Khalid has admitted that being outed on social media was each a “blessing in disguise” and a lack of his personal story.
The 27-year-old singer-songwriter was outed as homosexual by a former companion on X, beforehand Twitter, final yr.
In a brand new interview with Folks, he admitted that though the scenario was painful, it had unlocked a deeper sense of creativity that formed his upcoming album, After the Solar Goes Down.
“This album would not have come to be if I wasn’t outed,” he stated.
The Younger Dumb & Broke hitmaker, whose full identify is Khalid Robinson, admitted that he used to carry again in his music.
“I wished to present sufficient of myself the place I felt like I wasn’t utterly hiding, however I did not need to give an excessive amount of the place I felt uncovered,” he defined. “As an artist, generally you do discover the stress to create your self to be accepted by all sides.”
Khalid had already come out to family and friends and dated males privately earlier than publicly confirming in November 2024 that he was homosexual.
Reflecting on being pressured to reveal his sexuality, he stated, “I used to be caught off guard. I believe what’s so nasty about all of it is that my very own story obtained stripped away from me.”
The singer added, “I made a decision I am simply going to decide on to like who I’m unconditionally as a result of it is all I obtained on this earth.”
Wanting forward, Khalid described After the Solar Goes Down as “an ode to simply the gorgeous icons that come earlier than me”.
“Singing a melody of a Britney (Spears) tune or watching a Rihanna video actually charged my freedom of expression as a toddler,” he shared. “I’ve at all times dreamt of being this pop star. I actually tapped into that little boy and gave him his shine that he at all times wished.”
Khalid’s new album will probably be launched on October 10.
