Boy Jr. turns an online burn into a sparkling queer classic with its new single, "Zitty Stardust." A prominent voice in the LGBTQ+ music community, Boy Jr. took an aside, poking fun at how their skin was changing in response to testosterone. He pivoted it into a self-celebratory anthem about gender euphoria.
"Sorry, I know you wanted to insult me, but that's iconic and cool," Boy Jr. quips. And iconic it is "Zitty Stardust" is a ferocious, electrifying homage to self-acceptance, with a creative twist: testosterone supplies moonlighting as percussion elements.
"Zitty Stardust" bursts with vivid, kinetic energy, carrying the jubilance of being incarnated into one's complete and unabashed self. A whirl of punchy beats and fearless lyricism, Zitty Stardust is a neon-bright fever dream in which the wayside throws self-doubt. It's Bowie-like in its cosmic cool but very much Boy Jr. in its brassy, creative spirit.
Zitty Stardust is an act of reclamation, evidence that what was supposed to be destroyed can be turned into something beautiful, something loud, something that belongs to the person wholly reclaiming it.
And with this track, Boy Jr. doesn't just deliver a song. They declare a movement, a reminder that queer joy is effulgent, resilient, and quite superbly unstoppable.