Isaac Dunbar, intimate moments | LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶

In the 12^th edition of LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶 (2023), we highlight the song, “intimate moments” performed by Isaac Dunbar.  

Be prepared to #SLAY! LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶 embraces, highlights, and celebrates singles and tracks by LGBTQIA musicians or allies.  In this column, we provide background and insight into the respective musician(s), as well as analyze + go gaga over the decadent bops being served up.  Furthermore, when the music dictates deeper, more transcendent discussion, we ensure the point is articulated to the fullest.  All styles of music are welcome while the BOPZ can be classics or brand-spanking new. So, without further ado, in the 12^th edition of LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶 (2023), we highlight 🎵 “intimate moments” performed by 🎙 Isaac Dunbar.

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“I’m scared to love and bare the rest.” That is an honest and authentic lyric from alternative pop wunderkind, 🎙 Isaac Dunbar.  It’s also incredibly relatable.  The contents of those lyrics seem representative of 🎵 “intimate moments”.  Dig deeper into this highlight from Dunbar’s 2021 album (EP), 💿 evil twin, and he reveals his fears:  “And I might cry but I’ll never show it / Can’t let you down, can’t let you down / I have a fear of intimate moments / If you’re around, why am I down?” So, he has a partner, at least in the context of the song, but he also has anxiety? Yes, that is the situation and honestly, no, it is not far-fetched or unusual.  It speaks to how complicated relationships are and how tough it is to for some people to be vulnerable – be an open book.

With a stellar theme and thoughtful and emotional songwriting, there is no shortage of positive attributes that make “intimate moments” a winner.  The production (🎛 Joel Little) , sound, and aesthetic are terrific.  Dunbar, of course, is incredibly gifted, shining with  a calm, cool, collected brand of vocals in the verses. Generally, in the verses, he sings in his lower register, in more of an undertone, which is win.  Even so, he impresses with a tuneful melody, particularly in the chorus.  Speaking of the chorus, Dunbar rises to the occasion vocally sans over singing.  The bridge marks a welcome contrast, though doesn’t depart too far from what Dunbar established through most of 🎵 “intimate moments”. All told, it is a terrific song.

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🎙 Isaac Dunbar • 💿 evil twin • 🏷 RCA • 🗓 2021

Isaac Dunbar, “intimate moments”: LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶 No. 12 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; RCA; Anna Shvets, Monstera, Polina Tankilevitch, RODNAE Productions, Spencer Cooper, Uriel Mont via Pexels; Jim, Kurious via Pixabay; Hugo Herrera on Unsplash]