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• GAY STEREOTYP: ARE THEY TE?
• ‘GAY LIFE IS BETTER NOW. ABSOLUTELY’: FIVE GENERATNS ON G OUT AND WHAT ME NEXT
• AM I GAY?
• FEATURED QUIZZ & STORI
• JORDY PUTS A QUEER SP ON AN EARLY 2000S H WH 'STORY OF A BOY'THE OUT POP SGER REFLECTS ON PENNG AN HOMAGE TO HIS 'YOUNGER QUEER SELF'BY SAM MANZELLAJANUARY 26, 2023/12:06 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4480PX;WIDTH:6720PX;}COURTY OF THE ARTISTBY SAM MANZELLAJANUARY 26, 2023 / 12:06 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"JORDY PUTS A QUEER SP ON AN EARLY 2000S H WH 'STORY OF A BOY'","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2023-01-26T17:06:45.683+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2023-01-26T17:06:45.683+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"SAM MANZELLA"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS IS THE STORY OF A BOY… WHO REIMAGED A H SONG OM THE EARLY GHTS AS A LOVE LETTER TO HIS YOUNGER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN REALY, JORDY, 27, IS HARDLY A BOY. THE OPENLY GAY SGER-SONGWRER HAS BEEN RELEASG MIC SCE 2017, STEADILY BUILDG A REPERTOIRE OF HOOKY, SWEET-SOUNDG POP SONGS. HIS BUT ALBUM, MD GAM, DROPPED 2021, AND HE’S LLABORATED WH FELLOW RISG DIE-POP ACTS LIKE JOY OLADOKUN, EMMA LøV, AND LOOTE. HE EVEN NABBED A NOMATN FOR OUTSTANDG BREAKTHROUGH MIC ARTIST AT THIS YEAR’S GLAAD MEDIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TODAY, JORDY PROUDLY F HIS QUEERNS TO HIS MIC AND PERSONAL BRAND (HELLO, POPPERS-THEMED MERCH!), BUT WASN’T ALWAYS EASY FOR HIM TO EMBRACE HIS THENTIC SELF. “I'M AT THE AGE WHERE YOU START THKG ABOUT THOSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENC THAT YOU BURIED FOR A WHILE, PECIALLY AS A QUEER PERSON,” HE TELLS MTV NEWS ON A PHONE LL OM HIS LOS ANGEL APARTMENT. “AND ONE OF THOSE THGS THAT EVERY QUEER PERSON N RELATE TO IS, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF MIC THAT WE REALLY HEARD OURSELV WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT JORDY DID HEAR GROWG UP WAS A SEEMGLY ENDLS SUPPLY OF EXPLICLY HETEROSEXUAL LOVE SONGS — CLUDG “ABSOLUTELY (STORY OF A GIRL),” THE FIRST AND ONLY H SONG OM LONG ISLAND-BASED POP-ROCK TR NE DAYS. THE TRACK BUTED AS A SGLE NEARLY 23 YEARS AGO. ITS VIVID CHOS AND FECT MELODY SECURED THE NO. 1 SPOT ON THE BILLBOARD MASTREAM TOP 40 CHART THE UNED STAT, AND A PERMANENT SOFT SPOT THE HEARTS OF LATE-‘90S KIDS LIKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT ME BACK TO MY REALM RECENTLY,” JORDY RELLS, “AND I WAS LIKE, HOW DO I MAKE THIS MY OWN? CAN I MAKE THIS MY OWN? CAN THIS BE AN HOMAGE TO MY YOUNGER QUEER SELF, WHO DIDN’T HAVE LOTS OF GUYS TO LISTEN TO WHO WERE GAY AND SGG ABOUT OTHER GUYS?” THE SONG IS SIMPLE, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY APPEALED TO HIM. “LIKE, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED AS QUEER KIDS. WE JT WANTED TO HEAR A LOVE SONG OM OUR PERSPECTIVE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ENTER “STORY OF A BOY,” JORDY’S TERPOLATN OF NE DAYS’ NOSTALGIC BOP, OUT TODAY (JANUARY 26). THE SONG UNFOLDS A RELATABLE TALE OF A YOUNG GUY “WHO’S HOLD’ BACK THE TEARS HIS EY” AS HE SILENTLY P OVER ANOTHER BOY. “HE DON'T KNOW MY NAME / BUT I ULD GIVE MUCH MORE,” JORDY CROONS THE PRE-CHOS. “AND 'S SUCH A SHAME / I’M SURE YOU'VE HEARD ALL BEFORE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GENR REVERSAL THE CHOS IS HIS MOST OBV UPDATE, BUT SUBTLE TOUCH OM PRODUCERS JOHNNY SHORE AND KEH BARRON — A POPPY GUAR HERE, A LAYERED VOL HARMONY THERE — ALSO MAKE “STORY OF A BOY” SOUND MORE NTEMPORARY. “OBVLY PEOPLE WILL KNOW 'S A SAMPLE BEE THEY’LL REGNIZE THE MELODY,” JORDY SAYS, “BUT WAS IMPORTANT FOR TO GIVE THAT MORN, POP TWIST. WE WANTED TO LIVE ON S OWN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN SO, TOOK SOME NVCG FOR JORDY AND HIS LLABORATORS TO GET THE GREEN LIGHT OM NE DAYS. SPEAKG TO MTV NEWS OM HIS NATIVE LONG ISLAND, JOHN HAMPSON, THE BAND’S LEAD VOLIST AND GUARIST, RELLS WRG “ABSOLUTELY (STORY OF A GIRL)” ABOUT HIS THEN-GIRLIEND, WHO WANTED TO GET ENGAGED BEFORE HE WAS READY TO POP THE QUTN. SHE IS NOW HIS WIFE. “OVER THE YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN REQUTS TO DO THGS WH THE SONG,” SAYS THE 51-YEAR-OLD MICIAN AND HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER, “AND MY FIRST STCT IS TO BE PROTECTIVE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRR TO JORDY, NO ARTIST HAS EVER BEEN GRANTED PERMISSN TO RELEASE AN TERPOLATN OF “ABSOLUTELY (STORY OF A GIRL).” BUT THERE WAS SOMETHG DIFFERENT ABOUT “STORY OF A BOY,” HAMPSON RELLS. THE NCEPT FELT UNIQUE AND SCERE, SO WHEN THE SONG ME ACROSS HAMPSON’S SK, HE AGREED TO LISTEN TO A MO. AFTER SPNG MORE OF JORDY’S MIC, HE WAS TOTALLY ON BOARD AND HUMBLED THAT A TRACK HE WROTE S AGO “GETS TO HAVE A SEND LIFE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WHEN I FIRST MET JORDY PERSON, HE ME OVER, HUGGED ME, AND TOLD ME WHAT [‘STORY OF A GIRL’] MEANT TO HIM — NOT JT AS A SONG, BUT WHAT MEANT TO HIM TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE TO ‘STORY OF A BOY.’ AND THAT H ME,” HAMPSON EXPLAS. “THIS IS REALLY EPER THAN SOME THREE-MUTE POP SONG. THERE'S A BIGGER MEANG HERE THAT I THK IS FANTASTIC.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JORDY VED HAMPSON TO MAKE A MEO THE “STORY OF A BOY” MIC VIO, WHICH TRIBUT NE DAYS’ OWN VISUALS WH A SIAR OPENG IMAGE OF A BAND JAMMG A GARAGE. WE THEN SEE FOOTAGE OF JORDY SELLG SOME CHILDHOOD POSSSNS OUT OF THAT SAME GARAGE, TERCUT WH GLIMPS OF JORDY’S YOUNGER SELF PLAYG WH ANOTHER BOY HE CLEARLY LIK. IT’S AN APPROPRIATELY NOSTALGIC VIBE FOR A NEW TAKE ON A FAIAR BOP; ALSO HELPS KEEP “(ABSOLUTELY) STORY OF A GIRL” THE NTEMPORARY NVERSATN, ALONG WH A RECENT SUBTLE SHOUT-OUT TOP OSR NTENR EVERYTHG EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, WHERE KE HUY QUAN'S CHARACTER REC TWO LYRICS OM THE SONG'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO JORDY THK “STORY OF A BOY” WILL SRE HIM SOME NEW LISTENERS? “THAT’S THE GOAL!” HE SAYS, PECIALLY WH HIS SEND ALBUM, BOY, SLATED TO DROP APRIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE TEAS THAT THE NEW RERD NTAS “MORE BOPS AND MAYBE A POWER BALLAD,” WH TROSPECTN AND SELF-ACCEPTANCE AS S BIGGT THEMATIC THROUGH-L. “IT’S A LLECTN OF SONGS ABOUT MY EXPERIENC OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF — LEARNG ABOUT DIFFERENT PARTS OF MYSELF, FALLY MOVG ON OM A RELATNSHIP, REALLY DIGGG TO THIS RELATNSHIP I HAVE WH MYSELF.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND OF URSE, ’S A JORDY PROJECT, SO WILL BE UNAPOLOGETILLY QUEER. “PUTTG OUT MIC AS A QUEER ARTIST IS A FORM OF PROTT,” HE SAYS, “AND I’M OK WH THAT BEE I WANT TO BE SPEAKG UP FOR OUR MUNY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

GAY STEREOTYP: ARE THEY TE?

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‘GAY LIFE IS BETTER NOW. ABSOLUTELY’: FIVE GENERATNS ON G OUT AND WHAT ME NEXT

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AM I GAY?

"People assume that if you're a male ballet dancer you're gay. The owners of the Prada Gsel hair salon New York Cy are straight but people thk they're gay. Another stereotype is that gay people speak differently than straight people.

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FEATURED QUIZZ & STORI

The man who most people thought was straight was actually people do thk that gay men are more promiscuo than straight men, and fact, Bailey said, gay men do have more sex partners.

JORDY PUTS A QUEER SP ON AN EARLY 2000S H WH 'STORY OF A BOY'THE OUT POP SGER REFLECTS ON PENNG AN HOMAGE TO HIS 'YOUNGER QUEER SELF'BY SAM MANZELLAJANUARY 26, 2023/12:06 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4480PX;WIDTH:6720PX;}COURTY OF THE ARTISTBY SAM MANZELLAJANUARY 26, 2023 / 12:06 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"JORDY PUTS A QUEER SP ON AN EARLY 2000S H WH 'STORY OF A BOY'","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2023-01-26T17:06:45.683+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2023-01-26T17:06:45.683+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"SAM MANZELLA"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS IS THE STORY OF A BOY… WHO REIMAGED A H SONG OM THE EARLY GHTS AS A LOVE LETTER TO HIS YOUNGER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN REALY, JORDY, 27, IS HARDLY A BOY. THE OPENLY GAY SGER-SONGWRER HAS BEEN RELEASG MIC SCE 2017, STEADILY BUILDG A REPERTOIRE OF HOOKY, SWEET-SOUNDG POP SONGS. HIS BUT ALBUM, MD GAM, DROPPED 2021, AND HE’S LLABORATED WH FELLOW RISG DIE-POP ACTS LIKE JOY OLADOKUN, EMMA LøV, AND LOOTE. HE EVEN NABBED A NOMATN FOR OUTSTANDG BREAKTHROUGH MIC ARTIST AT THIS YEAR’S GLAAD MEDIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TODAY, JORDY PROUDLY F HIS QUEERNS TO HIS MIC AND PERSONAL BRAND (HELLO, POPPERS-THEMED MERCH!), BUT WASN’T ALWAYS EASY FOR HIM TO EMBRACE HIS THENTIC SELF. “I'M AT THE AGE WHERE YOU START THKG ABOUT THOSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENC THAT YOU BURIED FOR A WHILE, PECIALLY AS A QUEER PERSON,” HE TELLS MTV NEWS ON A PHONE LL OM HIS LOS ANGEL APARTMENT. “AND ONE OF THOSE THGS THAT EVERY QUEER PERSON N RELATE TO IS, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF MIC THAT WE REALLY HEARD OURSELV WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT JORDY DID HEAR GROWG UP WAS A SEEMGLY ENDLS SUPPLY OF EXPLICLY HETEROSEXUAL LOVE SONGS — CLUDG “ABSOLUTELY (STORY OF A GIRL),” THE FIRST AND ONLY H SONG OM LONG ISLAND-BASED POP-ROCK TR NE DAYS. THE TRACK BUTED AS A SGLE NEARLY 23 YEARS AGO. ITS VIVID CHOS AND FECT MELODY SECURED THE NO. 1 SPOT ON THE BILLBOARD MASTREAM TOP 40 CHART THE UNED STAT, AND A PERMANENT SOFT SPOT THE HEARTS OF LATE-‘90S KIDS LIKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT ME BACK TO MY REALM RECENTLY,” JORDY RELLS, “AND I WAS LIKE, HOW DO I MAKE THIS MY OWN? CAN I MAKE THIS MY OWN? CAN THIS BE AN HOMAGE TO MY YOUNGER QUEER SELF, WHO DIDN’T HAVE LOTS OF GUYS TO LISTEN TO WHO WERE GAY AND SGG ABOUT OTHER GUYS?” THE SONG IS SIMPLE, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY APPEALED TO HIM. “LIKE, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED AS QUEER KIDS. WE JT WANTED TO HEAR A LOVE SONG OM OUR PERSPECTIVE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ENTER “STORY OF A BOY,” JORDY’S TERPOLATN OF NE DAYS’ NOSTALGIC BOP, OUT TODAY (JANUARY 26). THE SONG UNFOLDS A RELATABLE TALE OF A YOUNG GUY “WHO’S HOLD’ BACK THE TEARS HIS EY” AS HE SILENTLY P OVER ANOTHER BOY. “HE DON'T KNOW MY NAME / BUT I ULD GIVE MUCH MORE,” JORDY CROONS THE PRE-CHOS. “AND 'S SUCH A SHAME / I’M SURE YOU'VE HEARD ALL BEFORE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GENR REVERSAL THE CHOS IS HIS MOST OBV UPDATE, BUT SUBTLE TOUCH OM PRODUCERS JOHNNY SHORE AND KEH BARRON — A POPPY GUAR HERE, A LAYERED VOL HARMONY THERE — ALSO MAKE “STORY OF A BOY” SOUND MORE NTEMPORARY. “OBVLY PEOPLE WILL KNOW 'S A SAMPLE BEE THEY’LL REGNIZE THE MELODY,” JORDY SAYS, “BUT WAS IMPORTANT FOR TO GIVE THAT MORN, POP TWIST. WE WANTED TO LIVE ON S OWN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN SO, TOOK SOME NVCG FOR JORDY AND HIS LLABORATORS TO GET THE GREEN LIGHT OM NE DAYS. SPEAKG TO MTV NEWS OM HIS NATIVE LONG ISLAND, JOHN HAMPSON, THE BAND’S LEAD VOLIST AND GUARIST, RELLS WRG “ABSOLUTELY (STORY OF A GIRL)” ABOUT HIS THEN-GIRLIEND, WHO WANTED TO GET ENGAGED BEFORE HE WAS READY TO POP THE QUTN. SHE IS NOW HIS WIFE. “OVER THE YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN REQUTS TO DO THGS WH THE SONG,” SAYS THE 51-YEAR-OLD MICIAN AND HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER, “AND MY FIRST STCT IS TO BE PROTECTIVE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRR TO JORDY, NO ARTIST HAS EVER BEEN GRANTED PERMISSN TO RELEASE AN TERPOLATN OF “ABSOLUTELY (STORY OF A GIRL).” BUT THERE WAS SOMETHG DIFFERENT ABOUT “STORY OF A BOY,” HAMPSON RELLS. THE NCEPT FELT UNIQUE AND SCERE, SO WHEN THE SONG ME ACROSS HAMPSON’S SK, HE AGREED TO LISTEN TO A MO. AFTER SPNG MORE OF JORDY’S MIC, HE WAS TOTALLY ON BOARD AND HUMBLED THAT A TRACK HE WROTE S AGO “GETS TO HAVE A SEND LIFE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WHEN I FIRST MET JORDY PERSON, HE ME OVER, HUGGED ME, AND TOLD ME WHAT [‘STORY OF A GIRL’] MEANT TO HIM — NOT JT AS A SONG, BUT WHAT MEANT TO HIM TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE TO ‘STORY OF A BOY.’ AND THAT H ME,” HAMPSON EXPLAS. “THIS IS REALLY EPER THAN SOME THREE-MUTE POP SONG. THERE'S A BIGGER MEANG HERE THAT I THK IS FANTASTIC.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JORDY VED HAMPSON TO MAKE A MEO THE “STORY OF A BOY” MIC VIO, WHICH TRIBUT NE DAYS’ OWN VISUALS WH A SIAR OPENG IMAGE OF A BAND JAMMG A GARAGE. WE THEN SEE FOOTAGE OF JORDY SELLG SOME CHILDHOOD POSSSNS OUT OF THAT SAME GARAGE, TERCUT WH GLIMPS OF JORDY’S YOUNGER SELF PLAYG WH ANOTHER BOY HE CLEARLY LIK. IT’S AN APPROPRIATELY NOSTALGIC VIBE FOR A NEW TAKE ON A FAIAR BOP; ALSO HELPS KEEP “(ABSOLUTELY) STORY OF A GIRL” THE NTEMPORARY NVERSATN, ALONG WH A RECENT SUBTLE SHOUT-OUT TOP OSR NTENR EVERYTHG EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, WHERE KE HUY QUAN'S CHARACTER REC TWO LYRICS OM THE SONG'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO JORDY THK “STORY OF A BOY” WILL SRE HIM SOME NEW LISTENERS? “THAT’S THE GOAL!” HE SAYS, PECIALLY WH HIS SEND ALBUM, BOY, SLATED TO DROP APRIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE TEAS THAT THE NEW RERD NTAS “MORE BOPS AND MAYBE A POWER BALLAD,” WH TROSPECTN AND SELF-ACCEPTANCE AS S BIGGT THEMATIC THROUGH-L. “IT’S A LLECTN OF SONGS ABOUT MY EXPERIENC OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF — LEARNG ABOUT DIFFERENT PARTS OF MYSELF, FALLY MOVG ON OM A RELATNSHIP, REALLY DIGGG TO THIS RELATNSHIP I HAVE WH MYSELF.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND OF URSE, ’S A JORDY PROJECT, SO WILL BE UNAPOLOGETILLY QUEER. “PUTTG OUT MIC AS A QUEER ARTIST IS A FORM OF PROTT,” HE SAYS, “AND I’M OK WH THAT BEE I WANT TO BE SPEAKG UP FOR OUR MUNY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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