Here’s why Troye Sivan’s sexually charged new music video has Gay Twitter™ in shambles
Troye Sivan finally released the music video for his highly anticipated single, “Rush.” The video, which sees Sivan dancing and drinking at the party to end all parties, was an immediate sensation, particularly on Gay Twitter™.
It already has more than 1.5 million views on YouTube.Above all else, the video is unabashed in its celebration of queer sexuality, from its censor-pushing shots of bare butts to its plethora of on-camera makeout sessions.
One now infamous shot is even framed through a gloryhole.It’s refreshing, some Twitter users have said, to see a gay pop star celebrate the gritty, sexy side of queerness, when so much modern messaging about LGBTQ+ people sweeps it under the rug in favor of respectability politics.I know Rush is not really that good but it's nice to have a gay guy be like "i'm gay because i like being surrounded by hot guys that i want to party and have sex with" and not "i'm gay because I Am Me and That Can Be So Beautiful"people may clown on this but it’s really neat that younger generations get openly gay pop stars like troye and lil nas x https://t.co/9brP3fdpuXIt truly does raise the bar as far as what a gay music video looks like.
The internet’s favorite queerbaiter Charlie Puth has some catching up to do.charlie puth currently sitting somewhere plotting his next move on how to combat the rush music videoBut one thing about the “Rush” video caught folks’ attention in a bad way: among every person in the video, from Sivan himself to the countless partygoers he’s surrounded by, there’s barely a shred of body fat to be seen.“I’m extremely disappointed in the lack of body diversity,” one user wrote. “Fat people party too.
