Rainbow Ruckus 12/20: Lily Rose, Heather Mae, McCaslin Blue, and More!
This week's Rainbow Ruckus features outlaw queens, evil exes, and the rarest flower of all: hope.
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- If you're like me, you have the one ex who was genuinely evil but you still think about them sometimes – and wish them well. Lily Rose encapsulates that uniquely queer experience on the pop country toe tapper "Even After Everything."
- Heather Mae, on the other hand, offers a counterpoint with her intense and liberatory "Monster." Mae released a double album of Americana and pop songs, each showcasing her intensity.
- Joy Oladokun teams up with Abby Cone for a new version of Cone's songs "this little lighter of mine." The song is hopefully defiant about the positive effects of, as Oladokun puts it, "lighting one up." The duo pair perfectly, with Cone's high lilt and Oladokun's earthy grounding.
- McCaslin Blue treats us to a fine outlaw country ballad in "Oklahoma Starr." Blue has a perfect voice for country music, and the song celebrates the outcasts and outlaws that make country suited for queer stories.
- "Freedom (Morning Flowers" unfurls with hope and magic, a gentle composition from highly sensitive gays. We could all use more of that in our lives, and this moment is just the one for this song.
