Respect / Accept
▶ Expected 15 October 2026
Two songs about learning to let go of being right — one aimed outward, one aimed in. Released as a matched pair, front and back, the way a single used to work.
Two songs about learning to let go of being right — one aimed outward, one aimed in. Released as a matched pair, front and back, the way a single used to work.
Respect and Accept started as two separate ideas that turned out to be the same idea, seen from opposite ends. Respect looks outward — at pile-ons, at the speed of public judgment, at what happens when everyone's already reached a verdict before anyone's had a hearing. Accept looks inward — at the small, constant urge to correct the people we love, to be right in the moment even when being right costs the room its peace.
They're released together on purpose, packaged like an old 45: Respect on the A-side, gold lettering on black; Accept on the B-side, white on black, its own quieter world. The Okoro Sisters appear on both sides. Two versions of the same instruction — take care of each other, and let the rest go.
Track Listing
Grown out of notes on cancel culture and due process — the discomfort of watching a crowd decide something in real time, without a trial, while knowing full well that being a victim doesn't make anyone flawless. The final chorus spells out R-E-S-P-E-C-T, a direct nod to Aretha Franklin. The Okoro Sisters join on backing vocals.
Respect's companion piece, born from a conversation with Big D's son and years of catching himself mid-correction. Inspired by the Danish word "pyt" — the meaning of letting go, without the word itself ever being sung. Big D opens the song a cappella, alone, before the band arrives and the Okoro Sisters settle in behind him on backing vocals.