QMN is a smattering of what’s going on in music by LGBTQ artists and the artists we love. Kim Petras goes it “Alone” with Nicki Minaj On Friday, Grammy-winning singer Kim Petras released her new single “Alone” featuring Nicki Minaj on Republic Records/Amigo Records. “Alone” samples “Better Off Alone” by Alice Deejay with some high energy synth added by Minaj’s drop-in.
Listen to it below: Queer/nonbinary artist The Scary Jokes release new video Pennsylvania-based queer/nonbinary musician, activist and visual artist Liz Lehman AKA The Scary Jokes released a new animated music video for their latest single “Uzumaki,” which debuted recently at Chorus FM.
The video was directed by Kenzie Bugg of Adult Swim fame. Their new album, Retinal Bloom, will drop May 26. “I really love the sound of vintage synthesizers,” Lehman said in a press release. “It’s hard to get that character if you’re not using hardware synths.
I especially like ’80s art-pop albums, like Kate Bush, so I was interested in exploring sounds like that.” Watch the video below: Tiësto released his long-awaited new album Drive is Tiësto’s first conceptual album since 2009’s Kaleidoscope.