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Pop emergency: Little Mix icon Jade finally announces debut single

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Jade Thirlwall has announced the release of her long-awaited debut single, ‘Angel of My Dreams’. The singer, who memorably rose to superstardom as a member of Little Mix, one of the best-selling girl groups in history, will officially launch the track on Friday 19 July. Written in LA alongside Steph Jones (Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Espresso’), Pablo Bowman (Little Mix’s ‘Only You’) and Mike Sabath (Raye’s ‘Escapism’), ‘Angel of My Dreams’ is described as a “frenetically shapeshifting, gloriously OTT banger that explores her love/hate relationship” of the pop music industry. In a…

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Omar Apollo wants twinks to know his new album is not “loose booty hole or popper music”

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Omar Apollo has – extremely important news incoming – addressed his twink critics. On 28 June, the American singer-songwriter released his second studio album, God Said No, fronted by the acclaimed singles ‘Spite‘, ‘Dispose of Me‘ and ‘Less of You‘. Ahead of its release, Apollo told his fans via Twitter/X that he’s seen “a few twinks complaining” that the album doesn’t consist of “loose booty hole music or popper music”. While he acknowledged that there’s “SOME feel good tracks” – particularly the third uptempo single ‘Less of You’ – he said…

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Articles Culture Music News One Of Your Girls Ross Lynch Something to Give Each Other Troye Sivan Videos

“So hot”: Troye Sivan and Ross Lynch reenact One of Your Girls video on stage

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Troye Sivan and Ross Lynch brought their racy chemistry from the ‘One of Your Girls’ music video to the stage. The latter American actor memorably appeared shirtless in the synthpop anthem’s iconic visual, where he received a lap dance from a drag queen version of the Australian singer. At Wembley Arena in London on Thursday (27 June), the second-to-last date for Troye’s Something to Give Each Other Tour, Ross shocked the audience by joining him on-stage for a performance of the song. The duo re-enacted the video, with Ross sitting on…

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Articles Culture LGBTQ+ Theatre Mean Girls Mean Girls musical Music News Originals Theatre Tina Fey West End

Mean Girls musical is just as camp and queer as you’d expect – review

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We’re sure Mean Girls requires very little in the way of introduction, but for those who have somehow managed to miss this cultural phenomenon, it’s a film written by Tina Fey dating back to 2004 (yes, it really is celebrating its 20th birthday this year). It tells the story of Cady, who had previously been home schooled, as she attempts to integrate into her new high school. She crosses paths with the titular mean girls – known as The Plastics – and their ringleader, Regina George. We shan’t say more,…

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ABSOLUTE. on celebrating 40 years of Bronski Beat and GAY TIMES

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The London-based DJ has reworked the classic queer anthem Smalltown Boy for a new generation of club kids. Words by Lewis Corner Photography by John Sturrock There was some pretty gay stuff happening in the month of May 1984. Not only was GAY TIMES Magazine first established, but it also saw the release of one of the most iconic gay anthems of all time. You’ll be hard-pressed to find someone who isn’t immediately hypnotised by the pulsing electro-pop heartbeat of Bronski Beat’s ‘Smalltown Boy’. That riff is as exciting today…

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Articles Culture LGBTQ Music LGBTQ+ New Music Music News SOPHIE

SOPHIE’s family announces posthumous album to ‘honour her legacy’

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The family of the late trailblazing musician SOPHIE has announced a posthumous album to ‘honour her legacy’. In a statement on Monday (24 June), SOPHIE’s record labels Future Classic and Transgressive Records announced that her family “approached” them to release an album “from the material that she was so close to completing”. “Since then this self-titled and final SOPHIE album was lovingly brought into being by SOPHIE’s family,” they said. “As label partners, we’re humbled and overjoyed to share this music in celebration of SOPHIE’s life and her extraordinary impact…

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Adam Lambert’s new era is all about ‘freedom, hedonism and liberation’

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Adam Lambert is inviting listeners to ‘own their urges and fantasies’ with his hedonistic new EP, Afters.  Words by Sam Damshenas Photography by Brian Ziff “I’m having so much fun,” Adam Lambert says of his new EP, Afters, a collection of carnal, hedonistic dance anthems in which he encourages the listener to “own” their urges and fantasies. Although Adam is widely hailed as one of the most trailblazing LGBTQIA+ artists of the 21st century (he memorably became the first out singer to debut atop the Billboard 200 and became the far-right’s nemesis after…

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Articles Breakthrough with Coke Studio & GAY TIMES In Partnership With Music News

Sophie Joy’s house music is all about radical happiness

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DJ Sophie Joy’s dance floor beats are about two things: self-liberation and self-discovery. Here, the London musician talks creating transformational tracks and bringing joy to queer clubs and venues.  WORDS BY ZOYA RAZA-SHEIKH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COKE STUDIO Coke Studio and GAY TIMES are collaborating for the second year running to celebrate upcoming queer talent as part of our new music Breakthrough campaign; an ongoing campaign that gives unsigned LGBTQIA+ musicians and allies, within the UK and Ireland, the opportunity to break into the industry. We all know it’s not easy to…

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Adam Lambert Articles Culture Freddie Mercury ITV LGBTQ+ News Music News Queen

Queen’s Brian May says Freddie Mercury would not have liked queer label

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Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor have opened up about Freddie Mercury’s sexuality in a new interview. On 19 June, music enthusiasts were treated to Adam Lambert’s new documentary, Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud, which premiered on ITV. Through a series of candid interviews with MNEK, Erasure’s Andy Bell, and Skunk Anasie’s Skin, the former American Idol star dives into the decades-long fight British LGBTQIA+ artists have endured for equality in the music industry. The synopsis adds: “Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud is a powerful tribute to the…

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Articles Culture Drag Heat Interviews LGBTQ Music LGBTQ+ New Music Long Reads Music News Originals SG Lewis Tove Lo

“Celebratory and horny”: Tove Lo and SG Lewis’ new EP is for the queers

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The duo speak exclusively with GAY TIMES about their first collaborative EP HEAT, a four-track collection of “celebratory and horny” dance anthems for sweaty rainbow people. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS PHOTOGRAPHY BY NIKOLA LAMBUROV HEADER BY YOSEF PHELAN “We’re bad influences on each other,” dildo pop star Tove Lo says of her friendship and creative partnership with British musician SG Lewis. After collaborating on ‘Call On Me’ and ‘Pineapple Slice’ for the Swedish monarch’s fifth album Dirt Femme, the duo are serving some much-needed hijinks of the hedonistic and horny variety with their euphoric first…

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