Subversive Sounds: The Straight Men Who Ma Ameri’s First Gay Rerd | Collectors Weekly

Contents:

• 5 MT-HEAR GAY ALBUMS IN MARCH 2023
• LIL B RELEAS ‘I’M GAY’ ALBUM WHOUT WARNG, LUPE FIAS SAYS TLE IS ‘GENI’
• LIL B RELEAS ‘I’M GAY’ ALBUM WHOUT WARNG, LUPE FIAS SAYS TLE IS ‘GENI’
• LOVE IS A DRAG: THE STORY BEHD THE GROUNDBREAKG SECRET 60S GAY ALBUM
• MAN BEHD 'WORLD'S FIRST GAY UNTRY ALBUM' TOURS UNTRY NEARLY 50 YEARS AFTER FIRST ALBUM RELEASE
• SUBVERSIVE SOUNDS: THE STRAIGHT MEN WHO MA AMERI'S FIRST GAY RERD
• THE BT GAY ALBUM COVERS

5 MT-HEAR GAY ALBUMS IN MARCH 2023

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LIL B RELEAS ‘I’M GAY’ ALBUM WHOUT WARNG, LUPE FIAS SAYS TLE IS ‘GENI’

Their alt-leang die rock is now cidly die pop, and the softer environs su their songs of squashed gay love, hookups, fatuatns. Havg taken the charts by storm wh what uld easily have turned out to be a one-h wonr, the “Old Town Road” wunrkd turns the gay up to fy and beyond, mak social media his booty ll bch, and tak over the world as the pop star he always was even when he was hangg out wh Miley’s dad.

Now wh sexy flecks of gray hair as he approach his middle ag, his mic is more ntemplative, his fah more important if no ls ght for a gay man to rencile, and his overall posivy more hard-fought than should ever have to be. Josiah Wise’s sophomore release as serpetwhfeet is no slump; fact, mh his unbridled gospel-fluenced experimentalism wh the groov and trop of morn electronic rhythm and blu to create a new, gay template of “quiet storm” croong, love, and eroticism. This is sad and soulful, gentle and turbulent, experimental and accsible: what you might hear a gay baret on another pla.

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LIL B RELEAS ‘I’M GAY’ ALBUM WHOUT WARNG, LUPE FIAS SAYS TLE IS ‘GENI’

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The gay yeehaw agenda is alive and well 2022. Shamir ma a bold statement about his unapologetic gay agenda wh his eighth stud album. There are echo of Frank Ocean – maly bee they share producer Michael Uzowu – the heart and soul of Amerin Boyiend is uniquely Kev’s as he navigat his inty as a young gay man of lour.

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LOVE IS A DRAG: THE STORY BEHD THE GROUNDBREAKG SECRET 60S GAY ALBUM

So when me time to put together her sophomore album, In Defense of My Own Happs, Vol.

That’s the power of the honey-voiced star’s sophomore album, which unvers what blossoms a relatnship (and what stroys ). Members of gay muni have cherished the albums, the artists beg idols and their songs beg unofficial anthems.

Released durg a peak of the gay-rights movement, one the midst of the AIDS crisis, the Pet Shop Boys helped to break sexual taboos pop wh songs like “Wt End Girls. Lookg back to the objects of one's affectn as a teenager, Tegan and Sara Qu, intil tws who both openly intify as gay, were reportedly spired by Taylor Swift to cross over to pop mic wh this album. The Lebane-born English gay sger Mika released his fourth album 2015, tled “No Place Heaven.

MAN BEHD 'WORLD'S FIRST GAY UNTRY ALBUM' TOURS UNTRY NEARLY 50 YEARS AFTER FIRST ALBUM RELEASE

“Blon” was one of two 2016 releas om sger and rapper Frank Ocean, who is gay, wh the other release beg the vio album “Endls.

The sophomore album om bisexual pop star Halsey featured a gut appearance om Fifth Harmony's Lren Jregui for the song “Strangers, ” which was Halsey's attempt to brg a love song between two women on rad wav. Years & Years lead sger Olly Alexanr is a gay activist, and the album “Palo Santo” brought explicly queer them to the band's work. Sivan has his origs as a YouTuber, publicly g out as gay one particular YouTube vio.

SUBVERSIVE SOUNDS: THE STRAIGHT MEN WHO MA AMERI'S FIRST GAY RERD

In his first full album “soil, ” the openly gay Wise m about topics like labor and love wh a distct R&B-like sound. READ NEXTIsland Hoe Staff Says “Keep Key Wt Gay”Troye Sivan Confirms That He Is Not, In Fact, A Power BottomPope Tells Transgenr Catholic: “God Lov Us As We Are”LGBTQ+ Victory Fund Endors Joe Vogel for Congrs.

Whout warng, Lil B released his anticipated album, "I'm Gay (I'm Happy)" yterday, June 29.

THE BT GAY ALBUM COVERS

Lil B Releas 'I'm Gay' Album Whout Warng, Lupe Fias Says Tle Is 'Geni'. Whout warng, Lil B released his anticipated album, “I’m Gay (I’m Happy)” yterday, June 29. Lil B was discreet on the procs and release of “I’m Gay (I’m Happy)” when ’s The Juice ught up wh him May.