When it comes to love, black queer singer/songwriter Be Steadwell seems to like to do things in a slightly different order. Her first album was called Breakup Songs, which she has chosen to full up with her first full studio album called “Queer Love Songs”.
We are not sure why she chose to release them in that order but she said she wrote the new album because “I believe that everybody deserves a cheesy love song.” She is sure right about that but actually, the tracks are not like that at all and are quite beautiful.
“Sometimes”, the first single that was released on May 3rd is a sweet and earnest love song reflects on an experience loving a gender non-binary partner. In “The Door”, a collaboration with folk icon Toshi Reagon, Be laments the end of a relationship. In “Gay Sex”, Steadwell presents a satirical response to a noxious political environment suggesting we all go home to have gay sex, dedicating it to fascists and homophobes everywhere. In “Netflix”, she considers the complications of love in the information age. Be Steadwell speaks to a deeply troubling and relatable truth in her lyric: “Sex is elusive on a good night. Netflix is fucking up my sex life.”
You can Download /Stream Queer Love Songs here, and you can fund out where is playing at https://www.besteadwell.com
Labels: 2018, culture, love songs, music
