Kill Rock Stars Pride Showcase and New Money album release show — 6.30.22 (Premiering at 6pm PST / 9pm EST on the KRS YouTube channel)
Thank you to Isaiah Esquire, GreenLight Creative, The Dandy Warhols, Banana Stand Media, X-Laser, INDÍGENA, Gucci, my team at the label, and the whole crew who helped make this happen.
The Kill Rock Stars Pride Month livestream events are here! KRS is honoring Pride by hosting four virtual events throughout the month of June, each as a donation drive in collaboration with Tegan and Sara Foundation. The streaming events will take place on June 9th, 16th, 23rd, and will conclude with my album release show on the 30th!
The first Pride livestream is tomorrow so tune in. (6pm PT / 9pm ET) on the Kill Rock Stars YouTube channel here.
Our album release show is finally coming your way in June as part of the Kill Rock Stars Pride Month performance series, alongside new music and a bunch of other gay stuff from me, the label, and our friends. 🌈❤️
Watch this space! Something LGBTQ is about to happen to you.
Big thanks to my friends at Nike for sending me a pair of this year’s #BeTrue #Pride Edition kicks! I’m wearing them today with my GAY IS GOOD socks from DotGay and am feeling very homosexual and proud. 🤘🏳️🌈
On Saturday I woke up to the news of singer Christina Grimmie being gunned down and killed at a meet and greet with fans after her show. On Sunday I woke up to the news of extreme LGBT violence by way of the deadliest shooting in U.S. history.
I feel sick and afraid. I want to cancel all of my upcoming public appearances and find a closet to go back inside of. But I cannot. And I will not. I will not be made quiet by fear. I will not let American apathy dictate my path. And I will never stop hoping that change will come. Never. At times like this it’s important to remember that somewhere in the world, good is still happening. Cute, simple things are still real during ugly, complicated days.
I wrote this song “Go There When You Want To Be Loved” about my own feeling that there is no safe place for me in the world at times as a gay man, as a person living with persistent mental health struggles, and as a public person known for both. These lyrics feel like the only words I can find for how I am feeling, so I am releasing it now as a fundraiser for my queer family in Orlando.
Keep laughing. Keep kissing. Keep dancing. Keep loving each other. Keep fighting for your place in the world. Gay is great and so are you.
100% of the proceeds of this single will go to support recovery efforts in Orlando’s LGBT community. Click HERE to purchase your copy.