Deaf queer actor Gregor Lopes takes us to the rodeo with this ASL cover of Beyoncé & we’re obsessed
Cowboy Carter rides into town on Friday.The hype is real for “Act II” of Beyoncé’s most ambitious musical undertaking to date, a follow-up to her club-ready Renaissance album that promises to be a proper country hoedown.
Our bodies are ready.Lead single “Texas Hold’Em” has already inspired the gays of the internet to get their yee-haw on, with plenty of folks saddling up for their own take on choreo.
And in the process of consuming every Cowboy Carter-related video we could this week (we’re excited, okay???), we came across a new spin on the track that had us ready to—in the words of Bey—”take it to the floor now”:Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.A post shared by Gregor Lopes (@azulbebey)Meet Gregor Lopes, the handsome deaf queer Latino performer who’s helping us see “Texas Hold’Em” in a whole new light.In a clip posted to Instagram earlier this month, Lopes donned his hoedown best to shake it and sign in American Sign Language to Bey’s rodeo romp, and we are obsessed.
Hey Gregor, is it too much to ask to get a full album’s worth of ASL covers after Cowboy Carter drops tomorrow?But Lopes doesn’t stop with Queen Bey.
