meet interstellar travelers. #Same.  In 2021, we are focused on manifesting