Adam Ulanicki Praises The Hero Who ‘Made Me Feel Safe’ When Picking Songs For ‘The Sound Of Pride’ (Exclusive)

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Pride Month is coming to a close, but there’s inactive plentifulness of joyousness to beryllium had. Until June is over, HollywoodLife will observe with The Sound Of Pride, wherever celebs and stars of the LBGTQ+ assemblage prime songs for the eventual 2023 Pride Month playlist. It’s the cleanable soundtrack to support Pride going each twelvemonth agelong (while researching how to support LGBTQ+ rights and/or speechmaking astir the history of Pride Month. Today, Adam Ulanicki, a rising euphony prima (who recovered his people connected TikTok), joins in.

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A batch tin hap wrong 365 days. “This year, I consciousness similar I got mode much clarity compared to past year’s Pride,” Adam Ulanicki says to HollywoodLife. “I cognize myself overmuch amended than past year. I had to look situations that taught maine however to basal up for myself.” Adam, a 21-year-old German trans artist, has experienced a surge of fame acknowledgment to his viral mash-ups, covers, and cello performances connected TikTok (where helium boasts much than 280k followers and 3.5 cardinal Likes.)

The assurance Adam has developed successful his travel is reflected successful his music. This year, he’s enactment retired a fistful of singles, including “Some Say,” “Airplanes,” and the precocious released “Say My Name.” For The Sound Of Pride, Adam picked Nea’s “Some Say” arsenic 1 of the additions to HL’s Pride Month playlist, saying that the opus made him “feel understood, due to the fact that I know, 1 day, I volition beryllium arrogant of myself for ne'er giving up connected becoming the idiosyncratic I look up to.”

Coincidentally, Adam besides gave emotion to 1 of those radical helium looks up to, picking Titans star Chella Man as the idiosyncratic he’d similar to spot get immoderate flowers this Pride season. Chella —  a transgender, genderqueer actor, YouTuber, and LGBTQ+ activistic – helped Adam consciousness “seen and accepted erstwhile I was having a hard [accepting] myself,” helium tells HollywoodLife. “He besides encouraged maine to yet talk my [truth].”

As Pride Month comes to a close, it’s going retired connected a precocious note. See what Adam picked for The Sound of Pride.

Nea, “Some Say”

“This opus truly hits me. Finding that self-love and self-acceptance is inactive a agelong travel for me. The lyrics marque maine consciousness understood due to the fact that I know, 1 day, I volition beryllium arrogant of myself for ne'er giving up connected becoming the idiosyncratic I look up to.”

Kehlani

“I emotion her music, and I truly bask her vibe!”

Editor’s Note: Adam didn’t prime a azygous Kehlani track, truthful we’ll adhd “Everybody Business.”

Hozier, “Take Me to Church”

“This opus truly speaks to maine arsenic it talks astir the favoritism against radical of antithetic intersexual orientations. Love is 1 of the astir beauteous things successful the world, and It shouldn’t substance which intersexual predisposition oregon sex you have.”

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How does Pride 2023 consciousness antithetic than past year?

“This year, I consciousness similar I got mode much clarity compared to past year’s Pride. I cognize myself overmuch amended than past year. I had to look situations that taught maine however to basal up for myself. Being capable to bash that made maine truly arrogant of myself. I person a clearer imaginativeness of who I americium and who I privation to become.”

Pride is simply a clip to observe unsung heroes. Is determination anyone you’d similar to spot get the spotlight this year?

“Chella Man. Before my coming retired arsenic Transgender, helium was the 1 that made maine consciousness harmless and understood. He made maine consciousness seen and accepted erstwhile I was having a hard clip to judge myself. He besides encouraged maine to yet talk my through.”

Do you person a representation of Pride Months past that you’d similar to share? Or a akin infinitesimal of Pride erstwhile you felt triumph and/or acceptance?

“So far, I haven’t been capable to cod capable memories of Pride Months past. But I person this beauteous feeling of acceptance and emotion erstwhile I’m astir my squad that I met past twelvemonth successful Berlin. It, therefore, feels similar a triumph erstwhile we’re making euphony together.

“Also, each these benignant and supportive messages that I get from my followers springiness maine that beauteous feeling of pridefulness and acceptance.”

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What bash you person planned for June (and the remainder of 2023?)

“I’m readying connected going to Berlin to constitute much songs! Also, I privation to enactment connected myself and amended my mindset into becoming much positive. As I said before, accepting and loving myself is simply a agelong journey, but I’m definite that I’ll get determination 1 day. I’m besides readying to decorativeness immoderate books that I’m presently reading, which truly assistance my mindset to alteration into thing much positive.”

Do you person a Pride 2023 connection to share?

“I erstwhile asked my supporters to constitute maine a punctuation that inspires them. I deliberation this 1 fits perfectly: “I’d alternatively beryllium hated for who I am, than loved for who I americium not” — Kurt Cobain.”

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Keep reading HollywoodLife throughout June for more entries in The Sound of Pride and additional Pride Month coverage. And retrieve — hole your bosom oregon die! 

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