Exclive: The Swedish sger, Andreas Wijk, opens up about his new sgle 'if I was gay', fah, and love.
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IF I MISS, I'M GAY
* if i was gay tiktok *
If I Miss, I'm Gay refers to a trend on TikTok where ers throw somethg at a basket or target and tentnally miss unr the ptn "If I miss, I'm gay, " often followed by them dog somethg perceivably gay. The word "gay" is sometim replaced wh another word, like "slay" or "chill" pendg on the ntext of the joke. If I Miss This Though I'm Gay As Hell.
Around April 1st, 2021, a vio went viral on TikTok where a man says a slurrg voice that if he miss a dart throw, he's gay. If I Miss, I'm Gay Trend. On September 19th, 2022, TikToker[1] @live_lgh_luis posted a vio ptned, "If I miss, I'm gay.
He then nods and walks away om the mera a way that's stereotypil of how a gay man might dramatilly walk, garnerg over 8 ln views a month (shown below). In some vios, the word "gay" is replaced wh "slay.
ANDREAS WIJK IS A NEW PERSON AFTER HIS SGLE ‘IF I WAS GAY’
Madonna's "If I Miss, I'm Gay" Vio. A Gordon von Steer-directed mic vio dropped alongsi the song, settg the ter ablaze for s heady pictn of a sticky, sexy, very gay summer. His srlet templ suggt he’s eher taken a big ol’ huff of the poppers his song oh-so-cleverly referenc, or he’s the thro of homosexual exultatn (anal).
The image remds of the work of Peter Hujar, specifilly Orgasmic Man, 1969, a photo that was recently repurposed for the ver of another gay cultural artefact, the Hanya Yanagihara novel A Ltle Life. The mic vio for “Rh” is a gay men’s mag e to life, as if Andy om Toy Story kept a stack of XY the rner over Woody and Buzz. A reference to the XY chromosome found blogil mal (a tad sentialist, but we move) XY magaze was a youth-foced gay magaze found Wt Hollywood 1996, and featured chiselled lads edorials full of brash, primary lours.
It’s homoerotic and ’s goofball-d, like sports fans who get dnk at the Euros and ci to moon and slap their iends’ bums until the blood vsels burst at the surface. It’s got all the trappgs of a Caravagg patg – the drama, the dynamism, light and sha, pretty gay boys. Caravagg was, of urse, a gay man himself, so ’s not too far-fetched to suggt they’d slip the reference .