“I’m Not Here to Make Friends” by Sam Smith with Jessie Reyez and an Intro from Ru Paul, Saturday, May 6, 2023
Warning: the following post could be deemed filthy, vile, disgusting, perhaps even Unholy . Suppose you are reading this in Florida, Texas, Montana, and the Evangelical parts of Colorado. In that case, you may be shocked, outraged, and may feel the urge to contact your local congressperson to start an investigation into the FCC's practice of allowing a song that doesn't use profanity to subvert heteronormativity, but rather does so with its gender-fluid music video that depicts Sam Smith arriving to a decadent party at an English mansion with subtle hints at golden showers and drinking a yellow liquid that...wait, what? THIRTY ALMOST GOT ME, AND I'M SO OVER LOVE SONGS . An Atlantic article published a day before Sam Smith released their fourth album Gloria on January 27th this year dives into the recent controversy surrounding the artist. How did a Grammy-winning singer who made music so innocuous that you could enjoy it with your conservative Christian mom gather t...