Tawnted, Unwell | LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶

In the 15^th edition of LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶 (2023), we highlight the song, “Unwell” performed by Tawnted.

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 15^th edition of LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶 (2023), we highlight 🎵 “Unwell” performed by 🎙 Tawnted.

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“I’m a little unwell if you really couldn’t tell,” 🎙 Tawnted (Jonathan Armswood) asserts in the chorus of his 2023 single, 🎵 “Unwell”. Well, considering we don’t know the New Jersey independent artist personally, it would be hard to judge his health, mentally or physically.  But, to give us insight, he delivers the totally, unwell chorus at the top of the song. Clearly, mentally, Tawnted is not in a good place, blaming his pride for not asking for help, and characterizing the arduousness of life.

With the chorus behind the gay musician, we get to the source of Tawnted’s malaise in the first verse – a boy.  Sigh, it’s always a boy, isn’t it!  “He’s playing Jenga with my heart / Just one more piece, I’ll fall apart,” he asserts, continuing, “I have been convinced I am just a game / But why can I not hit restart.”  This bad romance has totally thrown Tawnted off.  In the second verse, he has digital friends as opposed to physical friends, which is another sign of his altered state of mind.  “Broken, I am the pinnacle, no wonder I am cynical / I bend ‘till I break.” Da-yum, Tawnted! Unfortunately, this chill but emotional indie pop cut doesn’t offer much resolution for Tawnted, who, in real life, had to make bold changes: leaving his religious practice, coming out, and pursuing music, which he was previously forbade to do, there is a glimpse of hope: “One day, one day, one day / Maybe I might be okay.” Until then, he’s “a little unwell, oh well.”

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🎙 Tawnted • 🎵 “Unwell” • 🏷 Tawnted • 🗓 2023

Tawnted, “Unwell”: LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶 No. 15 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Tawnted; Anna Shvets, Monstera, Polina Tankilevitch, RODNAE Productions, Spencer Cooper, Uriel Mont via Pexels; Jim, Kurious via Pixabay; Hugo Herrera on Unsplash]