Bimini: ‘Go outside, make mistakes — that’s how you grow’ - video Dailymotion

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Queer and gender-fluid musician Bimini has urged young people in the LGBTQ+ community to spend less time online and experience more of life in the real world.Reflecting on how social media affects younger generations, the performer, who appears on The Independent Pride List 2026, said many young people now struggle to know what they truly want because they spend so much time on their phones."Touch grass, go outside, have a day off," Bimini said. "Switch off the phones now and then, enjoy yourself and enjoy being young."The musician encouraged young people to explore new spaces, make mistakes and learn through real-life experiences. "Go out, mess up, that's how you grow and figure yourself out," Bimini adds.

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00:00touch grass go outside like literally have a day off and go outside because i feel like

00:05when i was younger i was out every night at like the age of 13 and my little sister

00:10didn't go out my mum would have to ground her to go out like in the opposite of me being

00:15like told

00:15to stay in and i feel like yeah social media become a big catalyst in in that for the younger

00:22generation and i get it they're disenfranchised you know they see so much information way more

00:27than i ever did and way more than we all did what i would tell the younger generation is switch

00:34off

00:34the phones now and then go and touch grass enjoy yourself enjoy being young go out go to spaces

00:41make mistakes you know like that's how you learn that's how you grow and that's how you can become

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Bimini: ‘Go outside, make mistakes — that’s how you grow’

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