A video for their song “It’s So Fun (To Be Gay)” features guests JD Samson (Le Tigre), Patty Schemel (Hole), John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig & the Angry Inch) and others.
“We wanted "It's So Fun (To Be Gay)" to feel organic and warm with a strong, universal message,” says the New York City-based duo.
“For the video we aimed to focus on our community. Getting through the hardships of the past year we leaned heavily on what we mean to each other in terms of support and understanding. We were in the middle of launching our Chosen Family project and had just finished linking people up for our pen pal program and sourcing art for our quarterly zine. We thought the best way to exhibit the joy in the song would be to have a video full of our chosen family - friends, peers, and heros. So, we asked friends to share their love and lives and these queer testimonials are what make up the bulk of the video. Our togetherness and bond is key to moving forward in these times especially and we aimed to capture that bond and essence, particularly with Gay Pride 2021 on the horizon. It felt fitting to donate the launch-day's sales to Born Perfect, which is a non-profit whose mission is to end conversion therapy.“
The newly launched Chosen Family LGBTQIA+ project is an extension of the band that aims to take people offline and connect in meaningful ways including a pen-pal program (which already has 500+ subscribers globally) and a quarterly zine.
Bottum and his boyfriend Holman started the project in quarantine as a celebration of gay love. Previous single “Baby, You’re My Everything” is a queer hymn of devotion, underscoring the very best parts of being with a lover in quarantine.
Its video is a wander into the baptism of rainbowed fellowship. Filmed on an iPhone while sheltering-in-place in Oxnard, California, the spectacular video embodies a broadened identity of DIY scrappiness while continuing on their mission to break down gatekeeper walls of straight and LGBTQIA+ establishments.
“There was a magnification of emotions in isolation that we focused on and the intensity of our union took on an almost spiritual nature. Our musical references were gospel and choir combined with dirty, drone-y rock. It's a love song about adoration and soul and relationship in the modern age,” explains Man on Man.
The pair drew national attention when their debut single “Daddy” was removed from YouTube for violating “our sex and nudity policy” as reported by Rolling Stone. The video contained neither and was later reinstated with an apology for the mistake.
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