Megan Hullander

Wed 23 April 2025 23:30, UK In 1939, the Daughters of the American Revolution denied soul singer Marian Anderson’s request to perform for an integrated audience. She soon found a bigger stage. She’d been staging a series of concerts for the Howard University School of Music. Their success prompted a need for a larger scope, and they turned to the Constitution Hall. They were rejected on the basis of a “white artists only” clause.

So here’s what happened—or, more precisely, here’s what happened according to 18 Wheeler, who, for the record, is not a trucking conglomerate but an artist (musician, video-maker, bedroom-soundscaper, et cetera), better known by friends and family and governments as Matteo Debole. After releasing Game, a 2024 EP that managed to be both miniature and maximalist last February, 18 Wheeler hadn’t put anything out again. Until now, that is, here, with what we can only hope is the first of more.