2.1.19 Adam News and Info
Feb 2, 2019 3:59:05 GMT -5
Post by nonotme on Feb 2, 2019 3:59:05 GMT -5
Here's an article from 2017 about another out gay singer, Lyon Hart. He is one of the young, out from the start artists.
Some of Lurleene's comments reminded me of this article, and this passage in particular:
Needless to say, Hart’s space within the queer music scene will continue to grow, but he admits audiences respond differently to those acts. Whereas many rally behind heterosexual artists who show support for the LGBT community, even high-profile artists within the community — such as Adam Lambert, for example — have a tougher road.
“It’s an interesting phenomenon people have — especially gay people — of being followers of or really big fans of queer artists out there,” he stated. “I don’t know if it’s internalized homophobia or the way we’re fed pop artists in our culture, but there’s a bit of a block out there for queer artists.”
That will change over time, he hopes, as the number of out artists grows. The days of artists revealing their sexuality after achieving success are begining to wane, he suggests. “The big coming out stories, like the Sam Smiths of the world, are going to happen less and less,” he asserted.
Hart looks to musicians like EDM’s Troye Sivan and Olly Alexander of the band Years & Years as examples of “great queer artists out there making amazing pop music.” He is anxious to see if the “new, more accepting society we’ve cultivated” will propel “queer artists [to] the same level of fame.”
“I think people like Troye Sivan are kind of paving the way,” Hart concluded. “[He’s] someone so young and celebrating their queerness in a really big way. I think it’s going to change things.”
“It’s an interesting phenomenon people have — especially gay people — of being followers of or really big fans of queer artists out there,” he stated. “I don’t know if it’s internalized homophobia or the way we’re fed pop artists in our culture, but there’s a bit of a block out there for queer artists.”
That will change over time, he hopes, as the number of out artists grows. The days of artists revealing their sexuality after achieving success are begining to wane, he suggests. “The big coming out stories, like the Sam Smiths of the world, are going to happen less and less,” he asserted.
Hart looks to musicians like EDM’s Troye Sivan and Olly Alexander of the band Years & Years as examples of “great queer artists out there making amazing pop music.” He is anxious to see if the “new, more accepting society we’ve cultivated” will propel “queer artists [to] the same level of fame.”
“I think people like Troye Sivan are kind of paving the way,” Hart concluded. “[He’s] someone so young and celebrating their queerness in a really big way. I think it’s going to change things.”
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