This paper examines how three popular and independent LGBTQ+ music artists communicate their sexu... more This paper examines how three popular and independent LGBTQ+ music artists communicate their sexuality/gender identity in the 21st Century. First, I will discuss what prominent literature experts in the musical / gender studies field have theorised; writers from Jacques Attali to Michael Foucault and Judith Butler, and the works they’ve contributed to further enrich knowledge. I will then coincide their ideas to the popular music scene, through a brief history of queer music, ending on the current landscape for LGBTQ+ musicians, of all background and colour. For the main body of the thesis, I will zone in on three particular artists, and how they each communicate their queer identity/sexuality within their music. First, there will be a brief background of each artist’s career, musical works and successes. Then I will conduct an analysis of each artist’s approach to communicating their queer identity through three facets of their music - lyrics, musical production/arrangement, and performance/visual identity. I will conclude with exactly why they communicate themselves and their message and how they represent three entirely different ways of being a queer music artist in the 21st Century.
This paper examines how three popular and independent LGBTQ+ music artists communicate their sexu... more This paper examines how three popular and independent LGBTQ+ music artists communicate their sexuality/gender identity in the 21st Century. First, I will discuss what prominent literature experts in the musical / gender studies field have theorised; writers from Jacques Attali to Michael Foucault and Judith Butler, and the works they’ve contributed to further enrich knowledge. I will then coincide their ideas to the popular music scene, through a brief history of queer music, ending on the current landscape for LGBTQ+ musicians, of all background and colour. For the main body of the thesis, I will zone in on three particular artists, and how they each communicate their queer identity/sexuality within their music. First, there will be a brief background of each artist’s career, musical works and successes. Then I will conduct an analysis of each artist’s approach to communicating their queer identity through three facets of their music - lyrics, musical production/arrangement, and performance/visual identity. I will conclude with exactly why they communicate themselves and their message and how they represent three entirely different ways of being a queer music artist in the 21st Century.
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