Vancouver, Canada-based drag performer and musician Dust Cwaine hits our radar with lovelorn track and video.

By Graeme Smith

Feature photo by Cole Schmidt

Little Plans opens with some driving indie pop, characterful vocals and plenty of emotion in its lyrics. Things get vibrant and quirky during a catchy, cantering chorus. All the while the heartache-filled narrative stays captivating and things end big, providing some catharsis.

The video, directed by Luke Beach Bown, sees Dust Cwaine dressed as a ballerina in a music box, slowly rotating in a variety of locations.

“Little Plans is a T4T love story that celebrates the joy of trans love,” said Dust. “I wrote it in my living room with my friend Charlie Kerr. I was excited about the new person I was seeing, and this potential for transformation and magic seemed to be all around me. I told him I was so in love that every time I saw this person, I refused to wash my hands after they left so the scent would linger. That excitement of new love, and that particular power that T4T love brings, can take the everyday minutiae of your life and transform it into something you would have never thought was possible.”

Little Plans is the lead single from Dust’s upcoming album, Twin Lakes, set for release later this year. The single is out now and you can give it a listen below.