WerQ
11 Queer Songs Your Favorite Artists Released This Week
From Sam Smith to Demi Lovato, and Sharon Needles to St. Vincent.
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October 06 2017 6:02 PM EST
November 08 2024 5:20 AM EST
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From Sam Smith to Demi Lovato, and Sharon Needles to St. Vincent.
WerQ: A collection of the latest LGBTQ (and LGBTQ-adjacent) music of 2017. Updated Fridays, for your convenience.
1. Battle Axe - Sharon Needles
Sharon Needles faces off against the haters, and Phi Phi O'Hara, in the title track off her brand new album.
2. Los Angeles - St. Vincent
St. Vincent's details the downfalls of Los Angeles in her latest breathtaking eclectic video.
3. She's Not Him - Miley Cyrus
Miley explores pansexual love in this Younger Now deep cut, in which Billboard says "her eventual return to a male does not negate her relationship with a woman."
4. Pray - Sam Smith
The second single off Smith's upcoming album was inspired by a charity trip he took to Iraq last year with the charity. "I wanted to write about how I’m now starting to open my eyes, at 25, to what is going on in the rest of the world."
5. Deny U - Superfruit
Even though we all think about them as brothers, 'Deny U' shows Mitch and Scott getting a bit incestual...
6. Daddy Issues - Demi Lovato
"You're the man of my dreams/'cause you know how to leave." Demi read every gay boy to filth with this 80s synth bop about an emotionally unavailable lover. "Lucky for you/I got all these daddy issues."
7. Tension - Fergie
Joanne the Scammer somehow scammed her way into a Fergie music video with 'Tension' and even got away with some stolen goods...
8. Dumb Fuck - Peaches
Two men prance around in giant vagina masks in Peaches latest music video off of her 2015 album.
9. Whatever You Want - P!nk
Gearing up for the release of her upcoming album Beautiful Trauma, P!nk delivers an emotional single about the end of a failed relationship.
10. Driving Down to L.A. - Ezra Furman
A lipstick wearing Nazi-hunting angel navigates Ezra to LA in this visually stunning music video.
11. Losing All Sense - Grizzly Bear
Sensual genderqueer superstar Jason Greene (aka Freckle) shines in Grizzly Bear's latest heartbreak anthem.
WerQ: The Playlist
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Taylor Henderson is a pop culture nerd, music enthusiast, and equal opportunity stan. Follow him on Twitter @cornbreadsays.
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!