Ya Tseen - Ixwsiteen (I See You)

What this video is

Released November 2025, 'Ixwsiteen (I See You)' is a politically charged elegy written for Aaron Bushnell, framed by Nicholas Galanin as a meditation on witnessing, complicity, and conscience. Galanin is a Tlingit and Unangax̂ multi-disciplinary artist from Sitka, Alaska, whose visual and sonic work operate as inseparable streams. The project name Ya Tseen — meaning 'to be alive' in Lingít — was adopted after his…

Why it matters

Ya Tseen operates at the intersection of electropop, indie rock, hip-hop, and Indigenous avant-garde — a genre space with few direct predecessors. 'Ixwsiteen' represents a rare instance of Tlingit cultural language entering the Sub Pop/indie ecosystem with full artistic autonomy. Its slow,…