The LGBTQ Musicians You Need to Be Listening to Right Now
"My music is queer because I'm queer.
But queer artist is not a category.
You can't make a playlist for queer artists because they're not all the same." That's what King Princess had to say to The New York Times back in March 2020 on the topic of queer music.
And, to a degree, she's right. It's impossible to classify music strictly as "queer" because what does that even sound like? It's certainly not a genre with identifiable sonic characteristics like R&b or zydeco.
And yet, in recent years, there's been an explosion of openly queer musicians.
These rock (or pop or country or...) stars are living loud and proud lives across the LGBTQ spectrum while...