“I think this year more than ever at the GRAMMYs, I feel like you can see that queer music is just music, period,” Troye Sivan declared from the 2025 GRAMMYs red carpet Sunday night.
The Australian pop star certainly had a point: the year 2024 felt like a tipping point for music by LGBTQIA+ artists and their allies, not only in terms of critical acclaim but also success on the charts — creating a groundswell that sent “queer music” crashing from the sidelines into the center of mainstream culture.
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