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Wils is singing a different tune these days: The Singaporean pop star, born Willie Tay and previously known as Willtay, publicly came out as gay with his new single, “Open Up Babe.” According to The Rainbow Times, Wils is the first openly gay Chinese singer. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwp7ev3gNfW/?utm_source=ig_embed “About two years ago, I was trying to write a couple of songs, and I just felt like I couldn’t be myself, being in the closet,” Wils explains in a new Billboard interview. “I felt...

A Singaporean pop singer has come out as gay. Willie Tay was considered a rising star in the Singaporean music scene just a year or two ago. But, his sexuality created a hurdle in his ascent to fame. Earlier this year, Tay decided to tell his family, friends, and record label about his sexuality. The latter didn’t handle the news well. As he told Billboard, “It was terrifying, because before I came out to my label, I was worried about losing my...

He won a Tony in 2017 for Dear Evan Hansen Broadway star Ben Platt has publicly come out as gay in his new music video. Last month, Platt announced his debut album, Sing to Me Instead. He subsequently released two singles from the upcoming album, Bad Habit and Ease My Mind. With the premiere of the latter’s music video on Wednesday (13 February), Platt shares a part of himself with the world for the first time. Shot entirely in black and white, the...

Fans are going wild with the viral hash tag Troye Sivan just confirmed his new song Bloom is about bottoming in gay sex. When the song and accompanying video dropped online last night (2 May), the Aussie pop prince tweeted: ‘Bloom is out everywhere now.’ But it’s a now-deleted tweet that’s got everyone talking. Two minutes after he tweeted about trending number one worldwide, Sivan then tweeted the hash tag: ‘Bops Bout Bottoming’ It then began trending on Twitter and people went wild for...

"Love is freedom. Freedom is love.” Jussie Smollet’s character might still be stirring up drama on Fox’s Empire, but in his new music video there is nothing but peace and love. The video is for Smollet’s new single, “Freedom,” but the out actor-singer never appears in the clip. Instead the video focuses on Cynthia Erivo (from The Color Purple revival on Broadway) and Tika Sumpter (Southside With You) who play a lesbian couple in love. The video cuts between the two women...

Oliver Award-winner singer Matt Henry has released a personal tribute to the victims of the Orlando massacre. The official video – released today exclusively via Gay Times – displays the power of love – regardless of gender and sexuality. Matt performed the song Love is a Battlefield with Kinky Boots’ co-creator Cyndi Lauper on her recent UK tour – also dedicating the track to those affected by the tragedy. Matt currently stars as fabulous drag queen Lola in Tony and Olivier...

It’s a moving celebration of gay love released purposefully to coincide with Inauguration Day A couple of days ago, 21-year-old Australian-South African singer Troye Sivan teased his 6.3million Instagram followers with a tiny snippet of video. He informed them that the full video for Heaven, featuring Betty Who, would be released on Inauguration Day (20 Jan). Although a lyric video for the track first appeared over a year ago, he today dropped the full promotional video. And all we can say is...

Sia has released a surprise video tribute to the victims of one of the worst mass shootings in modern US history. Sia’s distinctive solo dancer Maddie Ziegler was joined by 49 other young dancers in the new video to commemorate the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in June. Matt Moseley, one of the dancers featured in the video, confirmed the video to new song The Greatest, was indeed about the tragic attack on his Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/BKAI8VABWlS/ The video begins with the...