Arts & Entertainment
Halsey accuses Demi Lovato of exploiting bisexuality in her music
the pop star calls out the ‘Cool for the Summer’ singer’s lyrics
(Screenshot via YouTube.)
Halsey is sick of the way bisexuality is portrayed in pop songs and in the media.
The 22-year-old singer, who identifies as bisexual, spoke with Paper magazine about her thoughts on other pop stars using bisexual lyrics in their songs.
“It’s bisexuality as a taboo,” Halsey says. “‘Don’t tell your mom,’ or ‘We shouldn’t do this’ or ‘This feels so wrong but it’s so right.'”
“This feels so wrong but it’s so right” appears to be in reference to Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl.” “Don’t tell your mom” is a lyric from “Cool for the Summer” by Demi Lovato about a same-sex summer fling.
“That narrative is so f*uc*ng damaging to bisexuality and its place in society. That’s something I’ve had to fight my whole life and something I still fight. I still see people on the internet saying, ‘Of course Halsey says she’s bisexual. It’ll help her sell albums,'” Halsey continued.
Lovato appeared to be throwing shade at Halsey with a subtweet referencing “Cool for the Summer.”
You know a song is a hit when people are still talking about the lyrics two years later. ??#shhhhdonttellyourmother
— Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) June 23, 2017
Halsey also addressed biphobia in both the straight and LGBT community saying that people find it hard to accept bisexuality as legitimate.
“There’s a lack of acceptance. It happens in TV all the time when people write bisexual characters as going through a phase or struggling with something. It’s part of some mental breakdown or rebellion storyline, and that just sucks,” Halsey says. “It’s like, “Oh, I used to be gay and now I’m straight.’ Well, that’s literally not how any of this works, because you can be married to a man and still be a bisexual woman.”
The singer’s single “Strangers” from her latest album is about being in a relationship with another woman. Fellow bisexual artist Lauren Jauregui duets on the track.
Celebrity News
Madonna announces release date for new album
‘Confessions II’ marks return to the dance floor
Pop icon Madonna on Wednesday announced that her 15th studio album will be released on July 3.
Titled “Confessions II,” the new album is a sequel to 2005’s “Confessions on a Dance Floor,” an Abba and disco-infused hit.
The new album reunites Madonna with producer Stuart Price, who also helmed the original “Confessions” album. It’s her first album of new material since 2019’s “Madame X.”
“We must dance, celebrate, and pray with our bodies,” Madonna said in a press release. “These are things that we’ve been doing for thousands of years — they really are spiritual practices. After all, the dance floor is a ritualistic space. It’s a place where you connect — with your wounds, with your fragility. To rave is an art. It’s about pushing your limits and connecting to a community of like-minded people,” continued the statement. “Sound, light, and vibration reshape our perceptions. Pulling us into a trance-like state. The repetition of the bass, we don’t just hear it but we feel it. Altering our consciousness and dissolving ego and time.”
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(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
Arts & Entertainment
In an act of artistic defiance, Baltimore Center Stage stays focused on DEI
‘Maybe it’s a triple-down’
By LESLIE GRAY STREETER | I’m always tickled when people complain about artists “going political.” The inherent nature of art, of creation and free expression, is political. This becomes obvious when entire governments try to threaten it out of existence, like in 2025, when the brand-new presidential administration demanded organizations halt so-called diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programming or risk federal funding.
Baltimore Center Stage’s response? A resounding and hearty “Nah.” A year later, they’re still doubling down on diversity.
“Maybe it’s a triple-down,” said Ken-Matt Martin, the theater’s producing director, chuckling.
The rest of this article can be found on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
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