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AYHAM, ACID EMOTION: Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 No. 50 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Ayham; Elias Souza, Mario Spencer, Mizuno K, from Pexels; AcatXIo, All_CC0_Public_domain, CatsWithGlasses, David, ernestflowerss, Kelly, M. Harris, Marek Studzinski, OpenClipart-Vectors, from Pixabay]In the 50th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2025), we highlight “ACID EMOTION” performed by AYHAM.

Prepare to beam with P-R-I-D-E 🏳️‍🌈! Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 celebrates, embraces, and spotlights songs by LGBTQ musicians or allies.  Here, we provide background and insight into musicians, analyze, plus go gaga over the decadent bops served up.  When songs dictate deeper and more transcendent discussion, we ensure the point is fully articulated.  All styles of music are welcome, whether the songs are classics or brand-new. So, without further ado, in the 50th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2025), we highlight “ACID EMOTION” performed by AYHAM.

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♬ JE NE SAIS QUOI – Ayham☆

AYHAM, I AM A STAR, BITCH (EP) [📷: Ayham]“All the emotions intertwined / I’m just trying to make you mine / Ignoring all the warning signs / (I can’t get you out of my mind) / (Ignoring all the warning signs).” Ooh, wee, AYHAM (Ayham Fayad)! Men’ll make you crazy 🤪, that’s for sure! Our hot, fierce German singer-songwriter brings the heat 🥵 on “ACID EMOTION”, the sixth track from his sassily titled, 2025 EP, I AM A STAR, BITCH. Ooh, gurlll 💅! “Skin on skin, oh godly grace / Tell me, how does my bass taste?” Oh, snap 🫰! Fayad wrote “ACID EMOTION.” He co-produced it with Noah Grewing. Best believe this handsome, talented fella kicks ass and takes names!

 

“ACID EMOTION” features ultra-sleek production work. I ❤️ the driving, intense, menacing synths.  Furthermore, “ACID EMOTION” is set in a minor key. Dark music = utterly sickening.  Adding to the ear candy are the fab vocals by Ayham. Early on, we hear some cool vocal effects which fit the dance/electro-pop script.  Tuneful melodies add the allure of “ACID.” Even so, Fayad raps a little bit in the animated, quick-paced chorus. Making the rhymes even more potent is the sensual content:  “You got your hands on my waist / And my heart on the floor / I’m mesmerized by your gaze / Baby free my soul.” Damn! It gets steamier, with “I got one hand in your pants / Other one towards heaven / I’m convinced the way you dance / It’s a form of religion.” Amen! Hallelujah! The bridge, which precedes the outro section, is high-energy too, with the instrumental matching the intensity:

“Love me all night long till my heart breaks

‘Cause I got that body that you want to touch

Yeah, you got that deep voice, got the bass

It feels so good, it hurts so much.”

Pride Progress FanUltimately, I love how “ACID EMOTION” showcases singing, playful rapping, and truly scintillating instrumental moments. “ACID EMOTION” is gay, gay, gay 🌈! Something tells me that is by design, particularly checking out Fayad’s colorful social media (particularly TikTok).  One thing is for damn sure – the boi slays, like, okurrr 💅!


AYHAM // I AM A STAR, BITCH (EP) // Ayham // 2025
AYHAM, ACID EMOTION: Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 No. 50 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Ayham; Elias Souza, Mario Spencer, Mizuno K from Pexels; AcatXIo, All_CC0_Public_domain, CatsWithGlasses, David, ernestflowerss, Kelly, M. Harris, Marek Studzinski, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]

 


the musical hype

The Musical Hype (he/him) has earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees in music (music education and music theory/composition, respectively). A multi-instrumentalist, he plays piano, trombone, and organ among numerous other instruments. He's a certified music educator, composer, and freelance music blogger. Music and writing are two of the most important parts of his life.