Bentley Robles dishes on bops for romantics, messy texting & why this ‘Hunger Games’ character is babygirl
Ugly Crier, the singer-songwriter leaned into every emotion, every romance, every heartbreak, and every tear, crafting a short but oh-so-sweet excuse to get on the dance floor and feel yourself cut loose.But now he’s ready to do it once more, with even more feeling, releasing Ugly Crier (Deluxe) on March 7 which includes five new vibrant, heart-on-sleeve tracks like the self-love anthem “I AM I AM I AM” and the appropriately titled “Just OK (Euphoric).”Subscribe to our daily newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.It’s just the latest step in Robles’ ascendancy to pop royalty, something he’s fantasized about since he was a kid, raised on the music of the divas we all know in love. “I remember locking my bedroom door and escaping into this fantastical pop world they allowed me to step into,” he told Broke Magazine last year. “I would emulate their every move.
I knew every lyric, I watched the live performances over and over (I still do). It inspired little me to dream. And bigger me has set out to fulfill it.”Next, he’s got a spring tour with fellow indie music darling Zee Machine in the works (their viral collab “See Me Naked” still get us all hot and bothered).
But, before they hit the road, we hit Robles up to be the latest guest in our rapid-fire Q&A series, Dishin’ It. In our nothing’s-off-the-table conversation, Robles opens up about why he’ll choice voice notes over texts any day, the diary entries that fueled his new Ugly Crier tracks, and *hint, hint* the fast way to his heart.Is there a piece of media—whether a movie, TV series, book, album, theater, video game, etc…—that you consider a big part of your own coming-out journey, or that has played an important role in your understanding of queerness?
