WE JUST SHOT A GAY MUSIC VIDEO

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Represent. Gay style.

And it was the most incredible thing I’ve ever done. A vision that I’ve had for over a year not only came to fruition, but was executed more beautifully than I ever could have imagined. This last weekend was so humbling.

Oh me? Just reading and checking out a girl's bum.

Oh me? Just reading and checking out a girl’s bum.

A year ago, I was feeling sappy and sweet thinking about how in love I was with my boo. I had just watched a cute lesbian movie on Netflix, and thought I would make a search for the cutest lesbian music videos on YouTube. It hadn’t occurred to me that I had never seen one. There’s a reason I never saw one. People are so focused on the sexual side, be it with an escort frankfurt or in their porn, and not in the romantic side of wlw individuals.

I know. I KNOW. I know.

I know. I KNOW. I know.

It doesn’t exist. THERE ISN’T EVEN ONE DAMN MUSIC VIDEO WITH TWO CUTE GIRLS IN LOVE. You can always seem to find great X-rated lesbian content at somewhere like https://www.tubev.sex/categories/1225/lesbian, but you can never find full-Lesbian music videos. Sure, little clips of women holding hands or kissing in conjunction with other couples, and of course there are videos with two lipstick femmes going at it in lingerie. But if you wanted to watch that, you head to somewhere like EhoCams.com – it’s not the sort of thing anyone wants in a music video. So why aren’t there any full-Lesbian music videos? Well, I don’t know, but it’s been my vision to change that for the last year, and why not do it with ‘She Keeps Me Warm’. As a gay singer-songwriter, I have often struggled with pronouns in my writing. My thoughts were always, “I can’t say ‘She’s the bomb dot com,’ I have to say ‘You’re the bomb dot com.'” After singing ‘Same Love’ all over the country and hearing teenage girls not giving two shits about what the pronoun of the chorus was, it’s given me strength to believe that the world can handle ‘She Keeps Me Warm’.

Bryn Santillan, my video girlfriend, and Zoe Rain our AC/gaffer. Also hot babes. Though not in their job titles.

The song is purely about love. And I think that resonates with everyone. Love is universal.

SORRY EVERYONE WE'RE MAKING HISTORY ON THE ROOFTOP. SUCK IT.

SORRY EVERYONE WE’RE MAKING HISTORY ON THE ROOFTOP. SUCK IT.

We had a total of 60 extras that came out to help, and made the shoot so much more real. I didn’t even know that I knew that many people. We had to start cutting people off the extras list because we had too many people! THAT’S NUTSO BOO. Our director was Mego Lin, the Cinematographer for ‘Same Love’ and ‘Can’t Hold Us’.

Mego Lin screaming,

Mego Lin screaming, “THAT’S A WRAP” at 2am.

Mego was unbelievable. This was her first major solo project, and she is one of the most rewarding people to work with, and it’s an honor to call her a friend. Zoe Rain, made her music video debut as an AC/gaffer for Mego. She’s also cute as a button and is featured in a little snippet at the end of ‘Same Love’ with her lady, Allison.

This is me blushing because you blush when you have a crush on a cute girl.

This is me blushing because you blush when you have a crush on a cute girl.

Our producer, Jennifer O’Brien made everything run so smoothly and pulled magic out of her ass. Her main job was just making sure I didn’t get drunk on set at the bar scene. Bryn Santillan played the part of my girlfriend and was the best video girlfriend anyone could ever ask for, and the femmes of the world will swoon for days. She is also the lead singer in a damn good band, Wishbeard. Listen to them, dumb-dumb. Special shout out to my real girlfriend for feeding 60 cast and crew and being totally okay with me having an on-screen romance! Dream girl.

Another thing I loved about making this video is that it was an all queer female crew. It felt empowering and safe. Someone could have brought out a thrusting dildo as a prop and it wouldn’t have felt strange in the context or forced on any of us – not that this was a sexual shoot, something I need to emphasize. I have no doubt in my mind that this video is going to be a very important one. You’re going to cry when this video comes out, I’m telling you. A non-political, non-sexualized, lesbian love story. Because it’s about fucking time.

I think Bryn and I just killed the cute game.

P.S. IS THIS MY LIFE?? I GET TO CHANGE THE WORLD ALL THE TIME?? OKAY. I’M ON IT, UNIVERSE.