DONT MAKE THIS WEIRD, men | Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈

In the 81st edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2024), we highlight the song, “men” performed by DONT MAKE THIS WEIRD.

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 81^st edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2024), we highlight “men” performed by DONT MAKE THIS WEIRD.

“Men / Don’t feel like one of them,” Welsh singer/songwriter DONT MAKE THIS WEIRD sings on their brief but telling single, “men”.  Despite not feeling like a man, they continue, “But I want ‘em / Lord knows, I want ‘em.”  On this brief but stunning piano ballad, DONT MAKE THIS WEIRD sings expressively with great authenticity.  Their vocals are tender and moving.  These lyrics seem to address lacking masculinity yet fulfilling it through the desire of a male partner.  DONT MAKE THIS WEIRD penned “men” while Oscar Moos produced it.

Despite its brevity, “men” is deep.  There is no lack of depth or opportunity to reflect. “Is it irony? / To worship gods I don’t believe,” DONT MAKE THIS WEIRD sings, likening men to gods while also speaking to the slippery slope of religion and, likely, men themselves.  Still, like many men who desire and sleep with men, it’s a special experience: “To feel free when he’s on top of me / Leaving church with bruised knees.” Why are they leaving the church with bruised knees? It could be because of various reasons – use your imagination in some cases. DONT MAKE THIS WEIRD still has questions about who they are (“How’d I become a thing / Don’t understand”) but acknowledges, “I’m a man, I’m a man.” Interestingly, DONT MAKE THIS WEIRD mentions the lack of a dad, hence daddy issues, which contributes to all the things swirling around their mind on “men”. This song is a jam-packed, ‘can’t miss’  one-minute-and-change.

DONT MAKE THIS WEIRD // “men” // DONT MAKE THIS WEIRD // 2024

DONT MAKE THIS WEIRD, men: Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 No. 81 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; DONT MAKE THIS WEIRD; Elias Souza, Los Muertos Crew from Pexels; CatsWithGlasses, David, Maicon Fonseca Zanco, Square Frog, Sudo from Pixabay]