Landan Ash, Love In Your 20s | Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈

In the 64th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2024), we highlight the song, “Love In Your 20s” performed by Landan Ash.

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 64^th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2024), we highlight “Love In Your 20s” performed by Landan Ash.

“Chase had too many ways to grow / And Nick couldn’t keep it in his pants.” Oh, snap! “Oh my god / Dating’s hard.” Word! When describing his 2024 song, “Love In Your 20s”, the handsome 😍 and talented Landan Ash (Landan Ash Boyde) asserts, ‘wrote a song about dating in your 20s.’ That’s profound, isn’t it? The honest, beautifully sung pop song was penned by Ash and producer Wesley Henry. The backdrop is celestial (groove, rhythm guitar, bass, etc.) despite the hellish dating experiences Landan shares with us.  Throw in the wrinkle that these experiences are queer – ex-boyfriends – and the song ‘slaps’ a little bit harder.

“Oh my god

Is this where it really starts?

Oh my god

All the ways I’m torn apart from dating

And I take it

And I hate it

What a shame to want love in your twenties.”

Early in “Love In Your 20s,” Landan shares Chase and Nick’s deal-breaking flaws – immature and a man hoe.  Shameful! But, another ex-boyfriend confirms how difficult it is to date in your 20s: “Mitch said everything was just fine / Two weeks went on he’s with a new guy.” Sad, but oh so true. In the second verse, he makes general comments about the gay dating pool: “Grown-ass men will act just like boys / You get what you get, and you make no noise / My god / Dating sucks.” Wait until you’re in your 30s, Landan 😳 😬 😮‍💨! Despite his pain from love as a twentysomething, Ash sounds angelic as he sings.  He never forces things, singing with ease.  The melodies are tuneful, and the accompaniment sublime.  Does he find any solutions regarding the difficulty of dating guys in your 20s? No, unfortunately – it’s a universal problem, unfortunately.  But, musically, “Love In Your 20s” is a necessary addition to the bops playlist. We wish no boy pain on Landan, but, his boy pain is our listening pleasure in this case.

Landan Ash // “Love In Your 20s” // Landan Ash // 2024

Landan Ash, Love In Your 20s: Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 No. 64 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Landan Ash; Elias Souza, Los Muertos Crew from Pexels; CatsWithGlasses, David, Maicon Fonseca Zanco, Square Frog, Sudo from Pixabay]