Grant & Ash, Heterosexuality | Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈

In the 75th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2024), we highlight the song, “Heterosexuality” performed by Grant & Ash.

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 75^th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2024), we highlight “Heterosexuality” performed by Grant & Ash.

“Heterosexuality / A man and a woman in the land of the free.” Ah, the twink and the redhead have returned with another B-O-P! In case you missed out, Grant Gibbs is the twink, while Ashley Gill is the redhead in the dynamic duo, Grant & Ash. This time, the duo sings about “Heterosexuality”.  Gill is straight, of course, however, Gibbs, the self-described twink, is G-A-Y (“The man at the register asked me, how’s your day? / I said pretty good, but I’m feeling kinda gay!”)… or was: “She put the fear of God in me / When I first saw her / I prayed it all away and so now I’m not gay.” Interesting change of events. As an admitted skeptic, this dear twink has become straight, Ashley asserts their love is legit: “… The way he makes me feel / It’s an earthquake.” That’s only a portion of the jam-packed “Heterosexuality” penned by Gibbs, Gill, Nick Laughlin, and producer, Drew Louis.  The musical accompaniment is sleek, embracing the country wave of 2024.

“Heterosexuality / Got my beer and my truck, and my girl’s with me.” Grant, what’s happened, my guy? As for Gibbs, she “Stand(s) by my man it’s the American dream.” Gays, no worries! “Heterosexuality” still has its queer moments.  Ashley may paint Grant as straight, spending time “with his boys,” but lyrics like “Bros before hoes” and “They’re bending over backwards I’m so glad they came” suggest otherwise.  Also, what about the “But baby once we’re married I’m / Taking that pipe,” to which Grant answers, “Whoa, easy girl.” Wow, wow, wow!

But, Grant & Ash keep it ‘Biblical’ in the bridge:

“God put us here on this earth together

Temptation, don’t bite the apple

Might’ve just screwed the snake in the tree

It’s Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve, yeah.”

Well… elements of those lyrics are Biblical, sans the screwing the snake and Adam and Steve.  Notably,  Leviticus 18:22 is often used in the ‘NOT Adam and Steve’ argument (You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination).  So, what does one make of Grant & Ash’s “Heterosexuality”? Comedy. Satire.  To be taken with a grain of salt. Also, for those who feared the adorable Grant had indeed become straight, the entertaining music video confirms he’s still 🌈. This brief, heterosexual country song is a blast and an overabundance of twang and high-flying vocal harmonies.

Grant & Ash // Heterosexuality // ATAARH // 2024

Grant & Ash, Heterosexuality: Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 No. 75 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; ATAARH; Elias Souza, Los Muertos Crew from Pexels; CatsWithGlasses, David, Maicon Fonseca Zanco, Square Frog, Sudo from Pixabay]