These 3 Gay Artists Just Dropped New Albums & We’re Obsessed

Three incredible albums dropped today!

It's a great day when just one of our favorite musicians drop an album. Today, we got new full-length LPs from three of them so obviously, we're over the moon.

Syd, Omar Apollo, and Orville Peck all dropped brand new projects. As all three of the musicians are gay, LGBTQ+ fans are basically frothing at the mouth. Each of the three artists have loyal fanbases with hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, and each is groundbreaking and boundary-crossing in their own lane.

Let's take a quick stroll through the brilliance of these new projects, shall we?

Syd

Welcome to the Broken Hearts Club, the latest project from Syd.

Her first album in five years, the genre-blending singer-songwriter rehashes the heights of her first love before delving into the earth-shattering break-up. On "CYBAH", Syd teams up with Lucky Day to quietly ask if their partner will break their heart, an fear that materializes later in the record. We dash through the happy days, the car sex, that puppy love. Until we get to "Out Loud", the album's ninth track, a bittersweetly smooth feature with Kehlani that asks a lover "why you haven't told your friends" about the relationship.

Heavy with strings and piano, synths, sensual hip-hop beats, and Syd's signature airy vocals, Broken Hearts Club is a moving reflection on love and loss, a tender reminder of why we even risk the heartbreak at all.

Listen to 'Broken Hearts Club' now

Omar Apollo

It's hard to believe this is Omar Apollo's debut album. It feels like all of his previous projects have culminated into this moment. 

Clearly influenced by Frank Ocean, Apollo's "bedroom soul" music has its own fresh point of view. The Mexican-American singer-songwriter croons about lost loves, longing, and heartbreak in one moment, sometimes in both English and Spanish, then starts to flex about money and boys. That's most on display as you listen to the tender, traditional, Ranchero stylings of "En El Olvido" then it abruptly transitions into the Pharrell-produced hip-hop track "Tamagotchi" where he brags, "We cum at the same time."

The album includes incredible features from Daniel Cesar and Kali Uchis, but tracks like "Evergreen" and "Killing Me" are the highlights. The former achingly wonders what he did to make a lover leave him, while the latter expresses his fear of falling for someone, asking a partner to "Love me like I'm gonna die/Fuck me like you fantasize."

The multitudes of Omar Apollo make this a thrilling ride all the way through. 

Listen to 'Ivory' now:

Orville Peck

The country star's sophomore album feels like you've been sucked into a Western film. As theatrical as it is tender, Peck's signature vocals transport you into his search for freedom, for healing.

"Making this album saved my life," he said in a press release. "It’s the most proud I’ve ever felt about something and it took me my whole life to get to there. I hope some of these lyrics and songs might help people feel the same. To get to a place of self-compassion and vulnerability. Acceptance of oneself - good, bad and ugly. Wild and free. A bronco."

That sentiment is embodied in "The Curse of the Blackened Eye", an album highlight about an abusive relationship. Peck shows off his storytelling and vocal abilities in equal measure, crafting a moving song while immersing you in his world. 

This is Orville Peck at his best. 

Listen to 'Bronco' now:

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