On the 7th edition of LGBTQ Bopz ๐๐ถ (2022), we highlight the song, โMuscleโ performed by Years & Years. ย
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ring on the B-O-P-Z, like #SLAYYY! LGBTQ Bopz ๐๐ถ is a column t that embraces, highlights, and celebrates singles and tracks by LGBTQIA musicians.ย On LGBTQ Bopz ๐๐ถwe provide background info and insight into the respective musician(s), as well as analyze + go gaga over the bops being served up.ย Furthermore, when the music dictates deeper, more transcendent discussion, we ensure the point is articulated to the fullest.ย All styles of music are welcome and the BOPZ can be classics or brand-spanking new. So, without further ado, on the 7th edition of LGBTQ Bopz ๐๐ถ (2022), we highlight ๐ต โMuscleโ performed by ๐ Years & Years.Theme & Lyrics โย
โAll the lights are focused on you / I can hear applause as your body talks.โ Ooh-la-la! Please continue, ๐ Years & Years aka ๐ Olly Alexander! โRumor has it youโre on the loose / What do you adore? / Shall we both explore this fantasy?โ On the LGBTQ Bop ๐๐ถ that is ๐ต โMuscleโ, sex is clearly on Alexanderโs mind: โDonโt leave me now, stay at the party / I donโt wanna leave without your body.โ Ooh-wee!ย โMuscleโ doesnโt appear on the standard edition of ๐ฟ Night Call, but graces both ๐ฟ Night Call (Deluxe Edition) and the super special edition, ๐ฟ Night Call (New Yearโs Edition).ย Notably, Alexander wrote โMuscleโ with ๐ผโ Stephen Wrabel (also openly gay) and ๐ผโ Joel Little.
On the chorus, Alexander seems to play around with the notion of muscles.ย Obviously, thereโs a male objectification piece, in addition to strength, and perhaps, a different muscle.
โSay youโre gonna pick me up
Never gonna put me down
Are you getting me into trouble?
Look at all that, that muscle
Oh, I wanna take a bite
And I wanna take it now
‘Cause I wanna get into trouble
Look at all that, that, all that muscle.โ
Clearly, Olly is enticed by this muscled-up hunk โ who wouldnโt be? When providing commentary about the song, Alexander notes gay gym culture and George Michaelโs expression of sexual desire as inspiration.ย He also mentions wanting โto reference house music but have my fun gay spin on it.โ
Final Thoughts ๐ญ
Listening to โMuscle,โ a bonus cut from Night Call, Years & Years successfully achieves the intended effect. As always, Olly Alexander sings superbly, and gets a big-time lift from the sleek production work of ๐ Joel Little.ย The only thing that would make โMuscleโ better would be a killer music video, filled with buff, muscled dudes, of course ๐ช ๐ ๐!
๐ Years & Years โข ๐ฟ Night Call โข ๐ท Polydor โข ๐ 2022
Years & Years, โMuscleโ: LGBTQ Bopz ๐๐ถ No. 7 (2022) [๐ท: Anna Shvets, Brent Faulkner, Kurious, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, Polydor]
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