Binoy, Him | Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈

In the 24^th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2024), we highlight the song, “Him” performed by Kenyan musician, Binoy.  

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 24^th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2024), we highlight “Him” performed by Binoy.

“I’m the prettiest peach 🍑 / On the tree / In a goddamn jungle / Nobody does it like me.” You are a beautiful, handsome man, Binoy (Binoy Zachariah). Furthermore, you make sickening music, King 💪! Born and raised in Kenya, and embracing his Indian roots, his brand of pop is adventurous. “Him” is another intriguing addition to his burgeoning catalog.  “Him” was produced with Arthur Besna with colorful, highly successful results. Despite his confidence as a prized peach, it goes ‘unacknowledged.’ “I build towers / In his honor / With My bare hands,” he sings, adding, “On them he stands / At the center of the room / Right there next to you / I’ll never be him.” Ugh, that’s buzzkill, ego death, all of it!

Regarding “Him,” Binoy comments via Instagram:

I wrote this song about my struggles with envy and how lonely of a place it can make the world feel 🏜️ One of my favorites I’ve released so far, and I hope you love it as much as I do 🫶🏾

Binoy can’t win, even if he feels worthy of winning. He wants to be H-I-M. After all, “I’m the deepest green / You want a blue.” Two different colors. Unless he loses a yellow, he’ll never become blue 😝. Food for thought.  Binoy talks about ego.  He sings, “I’m made of gold / He’s coated in ivory / Why don’t you like me? / Why don’t they like me?” A debate can be made about the value of gold vs. ivory, however, the big takeaway is the loneliness that results because of envy. He closes this captivating record with some stellar lyrics.

“Jealousy still hits me

With a pang

In my chest

A canyon unfolds

The size of

The Great Alone.”

Is Binoy the best-kept secret from Kenya? Of course! Once more, he has us Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈  even if he is far too envious of “Him”.

Binoy // “Him” // Binoy Zachariah // 2024

Binoy, Him: Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 No. 24 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Binoy Zachariah; Elias Souza, Los Muertos Crew from Pexels; CatsWithGlasses, Maicon Fonseca Zanco, Square Frog, Sudo from Pixabay]