In the 33rd edition of LGBTQ Bopz ๐๐ถ (2023), we highlight the song, โFirst Time He Kissed a Boyโ performed by Kadie Elder.ย
Be prepared to #SLAY! LGBTQ Bopz ๐๐ถ embraces, highlights, and celebrates singles and tracks by LGBTQIA musicians or allies.ย 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.ย Furthermore, when the music dictates deeper, more transcendent discussion, we ensure the point is articulated to the fullest.ย All styles of music are welcome while the BOPZ can be classics or brand-spanking new. So, without further ado, in the 33rd edition of LGBTQ Bopz ๐๐ถ (2023), we highlight ๐ต โFirst Time He Kissed a Boyโ performed by ๐ Kadie Elder.
โFirst time he kissed a boy / He had never, never known / โCover upโ is what they told / Feel so cold.โ Sigh, homophobia is rampant โ far too prevalent. ย While boys kissing boys has become more accepted since ๐ Kadie Elder released their single, ๐ต โFirst Time He Kissed a Boyโ on October 11, 2014, itโs still not smooth sailing for gays and other members of the LGBTQ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ community. 2023 has been a tough year for the community in particular. Cover up should NOT be the answer, yet thatโs what heโs been directed to do by society, unfortunately.ย Back up to the first verse of this slickly produced, fabulously performed record, and the protagonist tries to use music as an escape: โTroubled face / Headphones on / Forgetting time and place / All he wanted.โ Of course, you can only escape so much before it all catches up and comes to a head, sigh.
Ultimately ๐ Anders Rask (singer and songwriter) and ๐ Morten Kรฆrup Hjort (guitarist, songwriter, and producer) would release โFirst Time He Kissed a Boyโ as the fifth and final track on their 2016 EP, ๐ฟ BOY. Unsurprisingly, this LGBTQ bop is the duoโs most popular song. Rask and Hjort wrote the song, while Hjort produces alongside ๐ ย Sรธren Vestergaard.ย The second verse is both poetic and sad: โKeeping back / The ghost inside / Locked him in a pack / All his life / All his life.โ ย The homophobia hits different this round โ internalized.ย Shame is far too prevalent in the LGBTQ community, and the second verse captures unhealthy supersession.ย The good news is, watching the awesome music Video ๐ถ๐ผ , the two boys ultimately take a leap of faith and share a kiss ๐ฅฐ, and the song itself also moves past detrimental homophobia with the lyrics, โGet lost, get lost, get lost, get lost.โ
๐ต โFirst Time He Kissed a Boyโ is nearly a decade old. Even so, this ๐ Kadie Elder still hits home, and maybe youโd never heard it until nearly a decade later. Those who are not members of the LGBTQ+ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ community, please, please treat members of the community with respect, the same way youโd want to be treated. Donโt degrade them because you donโt agree with or understand their sexuality or how they differ from you. It takes so little to treat each and everybody with respect. ย Even better, become an ally! And, to all members of the community, I wish you a life where you can live authentically, happy, and true to self without fear.ย What better song to celebrate National Coming Out Day.ย Remember, love is love.
๐ Kadie Elder โข ๐ฟ BOY โข ๐ท Nordic Music Society โข ๐ 2016
Kadie Elder, First Time He Kissed a Boy: LGBTQ Bopz ๐๐ถ No. 33 (2023) [๐ท: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Nordic Music Society; CatsWithGlasses, John Collins, TheQueerAI from Pixabay]
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