14 LGBTQ-identifying artists give us their recommendations.
Read on for their recommendations.
I think it’s so clever and honest."
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Listening to the Indigo Girls alone in my room had given me some semblance of hope.
Which doesn’t allow a ton of room for nuance or complexity.
It came out in 2017, but from the music video to the lyric/melody I absolutely loved it.
That one song sent me down a rabbit hole of her artistry."
Linda Perry: “Constant Cravings” k.d.
lang
“The opening line of k.d.
lang’s ‘Constant Cravings’ sums up the battles that gay people have inside of themselves.
Or at least that’s my interpretation.
Some people describe being in the closet as a very dark place, yet they choose to live there.
As a globetrotting crossdresser, that speaks to me.”
I love that Troye uses words likequeenwhen describing his male lover and blends femininity and masculinity so effortlessly.
‘Tell me all the ways to love you’ is also such a beautiful line."
With every release her ability to genuinely express heartache grows and grows.
The pain and beauty of her voice and writing is quite literally otherworldly.
I relate to this because this is exactly how I fall for someone that I’m really into…
I give absolutely everything ‘wide-eyed’ and hopeful… often with no return or not enough.
In the end you’re sitting there like, ‘Wow, I’m smarter than this?
I just literally let you let me down.’
I think it’s painfully accurate and beautifully written.
Though I’m obsessed with everything this queen does."
The song fit my angst.
This track off of MUNA’s latest album,Saves The World, is fing brilliant.
The whole record is phenomenal, really, but there are some gorgeous self-love anthems.
This song and ‘Pink Light’ are exquisitely written, produced, and performed.
It’s a weekly listen for me right now."
It’s a beautiful ride of emotion and touches on a raw feeling of lost but strong love.
It’s a perfect love song to me."
It’s a show we host annually in Nashville to support LGBTQ youth and families.
He immediately brought the crowd to their feet.
The second song in his set was ‘You Ae The Reason.’
But that’s exactly what I did.
This will probably be my wedding song one day hint, hint to my partner, Matthew!"
