On the 19th edition of LGBTQ Bopz ๐๐ถ (2022), we highlight the song, โLetโs Try Being in Loveโ performed by Darren Hayes. ย
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ring on the B-O-P-Z, like #SLAYYY! LGBTQ Bopz ๐๐ถ is a column t that embraces, highlights, and celebrates singles and tracks by LGBTQIA musicians.ย On LGBTQ Bopz ๐๐ถwe provide background info and insight into the respective musician(s), as well as analyze + go gaga over the bops being served up. ย Furthermore, when the music dictates deeper, more transcendent discussion, we ensure the point is articulated to the fullest.ย All styles of music are welcome and the BOPZ can be classics or brand-spanking new. So, without further ado, on the 19th edition of LGBTQ Bopz ๐๐ถ (2022), we highlight ๐ต โLetโs Try Being in Loveโ performed by ๐ Darren Hayes.Theme & Lyrics โ
โAm I five decades? Am I twenty-four/โฆ Teenage passion, middle-aged despair / All the pregnant thoughts linger in the air.โ You know, itโs hard for me to believe that ๐ Darren Hayes, a heartthrob back in his ๐ Savage Garden days, is 50 years old! It makes sense, but still, heโll always remain that handsome twenty-four-year-old he references in his 2022 single, ๐ต โLetโs Try Being in Loveโ. While Hayes, who is openly gay (and married) never mentions sexuality explicitly, letโs face it โ โLetโs Try Being in Loveโ sounds very queer, and Iโm here for it! Also, the music video is, well, G-A-Y!
From the onset, the record draws you in with its hypnotic beat (production courtesy of ๐ Matthew Rowbottom).ย Danceable and groovy, Darren Hayes runs with it, emphasizing L-O-V-E.ย The desire is legit, as Hayes sings in the first verse, โItโs in the air, bergamot and humidity / Iโve seen it before in your eyes, adolescent dreams.โ Woo! In the second verse, the sensuality is lit too, as Hayes asserts, โI absolve all my responsibilities / If I take your hand in my mouth will I taste the sea? / Eros evolves by the pool, skin inviting me.โ It all leads to the centerpiece, the chorus, where Darren states, โLetโs try being in love.โ Interestingly, the second time Hayes sings the chorus, he ascends an octave โ a welcome musical touch.ย As referenced earlier, the bridge finds Hayes reflecting, playing into the theme of the song but also extending, referencing his age, etc.
Final Thoughts ๐ญ
In my eyes, ๐ Darren Hayes will always be that hot, Aussie heartthrob from ๐ Savage Garden.ย He may be 50 and taken, but Mr. Hayes proves heโs โstill got itโ on ๐ต โLetโs Try Being in Loveโ.ย Perhaps itโs more subtle than some of the LGBTQ Bopz ๐๐ถ featured in the past but donโt get it twisted โ itโs still queer! #PRIDE MONTH 2022!
๐ Darren Hayes โข ๐ต โLetโs Try Being in Loveโ โข ๐ท Powdered Sugar Productions Ltd. โข ๐ 1.26.2022
Darren Hayes, โLetโs Try Being in Loveโ: LGBTQ Bopz ๐๐ถ No. 19 (2022) [๐ท: Anna Shvets, Brent Faulkner, Kurious, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, Powdered Sugar Productions Ltd.]