Kehlani, “everything” | LGBTQ Bopz

In the 24^th edition of LGBTQ Bopz (2022), we highlight the song, “everything”  performed by Kehlani.

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ring on the B-O-P-Z, like #SLAYYY! LGBTQ Bopz is a column t that embraces, highlights, and celebrates singles and tracks by LGBTQIA musicians.  On LGBTQ Bopz we provide background info and insight into the respective musician(s), as well as analyze + go gaga over the 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 and the BOPZ can be classics or brand-spanking new. So, without further ado, in the 24^th edition of LGBTQ Bopz (2022), we highlight “everything”, performed by Kehlani.

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Theme & Lyrics  

“You are anything but conventional / Baby, did you know that / From the moment we fell in, I knew we could fall back / Knew I’d always crawl back, ooh.” Grammy-nominated R&B singer/songwriter Kehlani has been firmly planted in the LGBTQ+ community for a while.  Her membership is not news, and she’s incorporated queer elements into her music many times. However, the formerly bisexual artist informed us she’s a lesbian in 2021. Knowing her sexuality brings more perspective to one of the brightest spots on her under appreciated 2022 album, blue water road, “everything”.

“Everything” truly is everything, Lauryn Hill – I mean, Kehlani! Kehlani sings beautifully, expressively, and most of all, authentically.  Listening to the record, you don’t feel like she is holding back – she’s giving her true feelings and best performance.  The chorus, of course, is the centerpiece:

“’Cause, baby, it’s the everything for me

For me, yeah, for me

Baby, it’s the everything for me

For me, yeah, oh, for me

‘Cause, baby, it’s the everything, no tryin’

You be shinin’, my silver linin’

‘Cause, baby, it’s the everything for me

For me, yeah, oh, for me.”

Safe to say, Kehlani is vibing with this woman.  If you need further evidence, just check out the verses, where she compliments her.  The second verse, in particular, confirms these ‘everything’ feels.

“I match your energy, match your fly perfectly

Lips lock intensively, want you extensively

I know you was made for me, think you was made with me

Shit feel like destiny.”

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Final Thoughts  

All told, “everything” is a terrific R&B song and, a great addition to the LGBTQ+ catalog.  Essentially, from Kehlani’s perspective, everything feels right – like destiny. There’s been some ‘mess,’ but K believes that’s in the past and this thing right here, is real. One last thing: shout out Pop Wansel and Happy Perez for the chill, radiant production work, which contributes to the LGBTQ+ vibe that is EVERYTHING.

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Kehlani • blue water road • TSNMI / Atlantic • 2022

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Kehlani, “everything”: LGBTQ Bopz No. 24 (2022) [: Anna Shvets, Atlantic, Brent Faulkner, Kurious, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, TSNMI]

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