Love is our birthright

Many of my songs touch on intercultural and interreligious relationships. Just as I believe that creating hybrid music helps bring about unity, I also believe the same about interfaith and intercultural love. I get teary-eyed with joy when people of different cultural and religious backgrounds unite, put their differences aside to celebrate together. I treasure moments when I am able to witness multicultural children learning respect, appreciating the diversity of cultures and learning different languages in the process. I also love how mixing various ethnic groups create beautiful and unique features by blending both the physical and cultural aspects of different groups. I've seen firsthand the challenges that interfaith and intercultural couples have faced because of family or societal disapproval — and this breaks my heart every single time. The freedom to love is our birthright. Love should unite us, not separate us. And parallel to music, love can transcend all borders and unite all of us.

I truly believe interfaith and intercultural relationships have the power to actualize unity. It is important for us to encourage and not discourage these unions. One should have the ability and freedom to be with who one loves. The freedom to love is your birthright. Antiquated laws and societal pressures should not dictate whom to love or marry. There is no place for forced religious or gender conversion in our current society. Love is love and unity is love. And we always need more of it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

Everyone should have the freedom to love and be loved, regardless of culture, race, religion, ethnicity, gender, class, economic status, or sexual orientation. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Love is our birthright. ⠀⠀