Born and raised on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, TJ Tall started making music to express inner truths and connect with his roots, and to carve out a space for queerness in the island sounds.

TJ Tall makes soca and dancehall that fucks with norms and frees waistlines—spiritually, sexually, unapologetically. Their music is liberation in action: breaking from the chains of heteronormativity and respectability, and embracing love, community and freedom. Vienna’s experimental scene does its thing; TJ Tall does theirs. Introspective anthems like ‘Mama I’m Grown’ serve as the manifesto: ‘Better let me live my truth / As I let you do the same.’ For the gays, the freaks, and anyone who’s ever been called ‘abomination’ over a riddim. No hiding. No apologies. Just win[n]ing.