Mad Tsai, Boy Bi | LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶

In the 16^th edition of LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶 (2023), we highlight the song, “Boy Bi” performed by Mad Tsai.

Be prepared to #SLAY! LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶 embraces, highlights, and celebrates singles and tracks by LGBTQIA musicians or allies.  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.  Furthermore, when the music dictates deeper, more transcendent discussion, we ensure the point is articulated to the fullest.  All styles of music are welcome while the BOPZ can be classics or brand-spanking new. So, without further ado, in the 16^th edition of LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶 (2023), we highlight 🎵 “Boy Bi” performed by 🎙 Mad Tsai.

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“So, do you like girls or do you like boys?” Believe it or not, not everybody in the world is straight – mind blowing 🤯 isn’t it? Perhaps if you are hypermasculine, or obviously, date plenty of girls, you can eschew questions regarding sexuality (“I’m too gay for girls, too straight for drag queens”). Speaking from experience, if you don’t fit the mold, people want to know. Anyways, 🎙 Mad Tsai addresses his sexuality on the cleverly titled, 🎵 “Boy Bi”, which was released as a single in 2020.  Ultimately, it appears on Tsai’s 2022 EP, 💿 homecoming!.  Following the intro where he is asked about sexual preference, Tsai proceeds to open up about his identity.

“When my friends ask me ‘bout my sexuality / I choke up and joke that the answers not easy,” he asserts in the first verse, adding, “Like I’m watching a Disney movie and the couple gets it on / but who should I look at, is it Shang or Mulan.” Clearly, Tsai acknowledges being a boy that is bi, hence the title.  In the chorus, he playfully confirms, “Like boy bi / Girl, hi / New guy / I’m bi? / I cray every time / I try to decide.” Give Mad Tsai credit for his transparency regarding bisexuality.  The second verse find him being even more vulnerable, asserting, that “I’m bi just without the sexual / I’m too scared to date so I’ve just been by myself.” Aww 😢. Identity issues run deeper than just bare bones sexual identity as one can feel like they don’t even fit within the group they’re supposed to.  Tsai says it best when he states that “Love can be so hard / For someone who doesn’t know what they want.” Although it is a short record, 🎵 “Boy Bi” is a fun, sweet, and thoughtful pop single.  Mad Tsai sings well and comes off incredibly authentic.

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🎙 Mad Tsai • 💿 homecoming! (EP) • 🏷 Mad Tsai • 📅 2022

Mad Tsai, “Boy Bi”: LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶 No. 16 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Mad Tsai; Anna Shvets, Monstera, Polina Tankilevitch, RODNAE Productions, Spencer Cooper, Uriel Mont via Pexels; Jim, Kurious via Pixabay; Hugo Herrera on Unsplash]