Jeffrey Chan, Rebound Boy | Beaming with Pride

In the 53^rd edition of Beaming with Pride (2026), we highlight “Rebound Boy” performed by LA-based, Sydney-raised gay pop artist Jeffrey Chan. 

Are you ready to beam with P-R-I-D-E? Beaming with Pride highlights songs by LGBTQ musicians and allies, offering background, analysis, and discussion of the decadent bops served up. All genres are welcome, and both classics and new songs are recognized. So, without further ado, in the 53^rd  edition of Beaming with Pride (2026), we highlight “Rebound Boy” performed by Jeffrey Chan.

Uh-oh! It’s giving a red flag 🚩! Please, continue. “Now what the hell I’d do was it me or was it you?” Those matters of the heart are always so pesky, aren’t they?! Even so, Los Angeles-based, Sydney-raised gay pop artist Jeffrey Chan brings the heat on “Rebound Boy”. “Rebound Boy” is the eighth track on Chan’s 2026 album, Boys Like Us: The Afters. Chan and Jonah Bru wrote and produced it.

It’s easy to sink one’s teeth into “Rebound Boy.” How so? It begins with the danceable, exuberant production. The synths are vibrant, while the beat is punchy – a catalyst for hitting the dance floor. Even with colorful keys and a mean groove fueling the fire, the star of the show is Jeffrey Chan, period. Like the groove, his rich baritone packs a mean punch 🤛.  Unfortunately, Chan’s getting the short end of the stick from this boy! Jeffrey is into him, but the man DOES NOT reciprocate! Ugh! “And I can’t play pretend that we’re not more than friends,” he asserts in the pre-chorus.  Of course, the centerpiece, the chorus, lays it out there loud and clear:  “I’m just your rebound boy.” Yep, appears that way, Jeffrey! His loss, though! As the song progresses, there’s more evidence of this lack of care, where “A passing moment and no thought left in your head / You might as well be dead, you’re just leaving me on read.” Relatable to the nth degree. If you haven’t been on a dating app and been left on read and ghosted, you must be extremely fine shyt.  Thankfully, our handsome and talented Aussie won’t play the fool: “I won’t chase you again, cause I know how this ends.” Although it’s a shitty situation, one experienced far too often 😏, “Rebound Boy” is an enjoyable, well-rounded gay pop joint.

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Jeffrey Chan, Rebound Boy: Beaming with Pride No. 53 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Jeffrey Chan; Cristyan Bohn, Ketut Subiyanto, Luis Morales Torres, SHVETS production, Uriel Mont from Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson, Wolfgang Eckert from Pixabay]

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