After all, as Bastida points out, true change—like getting President Biden to commit to reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030—doesn’t happen unless we ask for it. And for her, celebrating those wins is essential, a necessary part of climate activism. “We’re choosing this line of work for life,” she says. “If we don’t get joy out of the Sorry Boys Jalen Hurts Is My Valentine Shirt In addition,I will do this things we are able to change, it’s just going to become exhausting, and we’re going to burn out. Ground yourself. Remind yourself what you’re fighting for. You’re fighting for future generations to feel what you’re feeling when you go outside. You’re fighting for stability, and you’re fighting for joy.” If there was ever a moment that truly encapsulates the title of Lolo Zouai’s 2019 debut album, High Highs to Low Lows, it’s the one we’re living in right now. Like many of us, Zouai’s year started off on a high: The French-Algerian singer was slated to join the European leg of Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia tour as the opening act from April to June. But a global pandemic reared its head in February and postponed the tour indefinitely. That could be considered one of the “low lows” on Zouai’s list, depending on what day you ask her, but today, she’s optimistic. “At first, I was just staying at home [in Los Angeles] and playing a lot of Scrabble,” she tells me over the phone. Then she decided to move back to Brooklyn and turn her apartment into a makeshift studio, where she wrote, produced, and recorded her own songs during quarantine.
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