Nxdia, Boy Clothes | Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈

In the 29th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2025), we highlight the song, “Boy Clothes” performed by Egyptian Sudanese alternative musician, Nxdia. 

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 29^th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2025), we highlight “Boy Clothes” performed by Nxdia.

“Help me out / I’m just tryna get directions to your boyfriend’s house.” Whoa, whoa, whoa! Why, Nxdia (Nadia Ahmed)?  According to the Egyptian Sudanese alt-pop musician, “There’s something that we haven’t really talked about / I wonder what he’s thinkin’ when we mess around / When we’re hanging out.” Sounds messy! What is not messy regarding song quality is “Boy Clothes” written by Nxdia, Orlando Giannini, and producer, Danny Casio. This two-and-a-quarter-minute-long song is engaging from the get-go.

I love the gradually accelerating bass line accelerates at the beginning.  Nxdia offers playful vocals.  Initially, the vocals are ‘talked’ with a smoky timbre.  However, Nxdia’s vocals grow more dynamic and distorted during the pre-chorus. While the scandalous excerpted lyrics are interesting, more interesting is how Nxdia navigates gender dysphoria.  That is what makes “Boy Clothes” the bop that it is.  In the pre-chorus, the nonbinary musician (any pronouns) expresses her desires for the things he enjoys and uses: “…I want all the other boys that call me by my name / I use his V05, I wear his aftershave / I feel fantastic, and I don’t behave.” Why can’t girls use V05, aftershave, and not behave? In the second verse, exploring gender, Nxdia asserts, “Threw my dresses on the street / Used to smell sweet / Now they smell like gasoline.” “Boy Clothes” may be brief but it is quite thought-provoking.  Anyone exploring gender identity or defying gender stereotypes can take a page out of Nxdia’s book. Notably, Nxdia had top surgery.

Nxdia // “Boy Clothes” // Bxdger // 2025

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