Gay Club Jet Lag

Well, it’s the last Gay Guy Friday of 2024. A week from now we’ll be tuning into the newest season of RuPaul’s Drag Race and kicking off the first weekend of 2025. I haven’t been so active on the blog lately, but don’t worry, I’m still here. For the past two months, I’ve been fighting demons and drunk bitches in the coat check line.

I see a lot of people calling 2024 a terrible year… no shade, mine was alright. Okay yes, I was unemployed for two months and also I got hit by an electric scooter and also I am being audited by an insurance company (#DenyDefendDepose), but all things considered, I still had a lovely time. In my lowest moments, this year reminded me of something I’ve always known- no matter what I face, I can and I will survive.

So if you were part of the last 360-something days, either through this blog or in person, I am giving you a little kiss on the forehead and a pat on the back. And now we look to the future. 2025. Wow. So sleek. So elegant. Something shifted. Did y’all feel that? New York is about to become Miami. 

This might be the last year of life as we know it, so we might as well go all out. I dare any reader, politician, or even the universe itself to try to stop me from being outside.

My current soundtrack in anticipation for 2025 is The Emancipation of Mimi (2005). It’s a personal manifestation of what I want the year to look and feel like. Parties, bottles, jewelry, good music, good company, the club, torrid passionate affairs, redemption, and Mariah Carey. 

Aside from Mariah, there’s no telling how much the year will actually align with this vision, but for now… it’s a special occasion. Mimi’s emancipation. Right… See y’all next year x

Ins and Outs

Out
– Broker’s fees
– Dependence
– Genres
– Mental health
– The New York Times
– Organized religion
– Over-explaining 
– Smartphones
– Speaking for others
– Vodka
– Working class use of AI

Predictions

• Cardi B teases collab with Rihanna… turns out to be a hair line or collection of luxury jackets
• Cynthia Erivo releases a pop album, lukewarm reception
• Lesbian revolution in pop culture… first major lesbian pop beef starring Chappell Roan vs. a new lesbian challenger
• Inevitable TikTok ban creates need for better pop clubs and better remixes… ideally we we will see the pop girls recording new audios and moaning on the track for said remixes, separating the strong from the weak
• Trivial celebrity scandal boom… gambling, sex tapes, powder drugs
• Allison Williams starts taking more serious roles, light Oscar buzz follows
• Marissa Bode on SNL

OTYs of 2024

FILM OF THE YEAR: Madame Web (2024)
GUILTY PLEASURE OF THE YEAR: “I LUV IT,” Camila Cabello ft. Playboi Carti
GREATEST SIN OF THE YEAR: “Bigfoot,” Nicki Minaj
LYRIC OF THE YEAR: “I split the apple down symmetrical lines” (“Apple,” Charli XCX)
SONG OF THE YEAR: “Nasty,” Tinashe
MOTHER OF THE YEAR: Charli XCX
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Fever (2001), Kylie Minogue