Benjamin Elgar, Shameless | Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈

In the 28^th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2024), we highlight the song, “Shameless” performed by Benjamin Elgar, Shameless.

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 musician(s) and analyze + go gaga over the decadent bops served up.  When the music dictates deeper, more transcendent discussion, we ensure the point is fully articulated.  All styles of music are welcome while the songs can be classics or brand-spanking new. . So, without further ado, in the 28^th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2024), we highlight “Shameless” performed by Benjamin Elgar.

“Long distance love got me / Shameless how I text you / Shameless how I miss you / Shameless how I’m wanting you.” Benjamin Elgar wants him badly. That, my friends, is an understatement.  On “Shameless” the fresh-faced, ascending pop artist has no shame. He’s transparent about his feelings and NOTHING will stop him.  This sleek bop was written and produced by Elgar, John Ho, and The Last Artful, Dodgr (Alana Chenevert).  Running two minutes and change, you’ll shamelessly have this song on repeat.

What makes “Shameless” the sugar honey iced tea? Benjamin Elgar possesses a fantastic, magical voice. His sound is clear, pure, and youthful – it stands out the moment you hear it.  The melodies are rhythmic and tuneful.  Elgar sings through them effortlessly with ample swagger.  Despite his shameless ways, his angelic tone sounds innocent, even when he sneaks in an f-bomb:

“Knowing all the things

That we done been through

What I do for you

What you do for me

I can’t explain that on CD

Stuck on repeat

Just you and me

And everyone we fuckin’.”

Oh, Benjamin! In this R&B-infused pop cut with some glorious, harmonized background vocals,  Elgar is all about his boo. He says it best himself: “Though he’s somewhere over the seas / Still love him endlessly / There’s NOTHING in between us / Long distance love / Got me Shameless.”

Benjamin Elgar // “Shameless” // Benjamin Elgar // 2024

 Benjamin Elgar, Shameless: Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 No. 28 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Benjamin Elgar; Elias Souza, Los Muertos Crew from Pexels; CatsWithGlasses, Maicon Fonseca Zanco, Square Frog, Sudo from Pixabay]