A big week in gay music news, rats!! Coming to you all the way from the other side of the world with an absolute YAP-a-thon on all of our thoughts on Renee Rapp’s album drop (‘Bite Me’), Chappell Roan’s long-awaited release of ‘The Subway’ and Cynthia Erivo’s portrayal of Jesus in the Hollywood Bowl production of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’.

We also chat about the trend we are seeing in expecting more morally from our pop stars, why people are feeling in two minds about Renee’s album and how much honesty we can take in our fave pop stars’ artistry before we go “oh! We actually don’t wanna know that part though!”

We hope you enjoy this geeky lil music chat today and please please PLEASE leave us your thoughts in the comments! Always keen to have our minds changed/expanded.

TIX TO ‘THE PLATONIC HUMAN CENTIPEDE’ IN EDINBURGH: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/mel-and-sam-platonic-human-centipede

Lots of love as always and we’ll see you for another Ratbag this coming Monday!!

Big fat cheese cubes to you all. Every single day.

xx

Mel & Sam

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Mel & Sam would like to acknowledge that Ratbag is being recorded on Stolen Land.

The original custodians of this land have had a rich history of storytelling for over 65,000 years, and we pay our respects to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation whose land we are recording Ratbag on.

Treaties were never signed. Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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A Grouse House Podcast

Recorded at Haven't You Done Well Productions

Produced by Thomas Zahariou

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