Blast Off With Roger Kuhn’s ‘Ziggy,’ a Cosmic Tribute to Queer Resilience

Roger Kuhn has always had a gift for turning memory into music, and with his new single and music video Ziggy, he’s taken that gift all the way to the stars.

Out today (July 25) across all digital platforms, Ziggy is Kuhn’s heartfelt, otherworldly tribute to love, loss, and queer self-discovery. Inspired by Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the coming-of-age novel Ziggy Stardust & Me, Kuhn’s Ziggy isn’t just an homage; it’s a deeply personal reflection on what it means to grow up queer, to survive rejection, and to find our way back to ourselves through art, family, and community.

Kuhn, a Two-Spirit Indigiqueer artist, brings a unique and powerful perspective to all his work. As he’s shared, he always knew he was different from other kids in his tribe: he didn’t feel like a boy or a girl. It wasn’t until his mid-twenties that he discovered what it meant to be Two-Spirit, a term used in many Indigenous cultures to describe people who embody both masculine and feminine traits and hold a distinct, alternative gender status. That sense of otherness, and the eventual pride that comes from embracing it, pulses through every note of Ziggy.

Let’s be clear: this song is gorgeous. Built from a 6 a.m. creative burst, Ziggy shimmers with ambient textures, cosmic strings, and a quiet, aching tenderness that feels like floating in space while carrying the weight of a lifetime. It’s ethereal, yes, but grounded, exploring loneliness, aging, and resilience with the kind of emotional honesty we’ve come to expect (and cherish) from Kuhn’s work.

The music video—which Kuhn also directed—is just as moving. Reimagining a formative moment from his own childhood, Kuhn revisits a memory of being denied a Cabbage Patch Kid doll simply because he was a boy. The visual narrative, shot on his Poarch Creek homelands in Alabama, transforms that moment of pain into something powerful and healing. Featuring Kuhn’s real-life family—his uncle, cousin, sisters, and 76-year-old mother—the video becomes a love letter to intergenerational care, queer reclamation, and the families that hold us up, whether chosen or blood.

But don’t take our word for it, you can catch the video below and experience it for yourself.

And it doesn’t stop there. Produced by Velvet Code and co-created with Kuhn’s lifelong friend Lori Bohner, Ziggy is also part of a bigger story. It’s the launchpad for a new theatrical cabaret show following Kuhn’s alter ego, Rocco Rolin, as he navigates queer life in New York City. If Ziggy is any indication, we’re in for a journey full of heart, imagination, and the unapologetic beauty of being queer, Native, and free.

So do yourselves a favor: hit play, watch the video, and let it take you somewhere new. Somewhere queer. Somewhere true.

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Featured Image: Image Courtesy of Roger Kuhn and Project Publicity.