YOKO ONO
Activist, artist and survivor, we are thrilled to honour one of the world’s most iconic women, Yoko Ono. DJ and writer Princess Julia pays her a unique tribute.
WORDS: PRINCESS JULIA
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What about the timeYoko Ono did a public appearance at gay London nightclubs Crash and The Ghetto to promote remixed dance tracks that she had released in the noughties? There she was in the middle of a sea of topless boys yelling out her words of wisdom. I wonder if she ever thought she’d be the queen of disco when she started out. But then Yoko never puts anything out of the question. Nevertheless, I think she might have been secretly in awe at the impact she had. She sang a revamped version of Everyman/Everywoman, that added new words to the original in support of gay relationships and marriage, which resonated within the community: ‘Everyman has a man who loves him, Everywoman has a woman who loves her’.