Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Exploring Queer Spaces in the Music Industry

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Kori, Taylor, and Rebecca take a look at queer spaces in the music industry, cover a little history, and discuss why it’s so hard for explicitly queer music videos to crack the mainstream ceiling. Also, we fangirl over Angel Haze.

In fact, just bask in the Haze right now.

And then go listen to our episode:

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Episode Notes

History of Music Videos:

 

Sources (Mean): May 6th, 2011

 

Sources (ME!): April 26th, 2019

 

Sources (Halsey): August 30th, 2017

 

Sources (Angel Haze): 

February 14th, 2014 (Battle Cry); March 10th, 2014 (A Tribe Called Red)

 

Sources (Hayley Kiyoko):

 

Authors

  • Kori

    Kori is an entertainment writer and Managing Editor at the Fandomentals. In her spare time, she is a fragrance and watch enthusiast, lover of Eurovision, and Yanni devotee. Find her on Instagram at @fmkori

  • Rebecca

    Rebecca is a storyline enthusiast who loves reading, listening to music and podcast, and watching tv. When she is not obsessing over plot and characters she can be found hanging out with her dog, Sirius, though he would argue that she is always obsessing over something.

  • Taylor

    Taylor is a writer who will always jump at the chance to blur genres. So obviously she can't pick just one to fangirl over. Though if she had to choose, she would narrow it down to science fiction and fantasy. Currently, she is most interested in women-centric stories and the depiction of trauma in media. She is also an aspiring YA novelist and aspiring Taylor Swift scholar.

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