Klovis Gaynor, SNIFFIES IN THE SUMMER | Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈

In the 80th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2024), we highlight the song, “SNIFFIES IN THE SUMMER” performed by Klovis Gaynor.

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 80^th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2024), we highlight “SNIFFIES IN THE SUMMER” performed by Klovis Gaynor.

“Hot sun, hot guys / On the map, online.”  Sex positivity is all the rage, particularly in the queer community. Bold singer/songwriter Klovis Gaynor ‘keeps it a buck’ about his love for Sniffies on his ‘summer’ song (also good in every other season 😉), “SNIFFIES IN THE SUMMER”. Sniffies is described as a map-based cruising app for the curious. Gaynor says it best himself: “Something special about Sniffies in the summer / Something special about all of my anonymous lovers.” Anonymity is a key component; the app is known for shirtless torsos, NSFW pics, and faceless pics. Gaynor’s sub-two-minute number sufficiently sums up app experiences… or so I’m told 😈.

“Something special about our collective care…and pleasure,” Gaynor sings of the Sniffies experience. While curious is used in the app description, it’s no secret that this app is geared toward gay, bisexual, and ‘bi-curious’ men. Klovis paints these sexual encounters as being therapeutic. He adds, “Something special about Sniffies in the summer / Something special about a map of local dick and hole pics.”  He’s brutally honest, isn’t he? Ah, the openness of sex positivity.  Besides the bold, colorful lyrics, the musical accompaniment is also colorful – picturesque.  The backdrop features dizzying synths and hard-hitting drums (programming).  Vocally, Klovis is passionate, showing his most passionate side at the end.  That Sniffies experience ‘hits something different!’.  “SNIFFIES IN THE SUMMER” – what a trip! Better yet, what a cruise 😈! 

Klovis Gaynor // “SNIFFIES IN THE SUMMER” // xpop // 2024

Klovis Gaynor, SNIFFIES IN THE SUMMER: Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 No. 80 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; xpop; Elias Souza, Los Muertos Crew from Pexels; CatsWithGlasses, David, Maicon Fonseca Zanco, Square Frog, Sudo from Pixabay]