I almost didn’t play mas this year. Deadlines. Flights. Work. Fashion Week. All the sensible reasons. Then I remembered something. If you keep postponing joy, you eventually forget how to recognise it. So I found myself with @losttribecarnival, thanks to HRH, @solangegovia (a reigning High Priestess of costume design) In a costume named The Oracle. And somewhere between riddim and revelry, Carnival’s wisdom found me. Not in words. In movement. In camaraderie. In surrender. Trinidad Carnival is not a party. It’s a pilgrimage. A reset. A remembering. Rhythm built us long before the world tried to rename us. From Moruga to Milan to London to wherever I land next, this current runs through me. Steel, bass and riddim in my chest. Sun on my skin. Ten thousand steps. Not one regret. Travel changes you. But coming home rearranges you. Play the mas. Book the flight. Dance in the sun. Build the dream after. Sometimes you have to get lost to remember exactly who you are. Weyyyyy. Congrats Solange, Val and the entire Lost Tribe family on winning Band Of The Year. Deepest deepest thanks for the gift of JOY. ‼️‼️‼️ #TrinidadCarnival #LostTribe #Travel #Caribbean #WestIndies 📸: @adriansworldinphotos and @nalinikatherine