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Pabllo Vittar: world’s most followed & most streamed queen
Never heard of Pabllo Vittar? You will! The Brazilian drag queen, singer, and songwriter has almost three times RuPaul’s Instagram followers with 9.5 million. He also is the most streamed drag queen in the world. Scroll down to watch the Flash Pose vid Pabllo’s hit K.O. brought him nationwide fame in Brazil in 2017. It …
Hot Brown Honey will have you dancing in the aisles
Hot Brown Honey will make you laugh until you cry, clap until your hands bleed, dance in the aisles and shake every part of what your mama gave you. The hit multi-award winning show comes to the Gold Coast’s HOTA – Home of The Arts on 6 December. Hot Brown Honey appear as part of …
Lil Nas X first openly gay performer to win CMA award
Openly gay singer-songwriter Lil Nas X yesterday became the first openly gay performer to win a CMA award. The rapper took out the Country Music Association award with collaborator Billy Ray Cyrus for the musical event of the year. The award recognised their remix of the year’s greatest hit, Old Town Road. Lil Nas X …
Sam Smith covers ‘one of the most influential records ever made’
After the success of his most recent release, How Do You Sleep, Sam Smith’s newest is a re-imagining of Donna Summer’s I Feel Love. Scroll down for vids – who sings it better? Credited as the song that originated electronic dance music, Donna Summer released the song in 1977. Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte wrote and produced …
Supernaut: ‘I Like it Both Ways’ Aust’s great bisexual anthem
Supernaut’s 1976 hit I Like It Both Ways seemed doomed for oblivion when Australian radio stations banned it. The Women’s Weekly attributed the ban to ‘bad lyrical content’. However, Supernaut possessed a secret weapon – their producer Molly Meldrum. Molly played the song on Countdown and it became a hit and a bisexual anthem. Scroll down …
Dolly Parton uplifting in new dance single but terrible busdriver
Dolly Parton joins Galantis, the Swedish electronic dance music duo, on their latest single Faith along with Dutch singer Mr Probz. No one ever doubts Dolly Parton’s prowess as a singer, but her driving leaves something to be desired in the accompanying film clip. Scroll down for vid Galantis Christian Karlsson and Linus Eklöw comprise the songwriting …
35 LGBTIQ anthems and favourites from over half a century
The LGBTIQ communities always loved music – and some music loved them back. We’ve taken a stroll through over half a century of LGBTIQ anthems and favourites looking for the standouts. Here’s our top 35. See what you think. Over the Rainbow Judy Garland’s signature song found fans in the LGBTIQ communities for decades with …
New Music: Todrick Hall, Harry Styles and Benji Lewis
Todrick Hall, Harry Styles, and Australian singer/songwriter Benji Lewis all have new releases and thank f*** for that! On a cold, wet, miserable day here in South East Queensland, that offers an alternative to watching the ongoing Trump-a-thon impeachment mega-saga. Rather than look forlornly down to the sodden beach, I’m blasting these tunes out over …
Mojo Juju at QPAC with Native Tongue
ARIA-nominated Mojo Juju returns to Queensland in November with her Native Tongue concert. QN Magazine caught up with Mojo in advance of the show. In Native Tongue, Mojo Juju contemplates her mother’s Indigenous heritage, her father’s experience as a Filipino immigrant and her own place in the cultural landscape of modern Australia. “I was fed …
Sheldon Riley in Listen to your Heart
Sheldon Riley returns in triumph to the Gold Coast where he went to school for George Michael: Listen To Your Heart at The Star Gold Coast on Saturday 19 October. QN Magazine spoke to Sheldon last week and discovered a young man passionate about life, and passionate about George Michael – the man, and his …