The Pussyboys, dumb boy energy | Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈

In the 41^st edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2024), we highlight the song, “dumb boy energy” performed by The Pussyboys.

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 41^st edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2024), we highlight “dumb boy energy” performed by The Pussyboys.

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♬ dumb boy energy – The Pussyboys

“Another day in the city / Can’t wait to know what’s about to come my way / My life’s been good to me.” Optimism is infectious,  The Pussyboys! And yes, you read the L.A. band’s colorful, eyebrow-raising, unique name correctly! One of the reasons The Pussyboys are unique is because all three members are trans guys 🏳️‍⚧️. You don’t see or hear that every day! Ezra Michel is the lead singer and guitarist. Wes Spaulding plays bass and provides background vocals. Shawn Corchado handles the groove – the drums, baby! These fresh-faced, handsome boys shine in their fierce, fun, debut pop-punk single, “dumb boy energy” released in June 2024. We all love dumb boys, right? Or, at least we all love to hate on dumb boys!

“Dumb boy energy” exemplifies the Californian sound. No, that doesn’t mean our talented boys are being unoriginal because they’re not! They’re fierce AF! The song has that pop-punk aesthetic associated with the scene and state.  The music has a vibe from the get-go: rhythm guitar, robust bass line, and a solid, pop-rocking groove laid down by the drums.  “Dumb boy energy” is reminiscent of the past, which is refreshing.  It’s also refreshing because of the songwriting, where Ezra, Wes, and Shawn are embracing being transmasculine as dumb boys! The bridge plays up straight boy clichés: “I got charm, I stay fit / I hold your purse while we’re shopping and shit (oh my God) / I’m so fine, I got time / I got one life to live and it’s all mine.” Woo! A tuneful, sing-along chorus is one of the song’s best features:

“I’m just living in my dumb boy fantasy

Got nothing in my brain

But I just stay smiling

Cuz I know you’ll always be

Talking down to me

I’ll get by

On my dumb boy energy.”

“Dumb boy energy” is a blast. Not only is the song a banger but the music video is sweet as well. Also, how cool is it to see a band of three trans guys living their best lives? Fun to watch and listen to, I can’t wait to see what The Pussyboys have up their sleeves in the future.

The Pussyboys // “dumb boy energy” // The Pussyboys // 2024

The Pussyboys, dumb boy energy: Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 No. 41 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; The Pussyboys; Elias Souza, Los Muertos Crew from Pexels; CatsWithGlasses, David, Maicon Fonseca Zanco, Square Frog, Sudo from Pixabay]