Hayfitz Celebrates Pride Month With ‘Sound Of Pride’ Playlist Picks

It’s Pride Month! Throughout June, HollywoodLife is celebrating with The Sound Of Pride, the place celebs and stars of the LBGTQ+ neighborhood decide songs for the final word 2023 Pride Month playlist. It’s the right soundtrack to planning your Pride social gathering, researching methods to defend LGBTQ+ rights, or studying concerning the historical past of Pride Month. On the heels of his new tune, “Delusional,” Hayfirtz provides some multifaceted tracks to the playlist.

“I only publicly came out two years ago, and now with each passing year, I feel eons further along in the journey than I did the year before,” Hayfitz tells HollywoodLife when making his choices for The Sound of Pride. Hayfitz channeled the primary chapter of this private journey in “Delusional,” a brand new single/visible that arrived simply earlier than Pride Month. From his upcoming album (Everything Else), “Delusional” particulars the expansion of his relationship with collaborator-turned-best good friend Sam Cope and reveals how coming to phrases with one’s sexual identification can typically be complicated and revelatory on the similar time.

“I think I’m constantly on a mission to find queer love songs that can help demystify the whole experience, and when I do, they cut so deep,” Hayfitz tells HL. His music, which he describes as “gentle folk,” weaves collectively components of dream pop, indie, and folks, providing a tender and heat place for individuals to put their heads whereas they hear.

Since Pride Month celebrates love and life, Hayfitz’s picks are excellent for The Sound Of Pride.

Searows, “Sleeping With the Lights On”

Adrianne Lenker, “Not A Lot, Just Forever”

Indigo Sparke, “Everything Everything”

Perfume Genius, “Jason”

Hayfitz, “Delusional”

Editor’s Note: we’ve additionally included “Delusional” within the playlist.

“Over the past few years, I’ve come across some of the most sensational queer songwriters and these four are just the tip of the iceberg,” says Hayfitz. “I think I’m constantly on a mission to find queer love songs that can help demystify the whole experience, and when I d,o they cut so deep. I’m so grateful to exist in a time in the world where LGBTQUIA+ artists are starting to finally be at the forefront of the arts and this, I’m positive, is going to have a massive impact on the new queer youth in the years to come.”

HL: How does this yr’s celebration really feel when in comparison with final yr’s?

Hayfitz: I solely publicly got here out two years in the past, and now with every passing yr, I really feel eons additional alongside within the journey than I did the yr earlier than. I believe for the primary Pride, I used to be simply glad to witness the neighborhood from a distance, and now I’m beginning to really feel as if I’m collaborating in a significant and assured approach. It’s so liberating to seek out your footing as a queer particular person and go searching in any respect the gorgeous fellow queer people that you just’ve introduced into your life due to it.

Pride is a time to have a good time unsung heroes. Is there anybody you’d wish to see get some extra of the highlight this yr?

Growing up, there was hardly any illustration within the media (particularly TV and films) for bi-sexual and pan-sexual individuals. When there was, it was handled as this enormous ordeal that was utterly out of the strange. This created such a taboo for myself and I believe so many others as a result of we had no mirror to look into. Now that that is lastly altering, I might like to see much more give attention to this group and in addition would like to see extra love tales that concentrate on the people themselves as a substitute of the truth that they’re bisexual, homosexual, and so on. Pansexuality is all about loving somebody for who they’re, not what their gender or organic make-up is and it will be so superb to get previous this level the place there are ‘gay movies’ vs. all the opposite motion pictures as a substitute of simply normalizing LGBTQUIA+ love and tales.

Do you’ve got a reminiscence of Pride Months previous that you just’d wish to share? Or a second of Pride whenever you felt triumph and/or acceptance?

In the summer season of 2021, I performed a home live performance on the home the place I grew up enjoying music. My good friend’s mother and father had been very happy to host the present and invite all their associates. My good friend’s mother was truly the mayor of our city on the time. The undeniable fact that I may play my set, wherein I explicitly sang about my sexuality a number of instances and was in a position to speak about it overtly, was thoughts and coronary heart increasing in each approach. I had one in all my mentors from highschool there who’s homosexual and introduced his associate, one in all my first bosses was there along with her spouse, and, after all, my mother was there with associates as nicely. These type of full-circle moments are so uncommon and treasured, and I’ll always remember it.

What do you’ve got deliberate for June (and the remainder of 2023?)

I’ve a brand new single and Super 8mm video for a tune referred to as ‘What’s Wrong’ popping out on the finish of this month that I wrote about popping out to my mother. My mother, Lorrie, is featured within the precise video, and it’s one thing I’ll cherish for the remainder of my life. After that, I’ll have a couple of extra singles coming from my sophomore album, Everything Else, which shall be launched on October sixth, 2023, which is definitely my mother’s birthday week 🙂

Do you’ve got a Pride 2023 message to share with the HollywoodLife viewers?

I believe I might simply say that being a queer particular person, particularly when beginning later in life, is an infinite journey of twists and turns. The second you’re feeling as should you’ve figured it out, you’re once more blindsided by a complete new slew of identification crises. I might encourage anybody who’s studying this that’s new to being queer and even questioning to be affected person and forgiving to your self and keep in mind that it’s completely acceptable and even anticipated to vary your perspective on virtually the whole lot at any given second. The better part about all of that although is that there’s a lovely ever-blossoming neighborhood to help and love you and infinite quantities of latest artwork coming into the world to assist really feel much less alone on this insanity.