Phem Picks ‘One Of The Best Queer Anthems I’ve Ever Written’ For ‘The Sound Of Pride’ Playlist (Exclusive)

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It’s Pride Month! Throughout June, HollywoodLife is celebrating 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 readying your Pride party, researching how to support LGBTQ+ rights, oregon speechmaking astir the history of Pride Month. Today, Hopeless Records creator Phem joins successful the fun.

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There’s much than meets the oculus with Phem. Though the Hopeless Records star’s caller engagement to Tyler Posey might look similar she slots wrong the heteronormative binary, the alt-rock vocalist is proudly unfastened astir her sexuality – and the trials she’s faced owed to it. As elaborate successful “sorry, mama,” Phem dealt with uncovering emotion and acceptance, particularly nether the footwear of strict spiritual doctrine. ” Lost my caput tryna aquatics done these acheronian ass waters,” she sings. “Choking connected a prayer, got maine screaming ‘Our Father’ /  Begging for Him to propulsion maine retired my problems / F–k it, I’ma support it, nary one’s gon’ lick them.”

“To maine this is 1 of the champion queer anthems I’ve ever heard and ever written,” Phem tells HollywoodLife about the opus and its inclusion successful this year’s The Sound of Pride playlist. “Basically, my Mom heard this and wasn’t happy, but it needed to beryllium said.”

However, Phem – and her fiancé – are not letting their oppression and symptom specify their queer experiences. She tells HL that this Pride Month, she’s “trying to walk arsenic overmuch clip with friends arsenic I tin and spell retired and observe astatine each the Pride events.” On June 10, she performed astatine Eden LA’s party, LA Pride’s largest enactment for queer women. Phem tells HL that had an acquisition she’ll ever retrieve astatine the party, truthful work connected to find retired on with her picks for the Pride Month playlist.

raye ft. 070 Shake, “escapism”

“I’ve been jamming this opus connected loop… it has truthful overmuch nary fuxks vigor and besides I’m a immense 070 shingle fan.”

g flip, “be your man”

“I deliberation this opus is beauteous and I wholly subordinate to it successful galore ways. Also, I emotion g!

phem ft. MGK, “sorry mama”

“To maine this is 1 of the champion queer anthems I’ve ever heard and ever written. Basically, my Mom heard this and wasn’t happy, but it needed to beryllium said.”

Phem (DAVID SWANSON/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

HL: How does Pride 2023 comparison to past year’s vibe?

Phem: “I deliberation maine and everyone I cognize truly wants to marque the astir of this summer. I’m doing much Pride events and I’m actively trying to question and enactment myself retired determination much with friends. I deliberation we each conscionable wanna person a bully clip and dance.”

Pride is simply a clip to observe unsung heroes. Are they immoderate you’d similar to spot get immoderate flowers this year?

“Some of my favourite queer artists close present successful the hyper popular alt abstraction are Brakence, Laura Les, Alice Gao, underscores. Would emotion to spot much practice successful the alt/hyperpop/alt space.”

Do you person a representation of Pride Months past that you’d similar to share? Or a akin infinitesimal of Pride?

“YES! I was glued to The Ultimatum play 2 and became precise emotionally invested. I fell successful emotion with the formed but particularly related to Tiff [Der] and their emotion for dogs. I person a opus called “i emotion my dog” and we some ended up astatine Eden’s Pride Party a fewer weeks ago. Tiff came up and sang the opus with me. It was a immense mind-blowing infinitesimal for maine but besides for Culture successful general. Incredible evening. Tiff is besides the sweetest.”

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

“I’m finishing my archetypal afloat magnitude and moving connected another. besides trying to walk arsenic overmuch clip with friends arsenic I tin and spell retired and observe astatine each the Pride events.”

Do you person a Pride 2023 connection to share?

“Be urself 4evr!!”

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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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