Gay | 3BOPS

1. Keiynan Lonsdale, “Gay Street Fighter”

💿 Rainbow Boy • 🏷 Keiynan Lonsdale • 📅 2020 

🎵 “Gay Street Fighter” appears as the second track on 💿 Rainbow Boy, the debut album by actor and musician 🎙 Keiynan Lonsdale.  Lonsdale is best known for his acting roles on the CW TV series The Flash, and the films Insurgent and Love, Simon.  As you might expect, with a song named “Gay Street Fighter,” Lonsdale isn’t merely playing a role; he identifies himself as queer.

“Gay Street Fighter” is quite ear catching to say the least with biting brass, infectious groove, and most importantly, the unapologetically G-A-Y lyrics from Lonsdale (“I’ll preach it louder for the back / The truth is (Everybody) / Everybody’s just a little bit gay”). Indeed, on this co-write/co-production with 🎼✍ 🎛 Tyler Minford he crafts a record where he doesn’t give a fizzuck (😂) what the haters say.  The chorus makes it crystal clear that the haters can kiss his a$$.

“I’m tryna love ya but you’re makin’ this shit so hard
Stay tryna help you clean yo mess cause you done fuck it up
And even though you might not thank me for your happy life
Just know it’s gay that makes the world so goddamn bright.”

“Gay Street Fighter” is a big FU to homophobia.

2. Billie Eilish, “wish you were gay”

💿 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? • 🏷 Darkroom / Interscope • 📅 2019

“Don’t say I’m not your type / Just say that I’m not your preferred sexual orientation / I’m so selfish.” Yeah, it’s not particularly surprising that 🎵 “Wish You Were Gay” ended up being controversial, thanks to how it references homosexuality . Like the songs that precedes it on 💿 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, 🏆 Grammy winning alternative pop standout 🎙 Billie Eilish takes a low-key approach to singing, yet still manages to pack a sizable punch.

On “wish you were gay,” she opts for balladry and is ultimately successful as she portrays the relatable topic of heartbreak.  In many respects, she checks off boxes. But the big issue with the song is the perceived homophobia.  The narrative is that a guy that she liked dumps her, and she hopes it’s because of his sexual preference and not because of her.  A bit sus, right 😬?

Also Appears On 🔽:

🔗 🎧 WISH: 5ive Songs No. 76 (2020)

3. Lil Boodang, “Jesus Don’t Like That I’m Gay but Satans Cool with It”

💿 The End of Everything [Single] • 🏷 DistroKid • 📅 2019

🎵 “Jesus Don’t Like That I’m Gay but Satans Cool with It.” My, my, my, what a song title! Interestingly, 🎙 Lil Boodang never actually utters the title in the song.  That said, the title speaks for itself, so… 🎛 OOGIE BOOGIE THANG produces this intriguing, gay-referencing track.

The opener on the three-song single 💿 The End of Everything, “Jesus Don’t Like That I’m Gay but Satans Cool with It” is definitely hellish.  The intro, attributed to rapper $ C R E W, references 666, and threatens to “Call up the devil…bitch.” $ C R E W also performs the equally devilish outro.  As for the verse, Lil Boodang opens up about his emotions which are quite dark, disturbing, and morbid to say the least.

“Better off, I'm dead now, get it off my chest, now
Every step I take, another way to lay to rest, how
Bitter of me lately, I just wish he'd take me
Summer's always awful, winter is the one that breaks me.”