Love in Excess

In the ballad “Love in Excess,” Black Caribbean singer Ophelia Marie declares her longing for a love that is at once sensuous and ineffable, carnal and otherworldly—a love so great that, as the song’s chorus announces, it could only be fulfilled by an angel. Borrowing its title from Marie’s love anthem, Love in Excess brings together ten Black women and Black queer artists whose works echo the singer’s yearning.