White Town has gone into the possible meanings of the songs multiple times. He’s said that while he wrote it because he just wanted to write from a woman’s perspective, he’s also been extremely open about other interpretations. This song could be about a trans woman, it could be about a gay relationship, it could be about a straight man chasing a gay woman. It was written by a “straight” (the artist has said that he doesn’t believe that humans even have concrete sexuality. He’s attracted to women, but just saying he’s straight feels like an incomplete picture with his other behaviors and beliefs, something he probably wouldn’t want) South Asian man because he disliked masculine perspectives in contemporary music.

The basis alone is enough to be considered queer, but Jyoti Mishra, the sole writer of the song, is a ghost of an artist, stands by queer interpretations of his songs very loudly, telling transphobes that they shouldn’t even utter the words. From his online posting history, I really wouldn’t be shocked if Mishra was a Hexbear poster. Seriously Mishra, if you’re on here, you’re a massive inspiration to me specifically because of how you hid yourself while having some of the biggest hits in the world. To hide for decades, and only re-appear when queerphobes try to re-appropriate your song is based af.

Like, yes, whatever your interpretation of this song is, it’s right. As long as you’re not a giant douche, Mishra stands by your interpretation of the song. This is the only song where I’ve seen the artist defends the listeners more than the other way around. He is an insanely based person, and I will repeat, I bet he’s been on here. I hope you’re doing well Mishra.