Kevin Atwater, why did you invite me to your wedding | Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈

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In the 51^st edition of Beaming with Pride ️‍ (2024), we highlight the song, “why did you invite me to your wedding” performed by Kevin Atwater.

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 51^st edition of Beaming with Pride ️‍ (2024), we highlight “why did you invite me to your wedding” performed by Kevin Atwater.

“I got your message last night around 1:00 / You’re getting married, and you want me to come.” He’s texting you at 1:00 am, Kevin Atwater? Hmm. Please, continue. “You miss me a lot and the wedding’s next month / I think you were drunk, you spelled ‘wedding’ wrong / I used to break wishbones and pray that you liked me.” While misspelling wedding is questionable (it’s not a difficult word ), The more telling lyric is the latter. In “why did you invite me to your wedding”, there is a bond between Kevin (or his character) and this man who is now getting married. The bond seemed to transcend friendship, at least from Kevin’s perspective. Still, a 1:00 am text from a soon-to-be groom whom we presume is marrying a woman (he paints his crush as a jock)? Sounds gay, or at least, there was something there…

The point is that this reconnection has Kevin in his feelings. He penned a relatable song that captures the plight of gay romance. Did he crush on a ‘straight’ guy, hoping there was a chance? That is the question. Atwater has feelings for someone who may or may not reciprocate those feelings in the way he’d hoped – boyfriend and boyfriend. The second verse recalls an incident that speaks to the fact that maybe, the groom-to-be wasn’t so straight…???

“…Caught in the moment

I kissed you and then you got quiet

You could’ve hurt me, it would’ve been easy

… But you took my hand and asked me to dance

To nothing and never brought it up again.”

His friend is one of the nice boys – marriage material. He also could be… you know… In the final chorus, things are confused. Kevin has questions, notes how things have changed, and knows he’d mess things up for his friend/crush and his bride-to-be. As much as “I wanna call you with a hand in my pants,” rightfully, Atwater closes the chapter without closing it: “I’ll never know why / Cause I’ll never reply / So you can just stay nice / In the back of my mind.” Kevin Atwater drops an honest, thought-provoking gem with “why did you invite me to your wedding”. This a song that many, regardless of sexuality, can and will relate to. Atwater sounds radiant, backed by warm, dreamy-sounding production (Hazey Eyes).