Years & Years have teamed up with Tove Lo for a new version of Desire.
The single, which appeared in its original format on 'Communion', has been paired with a Fred Rowson-directed video and released alongside an open letter from Olly Alexander, which you can read in full here.
I LOVE POP (obviously) so, why is it that in 2016, a Pop video featuring people expressing their sexuality who aren’t cis-gendered or heterosexual, feel at all unusual or progressive? Well for a lot of people, it doesn’t- they live and think outside of the societal binary most of us are used to, but for a lot of other people, myself included, it does. It shouldn’t, but it does. I am an openly gay male singer, in a band called Years & Years, we make pop music. We’re not the only queer-frontman-led acts nor am I the only openly gay male singer but all that being said there aren’t that many of us and at times I’ve felt real pressure to hide or to limit my sexuality. Some of that pressure has come from myself and my own internal struggles and some of it has come from the wider world. Most often I see the following kind of attitude - we don’t mind if you’re gay, just don’t be too gay or that’s a bit much; a bit camp; a bit weird; don’t shove it in our faces etc. Well, if "shoving it in your face” essentially refers to the way that lots of straight pop stars get to assert their sexuality then I’ll be damned if I’m not gonna shove it in your face if I want to.
Years & Years will hit the road this spring for a UK tour, which will culminate at London’s SSE Arena Wembley.
Years and Years Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows:
Mon March 28 2016 - INVERNESS Ironworks
Tue March 29 2016 - GLASGOW O2 Academy Glasgow
Wed March 30 2016 - GLASGOW O2 Academy Glasgow
Fri April 01 2016 - BIRMINGHAM Barclaycard Arena
Sat April 02 2016 - MANCHESTER O2 Apollo
Mon April 04 2016 - BOURNEMOUTH BIC
Tue April 05 2016 - PLYMOUTH Pavilions
Wed April 06 2016 - SWINDON Oasis Leisure Centre
Fri April 08 2016 - LONDON SSE Arena Wembley
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