It is nearly impossible to enter pride month without thinking of the triple-platinum award-winning queer activist and singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge. She recently released a new music video for her latest single, titled “One Way Out,” which will appear on a new album of the same name. The rock icon performs the song accompanied by her raspy smoky vocals inside of a studio and alongside her original band in the music video – and it did NOT disappoint. The One Way Out album will be released on Sept. 17th of this year and the nine-track album consists of music written in the late 1980s and early 1990s that were never released. I. Cannot. Wait.
Although she has been in the game for just a short time, Southern California native St. Panther is proving she can write and produce with smooth and poetic potency. The message that she conveys in her song “Real Love Takes Time” could not be more fitting for Pride month – a place of love takes time to build in not only yourself but all around you. Love is love.
Throughout his career, Troye Sivan has made a habit out of creating heartfelt songs about LGBTQ relationships. One of the best (and perhaps most underrated) examples of this is “Lucky Strike,” a synth-infused pop single that shows the singer listing off all of the various ways that his lover makes him feel special. In the music video, Sivan is seen sitting on the sand, surrounded by colorful beachgoers. He shares lingering glances with the man working at the oceanside bar before scenes of them alone together playing in the ocean soon follow before the video returns to the present moment where Sivan’s crush heightens. Check out the video to see how his love escapade ends.
Last but CERTAINLY not least – Todrick Hall is celebrating PRIDE with the release of his new album, Femuline. The album’s lead single, “Boys In The Ocean” is a super funk jam that rides along a catchy bassline and guitar licks, perfectly primed for hot boy (vaxxed and waxed) summer escapism. Ain’t nobody does PRIDE better than Mizz Todrick!
Queerguru Music Editor ALLISON ANANIS is a graduate of Bowdoin College and also holds a Master of Public Administration from Suffolk University. Currently, she works in Health and Human Services in Boston where she also resides with her wife Meg. Weekends are spent in Provincetown where the incessant playing of her eclectic choice of music very loudly brought her to the attention of Queerguru’s Editor
Labels: 2021, Allison Ananis, Melissa Etheridge, music, Pride 2021, St Panther, Todrick Hall, Troye Sivan
