my brother, who is so young and so old at the same time, sat and watched this with me tonight. he held my hand as i sobbed. i told him about pride and why it was so important to me. i told him about all of the kids at school who made fun of me and how we celebrate pride because there are so many countries where people can’t celebrate pride.
thank you, dodie, for making the last day of pride a one to remember.
@Porter Magnus Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site thru google and im trying it out now. Takes a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
this is so beautiful and it hits very hard dodie i will never cease to be amazed by how much you continue to grow as an artist and songwriter and the positivity you spread with your music is so unbelievably inspiring <3
this is gonna be sappy but whatever um ive been listening to your music for 6 years and it sounds strange but ive grown with it. whenever you put out a new song seems to be just when i need it the most. this song is no exception. thank you for being so raw and helping me (and probably so many others) to navigate through feelings and through life. your music is so special. ilu
Okay thank you so much. My siblings were just talking about how “disgusting” it was that my friend is pansexual and dating a girl. I really wanted to defend her, but I’m scared of speaking up. I myself am pansexual so I guess it wouldn’t be too good if they found out since I’ve heard how strongly they’re against it. My mother also told me that if I ever came out to her, I’d be disowned. I’m not wanted within my family, but at least I have a few friends who support me. I’ll keep trying, but I might never come out to my family because it seems too hard. It was scary enough when I told my friends.
I love how every single line in this song is featured in the comments at least once as the line that resonates the most with someone.... like every line in this song speaks to someone else in a different way and that's what makes dodie's songs always so great, the lyrics are so concrete that every sentence means something but also so diverse that they all convey a different message and aaaah it's so good
major tom And that's totally okay! I struggled quite a bit with my identity, told my mom about how I felt. She told me to just live my life and the answer will come, or not and that's fine too. I feel like a lot of people nowadays put tons of pressures on labels. Labels ,of course, can be very important to some people (which is fine). If for some reason you never find that perfect label for you, it's okay! Your feelings are still valid and there's no pressure to find out exactly "what" you are. You are you ❤💛💚💙💜
even if it isn't right now, everything will be okay eventually ^^ i wish you the best and remember that no matter what happens, dogs will always be excited and happy to see you
"I didn't think it fair I was not to be trusted" This part really gets me. I remember when I came out as gay early in the 5th grade, almost all of the girls looked at me like I was going to jump them any second. They suddenly thought that it was creepy for me to be freinds with them, to look at them, to say hello. One girl ignored me completely for more than a year and a half. Some would be afraid to touch me. Sure, the boys teased, yelled, and threatened, but when someone acts almost as if they are completely grossed out and afraid of you? It's the worst feeling to not be trusted because of who you may love. But; the people who stayed with me mattered the most. Saying "you have always been who you tell everyone you are, and it doesn't change a thing. Of course we still love you." Because whoever you are, you deserve love and trust from others. You deserve to be happy and love yourself for who you are. I love you too 💙
oobi I relate to you i came out early 6th grade year at an all girls school and everyone including the faculty and staff were weird around me for the whole time I was there
I also had a best friend that I had since I was like four she never spoke to me again
I know that I'm late, but I figured out last year that Im bisexual. I still live with my parents, and we're all Christian, including me. Its really difficult, and I don't know what to do, I'm really scared, and your comment gave me a little hope that it gets better. Thank you 💛
@oob I'm glad you've accepted yourself :) I really want to be brave enough to accept myself. I've come out to my friends, and my ex ( we're still sorta friends) I'm really thankful that the Internet exists so that I don't feel so alone. For me, it's difficult because there isn't that much representation of people that are both Christian and LGBTQ+, Demi Lovato was the only person I could really find, and I love her for that. Im going through a lot right now, I just recently found out via my therapist that I have (or at least show a lot of symptoms of) derealization. Hence, why I'm back to Dodies videos. I'm going through a breakup, and I'm sort of stuck surrounded by homophobic family members, which is making my internalised homophobia worse, etc. We're all going through something, I'm sure you are too, but I'm really glad I have platforms, (even if it is just a yt comment section) to reach out to people that have been through something similar. Thank you for responding and making me feel less alone and saying that I will be loved, it's really simple, but I don't hear it often so thank you. (self acceptence is difficult and I'm trying really hard to be happy lol)
Dearest Dodie, and all the other people reading this. I know. Why would i write this here? I don't know, but i want to share it somewhere. All my life i've been tested and tested. So many things are tried out on me just because my annelythics don't match up. I am smart but socially and acedemicly really not. And i knew i was different but i had to hide it and not think about it. "Imitate the world and you'll be fine" they told me. So i did. And for many years it went fine. Until my mom proposed a thought, out of the blue. And i had an experience that i know some of you will reconize. I found out a word, a simple word. that finally gave me a home. No longer did i have to go from test to test. I found something what i could carry in my heart to know that i was not alone. My mom proposed to me that i maybe had Asperger syndrome (a light version of autism rough said) It runs in my family and it wouldn't be suprising if i had it. So i did some research. And while reading about the symtoms i started crying. I had finally found a home. And yes, i know this song is about Bisexuality and LGBTQ+ but got me inspired to research more and look further in something that makes me feel like i'm not the only one with this exprience. So thank you Dodie, for being the wonderful person you are and giving me hope and inspiration every day again. And thank you random person. for reading this weird love letter and life story. i hope you have a great day (sorry for the grammar mistakes. english is not my first language and writing without spelling correction is hard sometimes)
I’m so proud of you! We all know what that home feels like here. Songs can be whatever you make them to be, that’s the magic of them. But I’m happy that you found your home. Much love ❤️❤️
"I never even asked to be this way." That's right, I didn't ask. Every single day I wish I was straight, to not face this shame from my family, all the awkward stares from everyone, the shame I feel when I know I'll never be allowed into heaven. It hurts, but I'll stay strong. Because rainbows are a gift. We're all a gift from the heavens. It'll be okay. I'm not straight, but that's fine.
It’s not only fine, you’re beautiful for being who you are. For accepting that part of yourself despite everything. You’re bright and beautiful and strong and I’m so proud of you.
Things will be so much better one day you will look back at this time and realize that there are so many beautiful things to come. You are wonderful just the way you are, I know this time is hard esp if you are stuck at home with your family but I have been where you are and I want to tell you what I wish I knew and it's that things will be so much better and you will love every part of yourself even if it seems hard right now :)
Darling, feelings aren't keeping you out of heaven. I'm going to say straight up that I don't agree that the gay lifestyle is healthy, but being gay in and of itself is not a sin and it's not your fault. Jesus loves you.
I’ve been put in a dark hole where no one could accept me for who i am, and me being in a religious household, a homophobic country, and a rough school made me think that there isnt hope, but me being a bright rainbow made bring light to others!!! This song made me realize that no matter what i am....im still a bright happy soul <3
This song brings me to tears every time. Every. Time. It’s one of those songs I feel like every LGBTQ+ person needs to hear. At the next GSA meeting at my high school I might try to play this for the other people there. If they have heard it then great they get to hear it again. If not, then great they get to hear it and it’s beautiful message that everyone in this community deserves to hear. I hope this song will eventually be available on iTunes because it’s so beautiful.
I came back to this song today because i’m now proud to be a part of the lgbtq+ community. when you first uploaded this song, i knew that i wasn’t straight but i was telling myself that i was because i was afraid that the people in my life wouldn’t accept me for being different. 2 months later i now fully accept myself and i’m proud to be a rainbow. Thank you Dodie for being the light in my life and making me feel loved and accepted. I love you so much 💖🏳️🌈
I'm back listening to this and crying. I came out as trans and my parents are only kind of accepting. We won't talk about my gender, and my mom knows without me even telling her because my dad did. They keep telling other people instead of giving me the chance to. They won't call me by my chosen name or my pronouns or get me a binder, but at least they still treat me like they used to. I built up a support system of friends. But it's still hard. This song just speaks to me so much. For both my sexuality (I'm pan) and my gender, this song just perfectly shows how I feel
Dear dodie: I just want to thank you. I have both autism and add and whenever I’m overstimulated I lock myself in a dark room and put on your music and I eventually get better
im not part of the LGBTQ+ communitybut this makes me so sad for all my friends who are. i love you guys and i can’t even imagine how hard it is for you guys. you’re all so brave and beautiful and just ahhhhhhh please be safe and I wish you all the best. I hope you had an amazing pride month✨
Samantha Leones my 10 yr old sister is bi and my heart hurts for her. just thinking about the struggles i know she’ll have to face in the future makes me want to protect her even more. not to mention the fact that we live in a smaller city and have homophobic parents.
Your an ally then I suppose, I am too, I always try to support and everything even if no one can see, we can help others just by doing simple things, like coloring a rainbow on a paper or drawing different flags or painting your nails flag or pride colors. We help them in small ways that at up to big ones
Don't feel bad. With every word of hate, there is so much love. Somtimes you realise that that's what pride is about, love. Loving yourself and knowing that there are people who love you.
I am an ally as well. I joined a love is love club at my middle school last year and the president, a transgender girl named Alx opened my eyes to the world of the LGBTQ community, and it forever changed my perspective on how I viewed people who loved the same gender or multiple. And all of the friends I met through that club who are lesbian, bi, or even pan, I always try to understand how they feel and do my best to be there for them, even with me being attracted to the opposite sex. My heart hurts for their pain of being different than the rest of the world, and the discrimination they face out of who they want to love.
Samantha Leones well technically if you have a sexuality you are apart of the LGBTQ+ community even straight people yes it’s not all just gay gay gay and yes straight people do have it easier in life than other LGBTQ+ peeps but we’re all apart of it!:)
Samantha Leones I recently found out one of my friends was bi and she thought I would judge her but I am so proud!
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Maddi Mars2018-07-01 09:04:18 (edited 2018-07-01 09:05:46 )
Ahh damn I'm so grateful for allies like you guys. Thank you so much for validating us, and making us feel like we do belong. Y'all have hearts of gold, full of care and love. Ahh this made me so happy ✨💕
I feel the same. I am pan but all my life I've barely been discriminated against. I still know, though, how awful it is to most members of the community. People, who, all they want is to be themselves, but can't. I wish I could somehow take in every single amazing person who's been kicked out of their homes because of their sexuality or gender. I want to find them all homes with people they love, people who'll accept them. I want to give them all the lives they deserve. I wish, that people who discriminate could get the message through their heads, that all we want is to be treated as who we are, human. No matter what race, gender, sexuality, religion, income, age, status, etc... maybe then, we'd all be better people, both the discriminatory and the discriminated alike.
I'm Bisexual and I can really relate to the song. It's hard to be proud and have confidence in yourself when a bunch of other people are saying that it's not normal or like the lyrics say "your not." I'm glad I came upon this because it does give a true message of how people are scared to be who they are and when one person tells them it's okay, we feel a little better.
loxiety i think pansexual people, bisexual people, gay people, lesbian people, and all of the other people are awesome, brave, and kind. especially you. and i want you to know that it will be ok. i hope you are having an awesome day, whoever you are :)
I was just on Instagram and this person gollowed me and they were pan-denying and it was literally heartbreaking to read some of the things she would put on there. Ive never been really upset over someone disregarding my sexuality because I don't care what other people think but that really got me. This song popped up on my YouTube almost literally right after and ive been crying since. ❤💛💙 pan pride
No one is going to see this, but I always come back to this song. From the time I listened to it as an "ally" to when I began to relate with this song. This song is how I came out. It continues to hold so much meaning to me. So thank you dodie. Thank you for this beautiful song that made me feel seen from the time I was newly out to now, when I have the best partner i could have asked for and am so proud to be me. Thank you.
This song is beautiful. Even though I’m still closeted to most people I know that the ones that mean a lot to me will accept me for who I am even though a lot of others won’t. I try to keep an ‘I don’t care’ mentality, but I know I will be hurt by that in the future. Honestly the hardest part of this was accepting myself for who I am. It was a long and confusing journey that made me feel so anxious and scared and alone. I have only now began to accept the fact that I don’t need labels, and that it’s ok to figure out things as I go. It’s really difficult sometimes, but I know I will always have communities like these to come to and be supported. Thank you dodie.
Yes!! It's so amazing to see someone with as much influence as you write music about this stuff! I have just started recording my own songs on youtube, and lots of them are about my experience and coming out as non-binary. You're such an awesome inspiration!
I know you didn't write this for someone like me, but it really spoke to me. I'm a white, cis-gendered, heterosexual man. I also have Major Depressive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with dissociation, Social Anxiety Disorder, and was most recently diagnosed with Conversion Disorder. Every day I wake up to a panic attack and go to sleep the same way. I generally can't sleep for more than an hour or two before my anxiety wakes me up. Roughly twice a week right now panic attacks turn into seizures that involve me pulling muscles and slamming my head and other body parts into whatever is near me due to how violent the seizures are. I can't leave my room without having a panic attack, and the danger of having a seizure in a public place like a store or restaurant where sharp edges on shelves could mean I get seriously hurt or killed means I have to plan every outing extremely carefully and ensure, at all times, I can find a safe place to have a seizure where there's enough open space that I wont hurt myself.
I've been told by close friends, former employers and coworkers, and even the government on multiple occasions that all of this is my fault, that I need to just get better or stop worrying or stop feeling down. When I first got diagnosed, it felt good to finally have a name to what was wrong with me, but it quickly turned into people arguing that I didn't REALLY have these disorders, or that my version of them was lesser because I hadn't been beaten or hadn't been in war or a million other reasons. Despite over half a dozen doctors and therapists all agreeing this was real and drastically effecting my life, I am treated like I am lying and constantly have to prove, over and over again, that these disorders are not only real, but that I have to live with them every day.
So, hearing this song made me feel a little bit better for a bit. I totally understand feeling like every map wasn't made for me, and once one of my therapists told me that I was so incredibly strong to not give into the fear and depression every single day and it was like a light finally turned on after years of living in complete darkness, so being called a rainbow and being told I'm bright would mean the world to me. And then I saw what this song was actually written about, and I felt really bad for taking something to heart that wasn't meant for me.
So, I've got no clue if you or anyone else will ever read this. You've got 3400 comments on this post right now, so this one will be buried pretty far and is kinda long, so I wont blame anyone for not reading it. But, despite this not being written or meant for someone like me, I really needed to hear something like this. It's a beautiful song, and I'm sorry if my imposing my own problems onto it's message offends or upsets the people this song is meant for. But it made my life better for just a brief moment, and for me that's almost life changing. So thank you for this, and I hope my interpretation and personalization of the meaning isn't taken as offensive.
Oh honey, you are a beautiful and vibrant rainbow. I couldn't even imagine going through these things. You are incredibly strong. DO NOT GIVE UP. This song, I believe, is meant for you too.
That's the great thing about music and lyrics, it can transcend one meaning and become something people can relate to on a broader level, reminding us that whatever we're going through, how different our life experiences may be, we all feel the same way. Which may bring us closer to understanding each other a little more.
If it touches your soul and makes you feel happy, then it was meant for you. You ARE a rainbow, and you ARE bright. Music is really wonderful.:) much love.
Trainer Jodie I see you, and I completely believe you. I know it doesn’t matter that I do, I just want you to know that someone saw your post and wholeheartedly took your words as truth, because they are. I have moderate depression and severe anxiety. I can’t imagine what it must be like for you when I have to pour my heart out for people to understand that mental health is just as important as physical health. Please stay safe, and I hope you are healing, however long it takes.
I recognize myself a lot in what you're saying, I have some of the things you mentioned (Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder etc) and at first I took this song as something that wasn't meant for me, because it's for LGBTQ+ people and I'm not one, but thanks to your comment I can see how this song can be for everyone who isn't believed to be "right" by society But you're strong, and you keep going, and you are, we are, bright rainbows, so let's shine together !
Trainer Jodie You don't have to feel bad for finding something relatable about the song... Music isn't owned by anyone. Songs can be interpreted however people want to interpret them. I guess what I'm trying to say is that you don't have to apologize. I hope you find people that deserve you and deserve to be in your life and that you can get better. I have depression and anxiety disorder too and I know what it feels like to have to prove to everyone around you that you don't feel well. It sucks to be in situations like these but I know you can get better and find people who will love you if you stay strong and start thinking about what you want to change in your life and how you are going to achieve it. This world has more good than bad people. Have a great day everyone!! <3
You are strong, you are incredible, you are bright, and you are a beautiful rainbow. None of this is your fault, and I believe every word you have said. You deserve to have things like this to make it easier. ❤️
This song was meant for anyone going through hard times in their lives- anyone who feels different, anyone who is rejected. I don’t know you as a person, but I do know that if you can make it through this, that is a beautiful thing.
Trainer Jodie Welcome to the family! You are incredibly strong, and I hope that you can get through this and get to a healthier mindset! Mental illness is a bitch, especially anxiety, but keep fighting it! We're rooting for you.
Trainer Jodie This is not an offense for anyone! Sending love and support to you! You deserve the world and more! It is true that this song has a especial meaning for the Lgbtq+ community, but it also has an especial interpretation for everyone who listens to it, no matter who they are. What I am trying to say is that is okay if these lyrics touched your heart, because that's what music is for, and that the community won't hate you for that! Lots of love for you ♡♡♡
You are so incredible! Shine bright like the beautiful rainbow you are! I believe in you! You can do it! Stay strong because I know you can. Please, smile for me? 🙂❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Well, I'm 13, so, I found out I was bi at 11, I started having a confusion the day in my classroom we played truth or dare and they dare me to kiss a girl, so I did, n I really like that kiss, but she was my closest friend, so I couldn't tell my friend about that I really like the kiss, well, i asked my mom i said this exactly words "i think i like girls", we were in a car, alone, so she convinced me that I only admired her and bisexuals didn't exist, and I felt really bad cuz time later I heard mi mom talking to my grandma that I was only trying to get attention, and i really wasn't, well, i was so confuse so i started talking to a guy in my class, he told me that i should be proud, that he was proud of me for admitting that, i gave him a smile. Right now I'm really sure, and my mom doesn't know, my dad is homofobic, well, my mom says that the bisexuals are just pervert and when i talk about some gay couple, she only talk about how they have sex. Mom, you are making me sad, it's your fault every time i hurt myself cuz I thought I was going to hell the day I die, mom, not everything in this fucking world is sex, you got to mature, you are not a child anymore. Dad, the gays are not wrong, you are wrong, they mind is not stupid, your mind it is, the word bisexuals exist for a reason, you guys should worry more about me, and you should understand me or at least not say that things about the community, MY community
I'm 14 and bisexual, and my mom thinks the same way. I'm very lucky to have my auntie Christy, who even though she is very religious still supports me. Stay strong, sister, and never let those stupid homophobes bring you down 💖💜💙
I've started this comment half a dozen times, but I keep hitting backspace. There are a bunch of things I want to say about this beautiful song, but the proper words keep escaping me so, I'll say this: Thank you, Dodie, this song made me feel a little less alone. ❤️
I cried to “she” in the guest room of my aunt’s house desperate to come out to my mom. Every conversation I had an idea of how I could mention it. The way my mom found out wasn’t the way I wanted and wasn’t the way I deserved. I cried to “she” in the guest room the night my mom and I screamed and fought in the living room of my aunts house. Now I have rainbow, a song to represent the growth and the bright happiness after the storm. My mom came out to me as bi. I am out as pansexual. We have grown so much and are best friends and very close. She learned more about sexuality and gender everyday. But this song. This song is so important. I’ve only heard it once and it already means so much to me.
Person I agree entirely. I’m so thankful for her and many other creators that use it for good and not selfish reasons. I try to do the same and help people with my music and I need to share more of my meaningful music. 💛💛💛💛💛
finally saw hew live february 13th, and she held my pride flag during this song :")
(i was SOBBING lol)
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liam the liam2019-07-27 10:30:04 (edited 2019-07-27 10:58:47 )
me trying to play this song on my non baritone baritone tuned concert uke and getting the first part right me having a party in celebration in what i have accomplished
UPDATE: I DID IT!!!! I DID THE ENTIRE SONG YAYYYYYY owo
mcclamac 000 Dodie is bi and a lot of people say that bisexuality isn’t real because for whatever reason they can’t comprehend someone being able to like more than one gender idk
wow... just wow "my title talks over me" is so relatable idk how you mean this lyric but i took it as... i'm seen as "the bisexual kid" im in a town where that's still seen as a horrible horrible thing i have very little friends, and my "squad" is very awkward around me i wish people actually got to know me instead of just knowing my title
I've never felt so connected to a person who has commented like this. I would actually like to get to know you because I don't have that many friends either.
Ashley I have the same issue, but I'm pan. Most people don't know what that is, so instead of actually asking or researching they just take it as another word for Lesbian.
I'm just "a lesbian who says that I'm pan so I don't sound gay"
I "just want to be different" and I'm "just going through a phase"
I know how you feel lovey Im known as "the gay kid" in school but embrace it and who knows maybe theres a lil baby gay in town who hasn't figured out their sexuality yet or hasn't come out yet that looks up to you! :) <3
That's not good. You are so brave for actually coming out to your school in the first place. And I bet you're very strong and don't let those people bother you. I think I'm bisexual but I'm afraid my family and friends will just hate me. Stay strong. Good luck
I have listened to this song a million times and I have cried so many times like wow, I can't get over how emotional this song really is. I've went through a lot of trouble with my feelings and this song reminds me that I'm still human and that I'm not alone ^w^ Thank you dodie for being that role model I could, and still can, look up to
i am so terrified of ever saying i am bisexual. i feel like people will just see me as that instead of a girl who sings in her bedroom and blushes easily.
i have not come out to anyone and every time i think about it my heart races and my eyes tear up from this pressure i am building.
so hi random beautiful friends. i am giannah. i am sixteen, i live in a small town in colorado, and i like guys and girls. it confuses me but i think guys are cute and girls are smokin.
please look beyond a label and get to know the person who has it. thank you for reading :)
Giannah Noelle Giannah Noelle hi. my names sofia, but i like to go by sofi. i am 15 in three days and live in a small town in california. I like all genders, so boys and girls and anything in between because they all deserve love and i think they all look amazing. life is confusing, but i’m glad there are others to survive in this world with.
nice to meet you! i'm ana, a spanish 18 y.o girl who queers around still finding out who she truly is. what terrifies me is how emotional i am that not-well-care-taking relationships, even just some crushes, rips me off with no choice. i'm still learning, which is the most important thing! i hope you find the brightest way as you deserve, people that loved you before coming out for who you are will understand for sure!
you are so brave 💓 I relate to your words a lot, I don’t really know what I am or who I like but I’m afraid to put a label on what I feel in case people don’t believe me :(
Hi, for those who care I to live in CO and have only come out as bi to my small group of friends and my sister I have recently told my mom that I have had a crush on a girl and hope to have a conversation with her. Thank u for reading ❤️
I came out when I was 11 and I’m so glad I did, I knew since I was ten and it was just building up and I hated it. I wrote a letter to my parents when I told them, maybe you should do that
The first time I actually told someone willingly (the second time I came out to someone ever- the first time it was kind of forced out of me) I cried like a baby. But it was a really good cry. She opened up to me, I opened up to her, even though we didn’t really hang out or talk all that much. I think you just need to find that one person and give it a go. Even if it doesn’t go exactly how you want I can almost assure you that you’ll feel great.
hi my names gabby, i am sixteen, i live in a town in New York and i can’t put a finger on what i am yet. ive come out as bi to a few friends but i am scared to say anything to my best friend and family but one day i hope to change that :,) to all the people who have and have not come out as anything yet , you are part of something truly beautiful and i love you
Hi my name is Emma. I am bisexual. I like theatre and writing. I'm also a huge nerd. 3 months ago, I came out to my accepting friends. I cried a lot. It's never easy to come out, even to people who will accept you. I wish you all the best if and when you decide to come out. *Sending Bisexual hugs*.
hi there. im bi also. it’s pretty darn hard to come to terms with but so worth it. once you learn to love it, it completes a part of you that you don’t know was missing and anyone that doesn’t understand that doesn’t deserve you. you are phenomenal and i hope the best for you! good luck <3
Hey bathroom singing easy blushing girl. I'm a poem loving, anxious guitar playing, hopeless romantic mexican 18 year old. I live in a huge city which I wanna get away from. And I think guys are cute and handsome, but i feel much comfortable with girls and think they're adorable and soft. I identify as bi, queer, and gay. Been out for over a year now, rejected by some, accepted and loved by others. And yes, my heart still stops and my eyes tear up when I see people with a rainbow flag and know that if I wanna sleep in my house I can't be out there marching with them.
But in the end love wins, if we make it win. Your comment is making it win. I'm proud of you for it! Big hugs and best of fortune. xx
I understand how you feel, I’m bisexual too but I’m terrified of telling my parents because they’ll think it’s influenced from the internet and they’ll say it’s a phase and I’m confused. My heart races too when I think about it as well
you seem like such an amazing person giannah, and you shouldn’t be afraid of what others will think of you. you’ll still be the same amazing giannah regardless of whoever you love, i hope everything works out and if you need anything im always here for you 💞 my insta is @dkla_emma for anyone who needs anyone 🌈
Hi there! My name is Megan and I’m bi as well. I came out when I was 13 on instagram to get it out to all of my friends. My sister saw the post and came out to our parents for me. I didn’t ask her to but she did anyway. Kinda glad she did because I had no plan on how to tell them.
Giannah Noelle hello, I'm Emma. I'm 14 and I'm bisexual and have come out to exactly 2 people who I trust. I feel the same way and it sucks that we feel like that. But I know you and I both will be ok💙💗💜
Hi Giannah! I’m a queer guy who came out three years ago. I identified as poly for a while, but when that started to not feel right, I eventually embraced being label-less/using queer as a catchall. I struggled with myself for a few months after coming out, but now my entire life is looking up, and I have amazing relationships with my friends, my family, and God. You’re so brave for posting this, and I hope you find lots of people in your life who support you and love you for all the awesome things you are. You’re doing amazing!!!
Hi friend. I'm 15 and came out officially about a year ago. It was scary and at first my mother didn't seem accepting, telling me she didn't believe someone can love both genders. But lately she hasn't been so judgmental. My father was accepting and we make jokes sometimes. Don't be afraid of who you are. You're beautiful and everyone should see that
Noelle don't worry there isn't a rush to come out. hell I'm still working on telling everyone I'm 21. I've done the same everytime I thought about telling someone this major part of me.
Hi Giannah!!! Im Lily and im a 12 yr old from Texas. Im still figuring things out as well and have "come out" to a few of my friends. Dont feel nervous to come out to anyone just be yourself and anyone who cant handle that can go to hell!! Just know that your internet family will always be here for you
Giannah Noelle I feel you girly! My name is Skizamz I am 17 and Ive recently found out that Im bi. Girls and guys are pretty cute! But I love this song so much because I havent come out to anyone, and I dont think I should right now because my parents and my religion are not for it. So I wish you luck in this world Giannah! And everyone out there like us! ❤💙💜💚💛🌈
Giannah Noelle Hello Giannah :3 i'm Kitty as i like to go by, a nickname, and i'm 17, i also live in a small town in colorado and i'm also a girl (i think. i'm questioning). i'm not sure what i am or if there will ever be a label for me, but i do know that i love girls and like them alot, they are so cute~ and am likely poly (amorous or gamous, idk yet ~ ). i also sing in my bedroom and though i do not blush easily - i like to think haha - i am very sensitive and easily touched. ❤ it's nice to meet you~
This is beautiful so I want to do one too. I’m Charis, and I’m 16 years old from England. I don’t really know what my sexuality is, but I’m a genderflux female that is attracted to female and nb people, so I usually just go by an umbrella term like queer or gay. Most of my friends say I’m a ‘lesbian’, but I don’t like that word, and my parents don’t know.
Hi I am Paula! I live in a relatively big city in Germany and I have known that I was bi since I was 15 or 16. I am 19 now and I only came out for the first time a few months ago to some of my friends. My family and most of my friends still don't know but I hope I can get the courage to tell them one day. So Giannah (what a beautiful name btw!) and all the other people in this comment section, I just want you to know that you are not alone and that this lovely community stands behind you <3 love you all
Giannah Noelle Hi. My name is Annika I'm a 14 year old girl from Illinois. Before this year, I had never really thought about my sexuality. I just kind of assumed I was straight because that is what most people assume anyway. Just this year however, my friend came out as gay (she's a girl), and I think I might have a crush on her. I have had many crushes on guys before, and now thinking back I definitely liked her before she came out to me, and her being gay made me think about those feelings and realize what they were. I have talked to her about this, and she doesn't like me back which kinda sucks but there's nothing I can do about it in just glad she still wants to be friends. I keep thinking to myself "what does this mean?" Am I bisexual? I don't know. Maybe I'm just curious what it would be like to date another girl, to date her. I know I don't have to label myself, that I should just try to be myself and not care about labels, but I don't think I can do that. I want to know what it all means. And it's not that I do or don't want to be bisexual, I just don't want to come out as bisexual and realize that I just liked one girl, only because we were really good friends.
Giannah Noelle everybody say Colorado IM A GIRAFFE THATS VERY PROUD OF YOU! well done, this takes guts, I’m so very proud of you , and can I just say, you’ve got a lovely name😍💋
Giannah Noelle Hey, don’t worry. People who see you just as a Bi girl exist. And there are many of them. But you will learn how to deal with it. But there’s also people who will not judge you. And they will love you for who you are! So just forget this type of people and try to find yourself people who deserve to have you in their lives! :)
I don't think it's wrong, but it certainly is beautiful. Hi, just call me Fabby and I'm 14 as of now and I consider myself bisexual, although I am not completely sure as I am still learning. I personally find it hard to fall in love as I feel that I need to be really close to someone before I even get my first crush haha. Life is certainly confusing and I think is just one big learning process, that happens in little fragments. But hi, wonderful people of this comment section!
Hello Giannah, my name is Giulia. Thank you for showing your bravery, it's truly amazing. I am 17 years old and I am a bisexual girl who has a hard time trying to be who I am. I understand very well how you feel. I live in Clovis, CA and I haven't been able to really open up. There are moments that are confusing but it will all be clear some day. Btw, your singing is beautiful. I blush easily too
Im very proud of you. Opening up can be very Hard. But you did it for us. You can do it for your friends because its Best to take it slow if you Are uncofortable. Its normal. Just remember you can always send me a comment if you need someone to talk to. Plus there is nothing wrong with being who you Are. It just means you Are uniqe and you should be proud of who you Are
Hey Giannah! I’m a 12y/o girl who’s bisexual and yeah. I love reading, writing, music, boys, girls, and space😄. I haven’t really came out to anyone, so hello random person I don’t know I’m bi!! I’m honestly so proud of myself, my sexuality and everyone in the replies. And yeah😊😊
hi giannah, i'm larissa but i like to go by lary. i'm 18, half mexican, and i live in a small city in south texas. i love to sing my heart out in the car and in my bedroom. sometimes i like to do it while i play my uke! i am also obsessed with pugs !! aaand i am bisexual. which i only recently realized, because all my life i have been confused. i've come out to my closest friends but we never really talk about it. makes me a bit sad but i love them for being so understanding. i haven't come out to literally anyone else. (yay me for finally being brave enough to say something on the internet) i'm afraid i never will. my mom is a conservative christian and my dad is just a your typical homophobic mexican. my heart races just thinking of telling anyone else. but luckily i have y'all (and dodie ((and this amazing song that's helping me cope)) hehe. i don't know any of you but y'all seem so sweet and ugh just so nice and welcoming. <3 ty for anyone who stuck around and read my sappy thoughts lol ily
Ive been there girl! I’m bi too and I just came out recently. I was really scared but it turned out to be for nothing because all of my friends were really supportive and nothings really changed with them except I can point out the pretty girls sometimes:) The people who see you as your label will just have to deal without an amazing person in their lives.
Hi, I'm Kikay and I'm also bi! I live in a province in the Philippines and please know, you are a lovely and awesome human being💛 keep singing songs and keep being yourself😊
Giannah Noelle, I'm old enough to be your grandfather. If you were my granddaughter, I would love you, and be proud of you, whatever you were.
When my daughter was a bit younger than you are now, her mom and I let her know that, whatever her orientation turned out to be, we loved her, and would support her.
I hope you have people who love and support you, no matter who you're attracted to. The important thing is, that you're happy with whoever you love.
I do believe that this is the purest, most beautiful, most inspiring comment chain I've ever seen in my life!! I love every single one of you for being brave enough to even post a random coming out comment on the internet XD. I am not bi myself but I did come out a long time ago and I know how hard and scary it can be. Just remember, you don't HAVE to come out. Do it when you're ready and when you can do so safely. Giannah, thank you for starting this thread of love!! Always be nice to each other, kids, and always be who you are!!! And stay safe I LOVE YOU ALL ok I'm done bye :D
Giannah, I am too from a small town in Colorado and am bisexual. I am 19 so if you want somebody to talk about the small town Colorado experience I'm here.
Thanks for making me smile and no thank you for making me cry. Ehem...
So, my name is Agnieszka (Anges in english) I'm fourteen. I live in small town next to Krakow in Poland. And I'm bisexual I wanted to tell my psycholgist, but I couldn't do it, so... You guys are first.
i kind of had the same! currently, I'm nearly 19 and i've just finished my first year at uni. at the moment i'm questioning whether i'm bi but honestly, as someone who's identified and very much straight for so long i almost don't think i should have the label of bi especially because i do have a preference for guys. idk. but yeah i feel is i start identifying as bi i'll be melted down to just this label rather than who i am
Hello i am 14 in 2 days we have the same birthday. Im ellie and i dont know because im young and dont understand feelings. have a wonderful day everyone.
Giannah Noelle Hey my name is Elisabeth an I'm 16 I live in a big town in belguim I'm bisexual I think guys are pretty cute and girls are wonderful I have come out to most of my friends but I still feel closeted because I can't talk about it I hope that my parents will never know wich is sad but true
Giannah Noelle hello Giannah! I don’t know if I’m for sure bi...but I’m definitely questioning being bi/pan/ace/gender queer or a mixture of them. That’s is for sharing and we love you no matter who you love 💙💜💖
Giannah Noelle hi! excuse the long user please ^^; i’m Lee, 14 and i came out to my mom last summer as lesbian. i also love singing and i blush easily too lol. i havent come out to my dad bc im scared to, but besides my mom ten friends of mine know. keep being you hun! come out when youre ready, dont force yourself 😁❤️🏳️🌈
You are allowed to have a label. And be proud of it. But, it shouldn't define you because you are so many things. A singer? Whoa! And I understand the blushing, that's a part of it all too. All the pieces of the universe that you hold have no chance in fitting inside just one word. I hope, if you want, you will be able to come out someday. Stay safe and stay strong.
I'm Elena and you've summed up my life. I've only come out as bi to my best friends and I'm scared to come out to everyone else. Even though I'm in a very loving community, I'm still afraid. My best friend is straight so there's only so much she can do to help and give advice. Just last night I came out to one of my other closest friend. The only gay friend I have that I feel comfortable talking to. I know she's very busy this month so I'm not surprised that she hasn't texted back but I'm so so scared of what she'll say. But I had to do it. I need help. I'm scared to see the notification saying she texted back. I've been getting migranes for a long while now and everyone thought it was bc I was stressing too much over school. I am getting better but all the stress that's still in me now is bc of how badly I want to come out to everyone but it scares me to do so.
Hi Giannah! I'm Isabel, 17 and a German living in the UK. I cry when watching Disney movies and I read a lot and sing Beatles songs at the top of my lungs. I came out as bisexual over a year ago and sometimes people see only that label - but it's rare. People actually tend to forget about it in my experience 😆😙
Hello loves. I'm a bit late to this but I'm aya, im pan I think, I love art music and so many other things. I'm from North Carolina and I think you all are wonderful ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
Im a 13 year old girl and Im bi?? I think?? Im very confused about it 😅 I am in looooove with drawing and waterpainting.
You sound like a rlly nice person ;3 Like one of those people who can just get along with literally everyone.
Being bi isn’t a bad thing and always remember that Giannah! You just have a rlly big heart that loves every gender c; Thats how I think about it. Keep being brave x
I’m really late but I wanted you to know. I’m 15 recently came out as bi to about five of my friends and i felt as though it was going to change everything but my friends don’t really talk about it after our initial conversation and my best friend just made jokes the entire time because she “knew”. I didn’t feel myself holding back before I came out but the release of it being known to even five people who were loving and supportive allowed me to be bi and to fully embrace it rather than tell myself it was a phase.
This is the sweetest thing I’ve ever read and someday I hope you feel confident enough (in your surroundings and in yourself) to come out, if you decide that’s what you want!
Giannah Noelle Hiii!! I’m Willa, I’m 15, and I’m bi. I don’t feel the need to come out at all (honestly the closet is fine by me) but some of my friends know or have figured out because I constantly talk about hOW CUTE THIS GIRL IS or hOW BEAUTIFUL THIS BOY IS and yeah. Life is good. I hope it’s going good for you too.
man this reply thread is beautiful! i'd like to add my own bit to it too if that's ok :3 so i'm ava, a twelve year old girl in the philippines currently questioning (but i think i'm bi). i'm closeted and i hope and pray my parents and my sister or just any of my family don't see this bc they're homophobic lol. i like to sing (although i don't think i sound very nice) and play the ukulele! my dad caught me watching she one time while i was scrolling through the comment section and asked me why i was doing that. i said "doing what?" he replied with smth abt supporting lgbt ppl and told me to stop watching that sort of stuff (it didn't work lol). i asked him what he thought abt bi ppl and he asked me what bi ppl are. i told him and he said that they were probably confused. evee since then i have been scared to come out and i think i'm going to do it when i'm old enough to move out of the house bc honestly they're probably going to disown me once they find out (yay me amirite) and this reply thread makes me really happy! i'm going to come back here to help stick through the long years i have to wait so i hope this video doesn't get taken down or anything like that! good luck to all the closeted ppl out there!
Hi Giannah ^^ It has been a year, and I guess you're seventeen now. And I very dearly hope things have changed, and you have found enough courage to show people, who you can be, an bisexual easily blushing, singing in her bedroom girl, you seem so lovely💛
"My heart races and my eyes tear up from the pressure I am building" You say yourself it's the pressure YOU are building in your own mind. Your insecurities are yours and yours alone. Don't hate on other people because of your insecurities. No one cares if you are bisexual. literally no one.
I'm a year late to seeing your comment and I've never related to someone more if you actually do see this thank you for being brave enough to make this comment 💕😭
A year ago I read this comment and it made me cry because I was (and still am) in a very similar situation. I did come out to my mom and sister, but still have trouble with my social anxiety and telling anyone else. I don't know if you'll see this, but I was just genuinely wondering how you are currently doing, because you seem sweet and very relatable to me. Have you come out to anyone yet?
I know it’s almost been a year since this song came out but I just wanted to say as a person who is in the closet with unsupportive parents, this song means more to me than anything.
why does this feel like the perfect song from a musical and the main character confesses to their parents about their sexuality. like something like words fail combined with Simon coming out to his dad.
"how can I be proud of what a million people shout at me I'm not?" is an exact description of being non-binary. The amount of times I've been told there are only two genders is so many, I don't even mention it online anymore. I never thought to put it so simply. thanks, dodie.
offbeat kiki putting yourself out there when it seems like so many people are against you is a scary and brave thing to do. I AM PROUD OF YOU AND WHO YOU ARE!!! So many people feel the same way as you. Some may not be able to talk about it, and some do and face the same challenges you have. Remember that for every person who has ever tried to make you feel like you aren’t valid, there are thousands marching beside you who will be there to support you <333
I’m non-binary too and I’ve had one of my very close friends say to my face that I don’t exist. I understand and that line really does describe it exactly.
I think the reason people get confused is because physically, you either have a hot dog or a bun (lol), and then there is spiritual gender, or the gender we feel we truly are. You cannot change your physical gender, but your spiritual gender is up to the way you feel. So if you feel you have no gender or both genders or 100 genders, but you only have one penis or vag you have to understand how it confuses people. I'm sorry if this is offensive or rude I'm not good at explaining things :/ <3
I remember being at school and to my face, a kid looked me right in the eyes and said "Not to offend anyone or anything, but there's only two genders". It took so much not to break down right there.
It's sad that people do that to all of you here, but I'm proud of you for never denying this part of yourselves, even if you don't mention it. Stay strong
people have told me the past year and a half that there is only two genders. that i’m disgusting....dodies always helped me i’m glad i’m not the only ome
I have a friend who's non binary and too scared to come out to their parents. They wear thick jumpers to bind and we're in the middle of a heat wave, so they're wearing skirts and shirts to keep cool and I feel so so sorry for them. But they're amazing and so are you.
It's really sad that cis people feel the need to invalidate non binary gender identities. I'm non-binary also and attracted to lots of people so this song meant the world to me
Whiteheat073 and the Slime Bros. ...just tryna share info here...i stand in where there are two genders which are masculine and feminine, sex is female and male...regarding lesbians and gays(i dont really know much of the terms hope i dont offend) people can be female but masculine which explains lesbians and so on...but im not forcing my opinion to anyone, just trying to elaborate.
Whiteheat073 and the Slime Bros. Regarding the intersex, i believe its a inborn defect and usually there is a majority of one of the sexes and the gender again depends on the person...just an opinion 😅
Wow, I didn't expect anyone to even read this comment. Thank you for all the positive responses. I want to make a video about being non binary soon. I know I'll get some people telling me I can't be myself but it's time
Me too. I almost never talk about it online, there's always someone jumping to tell me that I'm wrong. I only talk about it with close online friends who I know accept me. But in real life? Never. The concept of there being more than two genders is always just a joke at school. And I know if anyone were to know about me, that I'd be the joke to them. Nobody would take me seriously, not even my closest friends. But this song is so nice, makes me remember that there are places I'll be accepted, even if it's only small online communities.
i have it shoved in my face that i’m a “girl” constantly. i can completely pass until someone opens their mouth. my hair is short, my crappy binder works well enough, i have broader shoulders, but the moment my mom, or my teacher, or my friend opens their mouth and starts talking about me, i loose all of that. it kills me inside. i even sorta came out to my past crush, but if anything they became even more obsessed with the fact they liked a “girl”.
Hey okay so I see people are sharing there coming out stories so I’m gonna share mine
I fell in love with a girl and it felt right, and I have always noticed that women were gorgeous, but I forced myself to always like boys because I was too scared to admit to myself I was attracted to girls. Then one day I started asking a lot of questions about the lgbtq+ community to my family and friends because my older sister had recently came out and one day my oldest sister said “if another one of you (me or my siblings) were gay, or trans, I would be happy because I just want my siblings to know that I’m okay because I want my little siblings to be happy and have someone there.” I bursted into tears and I basically flat out said through tears that I’m bi and my sister just held me and told me “I know and it’s okay, I would never hate you for loving someone” I later came out my family and friends and I’ve never felt happier in my life.
"so please step inside my soul i'd love to watch you gasp. you'd understand in minutes, and i'd like to think you'd miss it cause so would i" every line in this song is so powerful but this one in particular echos with me. i wish that people who grew up being told they were 'normal' could see things how i do. i wish they could see how beautiful everyone around me is and how hard i struggled to see myself as beautiful too. thank you for making me feel heard, dodie.
i really felt the map not being made for me part. i keep comparing everybody’s journey with sexuality to mine and it’s ripping apart. there’s too much time to think about it over quarantine.
i'm a trans bi girl with a very queerphobic family and i relate to this song so much. it's gotten me through so many sleepless nights and i'll never be able to explain how much this song means to me. thank you dodie for existing and writing this song and for being a role model for me. i hope to get the lyrics "so please step inside my soul" tattooed on me with your handwriting one day.
I found out I was bisexual when I was around eleven and the first person I came out to was my mum at age twelve, asking her if she would support me or not. I didn't have a proper reason as to why I felt this way, but I knew I had an intense liking to the same sex. So when she asked me why I asked, I said I liked girls more than I should. She told my dad, and in which he said "no you're not, I'm having grand kids," which honestly confused me? I didn't understand his reasoning... My brother was in denial, as well, saying "no you're not" to every time I would say I was bi around the house. Then I became a tad bit older and had an argument with my mom because she said I was too young to even think about this. The most emotional thing I've ever said to her was "If I had a choice, I wouldn't be this way." I even thought of doing absolutely awful things to myself; but eventually, after years to come, I finally succeeded in my fight for love and support from my family. My mom looked at me with the most loving eyes ever during a song about lgbtq+ at a concert, my dad got me a "why is straight the default?" Shirt, and my brother even talks about cute girls with me. I'm not out to most people because honestly, I'm afraid I have to go through this emotional angst. I'm afraid that once I'm out my title will be "confused girl." I know I like girls, I know I love girls. Just as much as I love everyone else. I hope if someone reads this they know that, even if their parents aren't as open to this idea, it gets easier. There are people you will meet or know that will love, appreciate, and accept you!! Also, I know this is a very long and personal story I'm sharing on the YouTube comment section, but I feel very connected to this song and I'm grateful one was created about this topic. I'm also very emotional rn
edit: wow, I didn't believe I would receive this much support, but I thank you guys so so much. It really makes my days and nights reading these comments.
Hi :) I'm proud of you! I'm 24 and once when I was like 8 I tearfully told my mom I thought I was gay and she laughed and said I wasn't because I had always liked boys. I didn't know bi was even a thing for a really long time. Since my mom told me I wasn't, and as I grew up I saw so much homophobia around me, I struggled and thought something was just wrong with me. After a reeeaaallly long time, I finally realized that that really is a part of me, and isn't anything wrong. I'm in a committed relationship with a man now (who knows I'm bi), so I don't really think I'll ever end up coming out to my family. I think it's awesome you did and your family finally understood.
I am so, so, proud of you. I know it's really hard to figure yourself out and you managed to, which I think is inspiring! I'm also very sorry to hear about your experiences, that must be awful..But I believe that you are so strong and people are going to love and support you, because you deserve so much more. I'm very happy for you, and the man you're with is very lucky :)
Thank you so much for sharing, that was so incredible of you. I'd like to share my own story, if that's alright.
My brother has been out as pansexual to my family for two years. Everyone in my family but me. He would've come out to me too, but my mom stopped him. Even though my mom calls herself an ally, she didn't want me to know because she was worried he would "taint" me. Well, sometime about a year ago, around when he came out to me, I discovered that I was bisexual. His pansexuality didn't affect me in any way, I know it's just who I am. I'm only out to a few close friends and terrified to come out to my mom. I know she would eventually accept me, but probably not at first. She thinks kids shouldn't know about lgbtq+ stuff and even though I'm 14, she'd probably think I'm too young to know. I know I'll have to face my fears some day, but I don't see it anytime soon.
Your story inspired me and hopefully, if she doesn't fully accept me at first, she'll come around.
Leah R-G I know how hard it must be, for a parent to not properly understand; but I believe you and your brother are so strong and you most definitely will receive support from someone, even if it's not your mother(which I seriously hope she does support you)! I'm so happy my experience did something to help and I hope you to stay strong through it when you do decide to come out to your mum. I know I don't know you personally but I wish for the best things to happen to you and every other good person that has some sort of struggle in their life because they deserve what's good in the world. I'm so proud of you, and I wish the best of luck to you.
Scribble Scrabble you just wrote my life story as well as your own, do not listen to what they say. You are you. No one can tell you otherwise. I'm rooting for you💕
i'm so happy for you!! i'm still exploring my identity, but i know my parents are homophobic so i'm worried that if i find out i'm bi they won't approve of me.
Rory As long as she's supportive, that's great. I'm super happy for you and I know it's a wonderful feeling to figure yourself out. Also, I am so sorry for the late reply haha
Last First Hey, it's going to be okay whether they support you or not...There will be times where it hurts, but then there will be times where you can realize that there are so many more people on this Earth who root for you and will be there with you every step of the way. I support you if you're in the LGBTQ+ community or not.
Im Bi too, and I feel you, actually, I am not out to my parents because i am scared of their reactions. But i am really proud of you to fight for who you are. And im proud of myself for being out to my friends. I hope you have a good day! Love <3
bi too! found out what i was as young as you. haven't come out since my parents are homophobic and i am scared they'll kick me out or tell me it's a phase + i dont have a plan B. hopefully your family gets more supportive by the day! x
Scribble Scrabble I'm so happy for you that your family accepted you for who you are. that story made me smile. hope you're having an awesome day, whoever you are :)
My mom doesn't support me being bi, so it's heartwarming to read your comment. I appreciate your story so much. I hope that one day my mom will be alright with that part of me, or hopefully even be supportive like your parents support you. I'm beyond happy for you. :)
No matter what happens if you come out or not always remember you are you, to come out so early is so brave of you, no matter what what people say ignore them, yo are beautiful and no one will ever change that about you. Stay bright as confident in who you are - a random person who is the B in lgbtq+
Scribble Scrabble wow that is very powerful I feel so sorry for you and I have a message which is don't be afraid to be who you are inside you are beautiful and all you need is the right person to see that
Keilianah De'Marie stay strong I came out as lesbian and I was terrified to tell anyone but I promise once you do you will feel so much better and so much more proud to be yourself. Good luck
awww I'm so happy for u, good for u 💞💞💞 also omg I relate to this so much because I found out I was bi when I was eleven and I came out to my mum when I was twelve!! (I still am twelve tho lol yes imma fetus) I love this story 💞💞
The title "Confused girl" that you mentioned really speaks to me. I don't say anything about my sexuality except to my very close friends because I feel like if anyone knew, they would see my label, not who I am, and I would change in their eyes. So not even my family knows... but you're story really has helped me, so thank you.
Thank you for sharing and providing some hope. I've come out to my mom 4 times as bisexual and each time she has simply refused, I feel trapped and I usually have a very strong relationship with her so it just really hurts. Thank you, a million times over for just your bravery sharing and your kindness to be helping others now. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. I hope you day is spectacular and just, thank you. I'm currently in a hidden lgbt relationship and both me and my girlfriend needed this.
This is exactly how my life went (except I have no siblings) and is going even now! Same age at the time and everything! Just went to a dodie concert and am reliving all of her songs again, this being one of them, and knowing how my parents reacted to rainbow and she. Love is beautiful when it's done right, lgbt+, family, friends... love is love right?
I think they're beginning to finally understand, I'm pushing through til they fully realise. I've got a PATD concert coming up too, hopefully girls/girls/boys will break through enough? :)
Scribble Scrabble my mom won’t accept that I’m bi. She tells me that I’m straight cuz I’m in a straight passing relationship, and she says that “yeah well when you date a girl you can be gay. You don’t need a fancy fucking word for it” and She’s implied that I’m confused.
I figured it out pretty late that I'm pansexual... (Just last year, at 19) I'm out to my friends and kinda my parents, but that last bit didn't go too smoothly... They love me anyway, but made me kinda make a deal with them to not date girls or trans-people.... Because "why can't you just choose to be with cis boys since you like them too?". They are less open-minded than they (and I) thought they were, and in addition they are afraid that me coming out as queer would create issues with other parts of the familiy... Like my grandparents or my (sadly) quite homophobic and transphobic big brother... At least my friends don't care and I can talk about it with them and also I can go to the pride parade and stuff with the excuse of being an ally to my queer friends. (Also kissing some cute girl at a party or smth shouldn't be any problem since what they don't know won't hurt 'em :P And that'd be like the couple of casual hookups I've had with boys before).
This made me cry a little harder than the song did haha. I myself am bi, and it was really hard coming out to my family and friends, and I went through a very emotional time. I had support from everyone except myself at one point. You have such an inspiring story 🙂
This is so pure. I tried coming out to my mum at 12 but she said "You're to young, It's a trend, you blush around boys." She said I wasn't aloud to talk about anything to do with "the gays" and if I did I'd get in trouble. So that's fun.
My story is kinda like ur but mine didn't have a happy ending my parents are still saying that I am not a lesbian,but I listen to this song to make me happy but what really makes me happy is that I see people with happy ending of coming out it makes me feel happy that they are not hurting like me
same! i feel like when i came out to my mom, which didn't go well at all, i didn't have any proper reasons to give her other than things i was too embarrassed to say, ya know? like i felt so lost for words at the question "why do you think you're gay" because its like lol because i'm like attracted to girls. and the like "proof" was not something i felt comfortable sharing, especially because my coming out was not on my terms or a good situation.
@Leah Im 14 too and im into girls and coming out to my family was terrifying im very happy other people are finding acception. I have only been treated like scum by people ive dated so its hard for me to trust anyone anymore, but when I came out to my mom its cause she found a letter to a girl at my school, telling her I liked her
reading my old message on here is so strange. I'm out to my mom now, it went fine, I'm out to my siblings too (one of whom came out as trans recently!).
the first time I listened to this I thought it was such a cute song. now, when I sing it... I cried. this song has so much feeling in it that I can't even put it into words. what I can say though is, Thank you. Thank you Dodie, for existing in this world to bring such beautiful music like this. You are truly a gift.
Hey Dodie, you probably won't see this in all the comments, but I'd just like to thank you for always being a huge inspiration for the music that I create. Every time I listen to one of your songs, I always get in the mood to write, and I always look forward to your wordplay. Thanks for being you.
“To say that im a rainbow” “To tell me that I’m bright” “When I’m so used to feeling wrong” “Well it makes me feel right”
I might cry this hits home so hard. I’m so used to hear my family talk about gay people like they are some kind of plight when I’m in the closet myself and its kind of been drilled into me, but i also have a strong sense of pride for who i am and I’m always conflicted and confused. But when i see rainbows or the flag i get reminded that i am a beautiful messy cacophony of colours and even though I’m confused and kind of scared, that’s ok. God this song is so perfect.
idk if you will ever even see this, but you and your music are the reason i came out as bi today... some people were super accepting but there were some people that were, um, not accepting. so i came back here and listened to your music and it helped me and i love you sm thank you for helping me through❤️
I am just very confused and spooked, I've had really severe girl crushes, but I can't imagine myself dating a girl. auuaghegehgugghhhhhhh I don't know what to call myself, to quote my all time favourite vine "smash that like button if you're gay but not gay enough"
Noodle Arms I mean it’s ok to not fully understand yet I’m so confused as to what I am because iv liked boys but can never stay liking them for long,while I also imagine myself dating a girl but have never actually experienced that type of relationship but I can relate i feel kinda gay but not gay enough to be considered gay
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Ella Vonbuskirk2018-07-06 04:17:45 (edited 2018-07-06 04:18:20 )
Hey that's ok! Maybe what you're looking for is something-romantic? That means that you are attracted to someone but not in a sexual way, and sorry I'm not that good at explaining but there are so many websites that you can search it up on! And always remember that you don't have to even give yourself a label because they can get confusing at times haha
I totally understand you, that’s how I thought when I was first beginning to question my sexuality. Now I would rather date a girl tho, so just wait a bit and things might figure themselves out (I’m bi btw)
I'm autistic and a lot in this song speaks to me as well, one of the symbols for autism is a rainbow infinity sign, so I just wanted to say your song touched more than the lgbtq+ community, thank you.
I don’t know why (maybe I’m just extra depressed tonight) but I’ve listened to this a million times now and tonight I’m sobbing like a baby. I love you so much dodie and just know that these are happy tears! Keep being a great person because you totally are!!
Last night was Dodie's show in Paris. I was there, singing songs that I loved with people that finally knew Dodie as well as me, and we all sang the lyrics together, in harmony... She said she wasn't feeling well that night, that's why she took some time before coming on stage : it hit me, to realize that even her knowing we came for her couldn't erase her bad times and feeling low... She sang 6/10, and we could tell she was meaning every word in it. I couldn't stand it, I had to do something. So at the end of the song, we all clapped, and there was a moment before she started to speak again. I shouted with all my heart "WE LOVE YOU !!!!!!", and I heard her sweet laughter, that meant she heard me and was touched by the gesture. And right after that, the whole crowd shouted "YEAH WE LOVE YOU !!!!!" and she smiled and smiled. I was so releaved to see her smile, and happy that other people were feeling the same way... I'm not saying that we healed her bad mental state that night, but at least we had a chance to say that we were supporting her no matter what, and we would always love her.
i just want to say i've listened to this song a million times and i know it's about the lbgtq community but i can say i relate to it with depression. this is a beautiful song and your voice is amazing. thank you for this song.
Me and my girlfriend vibe and cry to this together, bonding over the difficulty of being gay (I'm not able to come out to my family) I'm so glad she's there for me and I love her a lot <3
‘How could I be proud of what a million people shout at me I’m not’ is something that crosses my mind way too often. ‘But to say that I’m a rainbow’ always follows closely behind❤️
Seeing this song live was such an experience. People holding up pride flags. Everyone quiet for a moment, and the vibe at that moment immediately changed. It wasn’t as upbeat, but we were just all soaking in the goddamn gayness right before She. And damn man
here after she announced the version of rainbow for her new album... when i first listened to this song i didnt realize just how gay i really were, and i still very much saw myself as "just an ally".... i am so excited that i get to listen to this song as a revamped version while being true to myself about my sexuality... thank you, dodie.🌈🌈🌈
As pride month comes to a close, we're blessed by this lovely song by our lovely Dodie ❤️❤️❤️🏳️🌈 Happy Pride Month ,my love You're amazing and a beautiful rainbow🌈🌈🌈❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I had to defend my friend the other day because I was talking about her girlfriend and then my mum said something like 'but this is probably just a phase, because everyone goes through them' and I explained to her how she was gay and has been since year 6 and I truly believe this isn't 'just a phase'. My mum is very supportive of LGBT though I think she's just not used to people this young coming out.
“my title just talks over me” hits me SO HARD. i’ve stopped using labels recently bc i’ve been going through a lot of identity troubles and changed the way i think about myself, as well as the words I used to convey that identity. one friend in particular (who i wouldn’t consider myself friends with anymore and who has never been especially supportive) has been giving me shit about “changing my sexuality” and essentially blaming me for lying about it. she’s told me things like “i never believed you were asexual anyway” (despite us having several conversations abt it and me still identifying somewhere on the ace spectrum), “you have to have had a crush on a girl to be bisexual”, and “i think you’re just confused”, as well as outing me and saying things I had told her in confidence to people i was still becoming friends with. I’ve felt for a little while now that she always saw me through the lens of whatever I had told her instead of viewing my sexuality for what it was—a growing, changing, fluid identity—and her telling others about it almost immediately after i had started to become friends with them made me feel like I wasn’t being given a chance to show them my personality before my sexuality. my title just talked over me.
to everyone struggling with an identity, to everyone who doesn’t like labels, to everyone who knows what it feels like to have their sexuality seen before themselves—happy pride. June may be over, but pride never ends.
Natalie Jeez, your comment hit me harder than the song itself and brought out some little feelings I often think about but push away.
I personally identify as abrosexual. Mostly because it's more acceptable to have a far out label than none at all. I don't feel it should be that way though... I just want to be able to be in love without having to slap a "hello my name is ____" sticker on my gender and sexuality.
JustBeingCelinda oh I didn't take it as rude at all don't worry! abrosexualty is (and don't take my explanation as the correct one- Ash hardell made a video that explained it much better than I'm about to.) when someone can feel straight one day and then ace the next and then really really gay the next. And there's different intensities of feeling romantic as well. Like, right now I'm just kind of low key gay but sometimes I'm really really homosexual. Sorry for the horrid explanation >∆<
i love the "june may be over, but pride never ends" (also, be strong💗 and this friend is definitely not the kind of person you want to be friends with... i'm so sorry)
Natalie I relate to this so much. I'm extremely confused w my sexuality, and I used to be pretty confident about it a year ago or so..but recently I have no idea if I'm attracted to girls or boys or both or other and I'm struggling so much w that atm. I say that I'm gay, but I'm honestly just scared that if I say that I'm attracted to girls, etc then I'll get hate for it and wouldn't be viewed the same way I was when everyone knew me as gay. I'm so post within my identity at the moment, and it really makes me anxious and mad at myself bc I want to figure it out. I want to be sure. I want to know who I am and what I like..I feel like everyone will drop a hate bomb automatically if I say that I don't I'm gay anymore bc I don't wanna be that person that changes their sexuality every 5 minutes.. I've changed my sexuality like 272827827 times already, I just want to find myself and it's extremely hard for me..so I just decide not to label myself at all and just be attracted to whoever I find attractive ig. Idk what the point of this was but y e a h
holy shit, you guys. i never expected this to resonate with so many people. thank you for the outpouring of support and know that I’m always out here, supporting you too. if you’re dealing with a situation like mine, i can promise that it does get better. I found friends who genuinely love and support me and who accept me as i am, fluid identity and all. stay strong and stay proud.
Chords.. kinda So Dodie has it tuned differently, which I just found by ear, so I don't know what it's tuned to since I'm no proffesional. The chords (once tuned differently) are G, Em, and then you slide your ring finger down two phrets (idk that chord) So basically, the progression is to slide your fingers up and down the second string 2 phrets apart.
Hope that was sort of helpful? I just did all this by ear and watching her fingers.
this was posted in the summer. summer was so nice. summer was so beautiful. i always wish i could go back. that’s one thing me and dodie have in common.
I love reading the comments on these videos. There's just so much love and support 💕🏳️🌈
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Eve Flaschka2018-07-01 03:48:26 (edited 2018-07-01 18:09:18 )
When I was 9 years old, I had my first crush. I didn't realize it at first, because it was on my best friend who was female. I remember fawning over her and following her everywhere, and it took me so long to realize I saw her in a different light than everyone else.
When I was 10 years old, I texted my best friend, whilst crying, telling her I was bi. She told me she would still be my friend and that she always wanted a bi friend.
When I was 11 years old, I was hit with the first slur ever. "Fag," I was called on the bus. I cried myself to sleep that night, refusing to tell my parents what happened.
When I was 12 years old, I realized I never had real crushes on boys and that they were all faked because I liked to fit in with my friends. Whenever they had a crush on someone, I had a "crush" on them too.
When I was 13 years old, I told my friend the reason why I wasn't going to prom was because I was gay and had no one to go with. She offered to go with me, and since then we're best friends.
Now I'm 14 years old, and I'm going to come out to my parents tomorrow before I leave for camp. I've withheld this secret for 5 years and I can't keep it in any longer. I know they will love me for who I am, but it just means so much to me that they'll see me the same way the next day. Wish me luck 💕🏳️🌈
Edit: Thank you all for your kind words💕 All of your comments mean so much to me, and I managed to build up enough strength to come out to my mother before leaving. I asked her if I could tell her a secret while hugging her goodbye, she said sure, and I said "I like girls." She smiled and said "okay." I'm numb with happiness, and once my dad drops me off I'm going to come out to him too. Once I come back from camp I'll comment what he said for those curious. I love you all so much and I wish you have a good day💕💕💕
good luck with coming out, it can be really hard sometimes and it's really brave of you to finally think it's time to tell them. I know I'm just a stranger on youtube, but you have my full support 💛💛💛💛 also wow a lot of your comment is v relatable
Girl, i complete understand. You are so strong and don't you EVER take shit from nobody because you have an entire community behind you. Even if your parents do not accept you, that is their problem, and not yours.
Thank you all for your kind words💕 All of your comments mean so much to me, and I managed to build up enough strength to come out to my mother before leaving. I asked her if I could tell her a secret while hugging her goodbye, she said sure, and I said "I like girls." She smiled and said "okay." I'm numb with happiness, and once my dad drops me off I'm going to come out to him too. Once I come back from camp I'll comment what he said for those curious. I love you all so much and I wish you have a good day💕💕💕
Thank you Dodie. I'll definitely listen to this on my "coming to terms" playlist for days when I feel unnatural and wrong. It'll get me through a lot of nights
As a lesbian who is in a relationship, this song hit me so hard. It brought me back to walking in the hallway holding my girlfriend’s hand and hearing guys shout harassing comments at us, and seeing people lean over to each other and whisper about us. I’ll post stuff on my social media about how proud I am of my sexuality, and then I get shot down by some homophobic kid that goes to my school who doesn’t think I have the right to live. Thank you for this song, because it perfectly sums up what it’s like to be lgbtq+.
I’m bisexual. And I am so, so, so lucky. I have a family who supports me 100%. I have friends who love me for who I am. I know some people go through horrible times, so I very grateful for the amount of support I receive.
For real though dodie, the message of this song is so important, the lyrics are beautiful and your voice sounds amazing with this. I'm crying but also so happy that you're bringing attention to such an important topic through this FANTASTIC song Thank you
this song makes me feel good bc a lot of the time i forget that being me is a good thing so hearing you say it abt yourself reminds me to be good to myself
i’m not a part of the lgbtq+ community (well i’m an ally) but this song made me cry. i hate that people feel so hopeless and disregarded just because they found who they are. no one deserves that. you are you. be proud of it. i admire all of your strength and it is never time to give up💜💜
alissa Same, all my friends are gay, and in a way I feel like I'm on the journey with them. I'm always there for comfort and support all the time, and that's the best I can do for them.
a couple of my friends, and even my brother (trans girl-boy) are lgbtq in some way...i cant outright fight for them, much to my dismay, but i know i can do little things that could help them in the future.
My sis is bi. I love her with all my heart. It hurts me that she has to hide her secret from certain people. That's not right. Things need to change. This is coming from a straight white guy.
"I never even asked to be this way." "When I'm so used to feeling wrong, well it makes me feel alright." This song hit me right in the chest, growing up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where being gay is a sin. When I realized that I'm bisexual, I cried for hours. I struggled for months to try to talk myself into just ignoring it, and pretending to be the perfect straight girl I'm expected to be. I came out to my parents, sister, and aunt, and only my aunt fully supported me. My 10 year old sister told me that she thinks it's wrong and gross, and if I date a girl she won't ever talk to her. Even I didn't fully believe that being gay is not a sin, even though I know logically it wouldn't be. I'm finally starting to realize how beautiful life is when you accept yourself, and this song really captured my feelings so well. Learning to accept my feelings and treat them as a blessing rather than a curse is the hardest thing I've ever done, but it's also the happiest I've ever been.
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Fortnite man 9072020-12-11 07:44:41 (edited 2020-12-11 07:44:52 )
Anyone back here after being reminded by the new version❤️❤️❤️
I was outed by my aunt to my dad. I had already experienced so much in the summer of sixth grade, and I was going to church camp, and to be honest, I had never been so scared. I’m still not sure of my sexuality, but I will find my way.
Even as a lesbian, i relate to this song in a non-lgbt way, which makes me even more upset than my homophobic parents. At school we have a very accepting community and I can be who I am without real judgement (obviously friends are going to tease but they don't mean it) and 80-90% of my friend group is LGBT, we have 2 openly LGBT teacher and the rest are hella supportive and they'd never say the gay things i do to me parents because they know the situation. So i feel very welcome and accepted for who I am by my (chosen) family. However, there are things I can't even fake not having issues with and are just very embarrassing for me to share, even if they aren't the worst things in the world. I have breakdowns over just the fact that I can't just be normal. But I do have a few people in my life who make it feel ok. Less inhuman. More normal. So I really really to this song that way.
On the first day of 7th grade I got up and sang this infront of my entire choir class, at the time all I really had was my cousin. I sang the first verse and the chorus, I was shaking the entire time. When I looked up I saw my cousin sitting in her chair crying her eyes out. She's always believed in me and we don't see her cry much. But that day I saw her so proud of me that she cried. That moment I realized that someone really did care about me, even if it was just my cousin. I'm a freshman now, but I still look back on that moment and see just how much it changed me as a person.
So thank you Dodie, for making this song and all your music. I don't know where I would be without any of it.
What a way to end the Pride Month. This song really speaks a thousand colorful words and every second of it is just beautiful. We love you so much, Dodie. Hope we're doing a good job of reminding you that everyday ❤
dodie, you make every closeted lgbtq+ a little less alone and we are all so grateful for that. people went emotional from this video, i cried, even you did, but sometimes crying is the best way of coping. thank you, dodie. you're truly a blessing.
I stumbled upon this song again after a while and listening to it now after I've started to really understand and love myself despite my sexuality was truly a beautiful feeling. Thank you for such an amazing feeling
“But my title just talks over me I never even asked to be this way” You’re literally singing the emotions I’ve been experiencing in the past month, and I’m crying on the inside
so please step inside my soul I'd Love to watch you gasp
This doesn't just hit me with my sexuality but with all my problems and how people still think I'm the sassy carefree girl i have to play to hide my thoughts.
thank you for putting this into words. this song comforted me so much when i was just starting to figure out my sexuality and i am just so grateful for you and your pride videos. now i’ve been out as a lesbian for a while and i am so happy i had people like you who made me feel like i had a community that i could relate to.
This hits dead center home. My parents accept me and love me and joke around and talk about girls and feed into my weird love for rainbows and the colors pink blue and purple together in some stripes. But... I always feel in the middle. I like to understand things but I never fit the examples or relate to the metaphors. "I thought it would feel good to know why I'm different" feels so good because it's the only thing that fits. I'm so different from everyone else that I have no clue what's normal and what isn't or how to deal with things in the best way for me because I always fall somewhere in the middle. I started to notice everything and now I feel alone and distant and separated from everyone. Like, looking out the glass. I've been told before that bi doesn't exist. Its one or the other. I heard it on a show. It hurt. I was told that I don't belong. And I mean all my life I've known that I don't fit in anywhere cause I'm a special little blob and I'm happy this way but its starting to feel like everything is backwards. I want somewhere I belong. Somewhere I feel that this is where I can be everything at once and not hold back parts of myself amd only show the other parts. It's like being depressed. You feel like you sometimes laugh but never truly. Never fully.
Im actually crying rn. Ive had these exact feelings bottled up inside me for so long. Im a bit of a quiet gay (internalized homophobia and all that) and sometimes pride in and of itself feels a little inaccessible to me. It really means a lot that you took the time to put words to this experience. I dont feel half as wrong after listening to this.
I recently discovered I’m a lesbian and this song has never hit harder. While I was happy pretending to be straight, happy to pretend to fit in, I am not who I thought i was. I am a lesbian. This makes life difficult. More difficult than I thought. But I’m proud that I chose what I wanted over what the world wanted for me. Thank you Dodie, I’ve watched you since 2017, and “she” is one of my favourite songs as that’s what I listened to when I fell in love with my straight best friend lol, thank you for everything <3
this made me weep. dodie, you’re so incredibly talented and i appreciate you so much. you inspire me so much and i want to thank you for that. much love. 💖
I finally came out to one of my close friend of 9 years earlier this month and she told her parents who said they’d hide it from mine and have been more than accepting. Being raised in a homophobic home and having someone so close to me be accepting has meant the world to me thank you dodie for a wonderful song and hope you have a wonderful last day of pride❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
I’m glad someone accepts you! I’m in a similar situation but my friends parents told my mom so now she knows. She thinks it’s a phase but I didn’t loose my house so it’s ok
Dodieee this was so perfect! You put the way so many people feel into words. You are such a bright light in so many people’s lives. Speaking for the dodie fans thank you so much. We love you and are amazed by you every time we see you.
I love this song. I'm straight, but I have a lot of LGBTQ+ friends and listening to this song helps me understand what they see and feel. I love you Dodie, keep doing what you're doing.
when i first heard this song i didn’t think much of it, but fast forward two years and after learning a whole lot about myself i listened to this song again for the first time in a while and FUCK this song has me EMOTIONAL!!!
Sooo I’m asexual I think. No I don’t think I know.
I’ve been battling for years about my sexuality and this past pride month with so much love and support, I felt I was getting closer and closer to knowing. And this, this has come at the perfect moment dodie. So dodie, or anyone who reads this, let you be the first to know, I am asexual. And one day I will become strong and brave enough to own it 😊
i would totally recommend checking out AVEN; it's a site for asexuals and even people who aren't asexuals and just want to learn about asexuality! really great place to be- everyone's super loving and kind :)
@Sasha it’s when you don’t feel sexually attracted to anyone (though there is grey asexual where you feel slight attraction!) while Ive been struggling I thought I was bisexual as I find both men and women equally attractive but the more I explored and researched I realised that this equal attraction was more based on not being interested in either rather than both. I hope this helps and good luck finding who you are!
this is absolutely beautiful, every part of it. I love the message. to the the lgbtq+ people, I support you with all my heart! you are valid! love you dodie 🌈
Throughout this pride month i have realised how damn lucky I am to have the people I do in my life. I feel like I don't need the support of pride that so many others do and I am so greatful for that. To all of my friends and everyone on the internet who have helped me so much, I love you, Thank you xx
"How can I be proud of what a million people shout at me I'm not" This is so heartbreakingly relatable, thank you so much for putting it into such beautiful words
Thank you Dodie. I am still figuring myself out, but all I know is that I love women. This song has given me hope and strength in the scariest, most confusing, and most daunting times in my life. Your words even gave me enough courage to come out to a close friend of mine yesterday and he told me how proud he was of me for trying to find myself and who I am. I still have my entire family, friends, and even myself to truly come-out to but thanks to wonderful lgbtq+ icons like you, I know many others on confusing and difficult home situations can find the strength in ourselves. With all the hate and shame my family puts on this wonderful community, I'm still not scared of who I am and who I love. That is all I could ever ask for. Even if it takes me years to tell them, this song will be the reason why. Thank you for this gift. Thank you for this confidence. Thank you for this love. Thank you for everything.
dead kpop inside joke Ikr people need to support them because it's like what if being straight was seen as gay or bi like they need to jndertand that not everyone is perfect and nobody is the same
“It’s getting hard to navigate when every map was never made for me” I have no words this was so amazingly written I love this line and I love this song
I dont ever remember coming out to my friends, all my friends are apart of the lgbtq community. I came out to my therapist first. She accepted me, and i talked about my relationship with my girlfriend Kat. This friday im coming out to my mom, and asking for a gay flag.. wish me luck <3
For a long time, I never liked the same guys as all the other girls, I felt different and left out, they would talk about how they would love for a guy to “give them good sex” and the subject always kinda made me a little uncomfortable. I always thought guys and girls were cute. I felt different then all the other girls and they made fun of me for it.
But I did some research and learned that I am a biromantic asexual (a person who does not have sexual attractions towards others, biromantic means I like more than one gender) and I’ve had so many people tell me I’m wrong or I’m trying to get attention, and my parents have even told me I’m going to hell. This song made me feel better.
I’m questioning and every time I hear this song, I cry. I cry because I feel it hits very close to home, but I scream at myself that I’m not gay and I don’t deserve to listen and feel something when I hear this song. I sob because I don’t know who I am and I’m so lost on how I should feel. I don’t even know where to start or how to end.
I’ve told my mom that I’m questioning, and after a day or two, she came to the conclusion she doesn’t mind. She told me I don’t need to rush to find a label. It felt amazing when she said that, but as of now, I can’t stop thinking about labels, and which one belongs to me.
I’ve built up so much pressure when it comes to sexuality that whenever someone brings it up I tense and my face gets red. Sometimes my eyes water.
I tell myself I’m not gay, and I don’t deserve beautiful songs like this. I don’t deserve to get that special validation when someone accepts you for your sexuality, because I’m the normal, straight.
I don’t know who I am, but I know that whatever I end up being, my mom will be there for me.
Whoever you are, whatever you feel, I promise it’ll make sense one day. You don’t need a label or to even know for sure. Go with what feels right and everything will eventually click into place and you might not even realise it. Stay strong, whoever you are 💖
To anyone reading this: YOU ARE A BEAUTIFUL VIBRANT RAINBOW!!!
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Okay. So this pride month, I saw all of these beautiful people talking about their experiences and how much they love pride. It is astonishingly beautiful. I really really really want to be a part of it. I'm not sure where I stand yet though. I have a lot of LGBTQ+ friends, and they introduced me to a side of the world I'd never seen. A few things clicked for me. I don't want to label myself yet, though. I guess I haven't really accepted it, or come out to myself yet. Bisexual feels right. Demisexual feels right. Queer fells right. Asexual feels right. But what I'm afraid of is that, by assigning myself a label, I'll work too hard to make it true. Does that make any sense? Probably not. Anyway, what I'm really asking for is some advice, and I guess some help. Thank you so much. I LOVE PRIDE
Alright let's UPDATE: I came out to some friends as bisexual over text and I will figure it out from there. Thank you so so much for your words repliers.
That’s tough, and it’s difficult to have something that you can’t quite name. But you don’t have to label yourself right away, many people never do. You’re you and whichever label you choose doesn’t change that. :) good luck, you got this 💜💜🏳️🌈
Best way to find yourself, for me at least, was to let go of the labels and just grow and learn at my own pace. Labels can be tricky and weird, since everyone is at least a little bit different and experiences love and attraction in their own ways. I went from straight, to no label, to bi, to pan, and that feels the most right now. I still fall somewhere tricky on the asexual and demisexual spectrum though, and I guess I’ll learn where I am on that whenever I get into my first relationship, or heck, even after that. Have a good pride regardless of who you are.
Ryn Thomas What you describe really hits me hard honestly, because I felt like that for so long (yet I didn't have half your understanding and capability to put it into words.) Take your time, explore your feelings. Your emotions are valid, and it's so incredibly mature of you to notice them. Understanding your sexuality is a journey, and I sure wish you a great one ^^
I feel the same way, wondering if I’m bi, demi, or just pushing labels on myself. I think people’s comments are right, that we can figure it out and we don’t have to use labels right away!
Ryn Thomas I totally get it and what matters is that you are comfortable. No need to push a label onto yourself. You are loved and validated and I hope you realize that too.
That's how I feel exactly (and have been for at least a year). I've decided to just go with 'probably not straight kinda demisexual' which is not as catchy as I would like it to be but otherwise feels just right. So do whatever feels right to you. Take no label, Take ALL THE LABELS, make up your own, just pick whatever you're comfortable with and change it if you want. I wish you a very nice day, good bye :)
I'm still working it out too and I'm glad to see someone else like me. I told some one I was questioning my sexuality the other day and she said I was too young to be thinking about that, despite the fact she herself has a boyfriend! It made me feel really downhearted that no one believes that I could be LGBTQ+ when I think I am.
YouTube must be glitching because it never told me that so many people saw this and responded. It was a lovely surprise to see all of these amazing people telling me about their journeys and tell me it's okay what I'm feeling, that I'm special for seeing them and interpreting them. I'm so incredibly touched. I wish you knew how much your words meant to me, how I feel like crying because I've found some wonderful people. *HUGS*
today i discovered just how different my cousin and i are.. it all started when he brought up his opinion that there are only two genders from there i learned that he is homophobic, transphobic, pro-life, and pro trump (not even the whole of it) i asked why he was against people's happiness, their freedom to live and be themselves no matter what i said, he would simply not hear me out he repeatedly told me that we should not allow this to affect our relationship what he didn't know is that it had already been hurting me for maybe a year now i always suspected we differed in views, but i never thought it would be this extreme i don't know what to do i don't know what to say but i would like to thank the entire community, as well as this video, for showing me that there are amazing people out there a rainbow must always come with a storm i know i'll get through his hatred i was just so taken aback but we will carry on with strength, as we do
All my favorite songs are from you. You've helped me so much with self awareness and self acceptance. I could never thank you enough. Shine on Dodie ❤🌈
whenever i have a bad day and feeling so lost this song remind me that it’s alright and yes sometimes my title will be louder then my words and I will get ignored because of that and the stigmas and stereotypes behind it and even though it sucks it’s ok because I am becoming myself and feeling more confident and comfortable everyday and I think that’s what I should pay attention to more then other people and there sometimes harmful and ignorant opinions
Thank you dodie. I'm 14 and just came out to my parents and it didn't go ideally to say the least. They don't think I can actually be bi because I'm too young and that I can't label it because it's just me asking for "unnecessary attention" but every time I watch one of your LGBT videos, I'm proud again. Thank you. I'll never be able to tell you how much you've helped me. Another amazing song. 💙💙
MaryBerry15 man I’m sorry about your parents you can never be too young I’ve known since I was 10 or 11 yknow why are straight kids not too young to be classed as straight, I hope you’r parents come around and accept you. It will all be okay
Hon, that’s literally exactly what my parents said when I first came out to them. It hurt a lot and I began to go into a drop of depression but I’m doing better now. And here I am, one year after coming out and my parents are so much more supportive than they use to be. So if you are ever feeling down just know how much I love you❤️
MaryBerry15 I was 16 when I told my mom I’m asexual, and she refused to believe it for the same reason... she thought since I hadn’t dated much that I couldn’t “possibly know.” When I came out, I hadn’t even had my first kiss.... but I’m with someone now and my mom asked me if he knows my sexual orientation is asexual... and I smiled as I said yes. She admitted it. It DOES get better.
It’s now been a year since I told my mom, and although it took a while for us to get past it, she accepts me. She even bought me a black ace ring and refers to it as “my ring” or “my ace ring” as it’s normal for me. I identified from the age of 15, and my 3rd year anniversary is September 18. You’ll get past this and think “Wow.... that was a lot easier than I thought.”
I remember hearing this song when it came out. I was at a Christian Retreat, coming to terms with my sexual orientation and realizing the weight of it. At the same time, I was falling in love with someone who's now my boyfriend. This couldn't have been released at a more surreal time and I remember sobbing listening to it because of everything that was going on and how much it hit close to home for me. So thank you dodie for changing my life in the ways that you do.
You and your voice are beautiful and I've loved watching you since I was like 13 and I'm 17 now and I love you're still creating music and being incredible 💖
I'm in so much physical pain right now because of my disability and I listened to this and just started crying. Not tears of sadness, but you made me forget about my physical pain through your music. Thank you for that. EDIT: Thank you for all the kind comments. I am disabled (still undiagnosed, presumably autoimmune & major depression and anxiety) and bi. :)
This is GORGEOUS, thank you so much for sharing your words and your voice!! Your music changed my life and I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels that way :D
This song is just really amazing, it really helps with accepting something you have just been trying to push to the back of your head but in the end you can't ignore it forever. 💗
This song really touched me and my soul. I thank Dodie for sharing her beautiful talent with the world because it's songs like this that make me feel not so alone.
This is my first time listening to your music and I'm so glad I discovered this channel. This is now my favorite song it's so beautiful and sweet. I hope it reaches people everywhere and shines some peace and acceptance on an otherwise dim world. Much love.
DIY SJ The correct grammar/spelling is "dodie, you're so talented" not your. When you tell someone they're talented, you use you're which would be short for you are. Just to remind you as I see you've been corrected, but the full mistake does not appear to be fixed. 😉
when i came out to my mum she said she had been in a lesbian relationship once and the girl was extremely jealous and insecure about her significant other being around men. according to her, because that was her first and only experience, every single lesbian relationship automatically is jealousy and insecurity with zero trust. so, now she thinks i'm just going through a phase. it hurts knowing she thinks i'll be a jealous insecure person because i love a girl. she refuses to acknowledge my attraction to girls completely and only ever focuses on finding me a boyfriend or husband. it really, really sucks. this song still helps me get through some of the harder days....so thank you. really, thank you so much.
Literally beautiful,almost brought me to tears!I'm straight but I support whatever anyone feels they are,it doesn't even have to have a name:you're whoever you feel like,whatever you feel like and you can love whoever you want.We should accept it no matter what because we all praise truth and want to live with it and that's the peoples' truth.💗
I’m straight too but I understand what she’s talking about. These words go out is far beyond sexuality. I feel like it’s similar with mental illness or abnormalities. You wrap yourself in a label like a suit of armor sometimes but then it traps you and you can’t get out. You become the armor. You’re not you anymore. And there are still those who don’t see why you need the armor and think you’re faking a weakness, or what can feel like a weakness.
Whole heartedly agree, but also, this song (although originally about the LGBT community) can be for everyone I think, we all have struggles where we’re told we’re wrong and I think that it is helpful to everyone!!
IM SO INLOVE ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ you make amazing songs and omfg your voice, your lyrics, your instrument playing gahahdidvdidbd A M A Z I N G 😭⭐️❤️
Dodie, you are so beautiful. Thank you for being there. If I could send love in an envelope, I would, but I cant, so here's a comment. I love you! Stay lovely!
"I was brought up in a line but I seem to walk in circles" That is just so accurate, not just for my sexuality but my general personality and perspective and hopes for life are so different than what they are of everyone else in my family
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Dodie you are so wonderful. This song gave me CHILLS. It makes me feel so... KNOWN. Understood. You’ve helped me sooo much with coming to terms with my bisexuality. I used to think I was a freak stuck in what’s “supposed to be a phase” and seeing your talks about sexuality (the first and then the official coming out both) were so very very helpful to me at the time, and still are today. 💙💜💗
One of my best friends had come out as pansexual and leaning towards females, and I acted very okay with it. However, for a good month or two, I didn't feel nearly as comfortable to sleep over at her house, platonically hold hands with her, pretend to be gay in public with for laughs, as I had before. Especially after she had come out to me as having a crush on me, someone straight and only having platonic feelings for said friend. Everything was fine, but it took me a shamefully long time to realize that none of that changed anything. Maybe she liked me, and maybe she liked females, but this was still the same girl I had spent countless hours adoring for her laugh and odd bits of her personality. She was the same person, just a little more honest with herself now. She still doesn't know how I felt for that short time, and I don't intend to tell her, but I still can't believe that I even considered her to be any different than the amazing person I had always known her to be.
'my title talks over me' i came out to one of my bestest friends recently and im so scared she'll see me as 'my lesbian friend' rather than a friend who has had her back for two years now. rather than someone she has gone through shit with. im scared she'll never look at me the same. im scared she's hiding her discomfort and secretly wants me gone bc it feels weird for her. im so scared.
dodieatthedisco you have nothing to be afraid of because if she is your best friend she will understand that you are her best friend because no title should ever change that bond between the two of you I know it can be scary since I came out to my best friend too and he was very understanding and it feels like me and him are closer then ever before.
i feel this. im exactly where you are. all of my friends know that im a lesbian but i dont know how to navigate not making it my whole identity or making them uncomfortable. trust me, i understand what youre going through and im so sorry bc ik how much it sucks
I am nonbinary and this song hits me so hard because it puts words to things that I have never been able to explain. Thank you so much for sharing this song with all of us, Dodie. It really means the world :'D
as a lesbian, i approve every word and every note in this song and i'm crying and i don't know if it is from sadness or happiness but i hope to be alright someday
This song is so beautiful. The chords are so pretty to listen to and the lyrics really hit home for me. Thank you so much for this song dodie it's absolutely stunning.
Savannah Rain its actually quite easy the picking pattern is just 432 over and over again and chords are easy to see from the video but keep in mind she plays it on a baritone uke
Oh man when those harmonies kicked in. Right in the feels. Gorgeous 💖 to all my LGBTQ+ Lovelies out there, I stand with you. As a Christian, I know the church has hurt so many of you. And on behalf of them, I am so, so, so, so sorry. I hope that if you are needing that apology, (whoever reads this) that it brings you warmth. I love you all, you beautiful rainbows 💕
thank you so so much for this comment, as a gay Christian I'm always worried about the opinions from both sides and so this really made me feel nice 💛💛💛💛
Thank you so much, as a pansexual catholic, I cannot tell you how meaningful this is. I'd been told that people who. like the same gender are confused, especially those who like multiple genders, and others will question why I am so deeply rooted in my faith. Thank you for being so kind
thank you. i was raised in a Christian household and lost so many friends when i came out and not once have i heard an apology from my church "family", so thank you, for truly being family 💕
Thank you. As a catholic girl who’s still figuring herself out, it’s nice to know that there are people, even people far away on the internet, who understand and sympathise and accept
That Little Badger the world may be dark and scary, but God is so much bigger and His love is so much stronger 💕 always remember that He wants your questions just as much as your faith because He just wants you to come to Him. May you be blessed sweet heart 💜
This made me cry. I am still new to knowing I am genderfluid and I am so scarred to come out and to be out because much of society doesn't believe genderfluid people exist. I was going through a really tough part in my life trying to except who I am (still working on it) and had to be homeschooled. I feel guilty for not just powering through and being out to spread awareness that I and others exist. My dad doesn't really care and sort of just tolerates people and my mom is accepting though doesn't get it but my brother hates anyone in the LGBTQ+ community who isn't just a cis gay. And I don't know what my friends would feel about it. I wish I could just be myself.
wow, i cannot put in words how beautiful this song is. thank you dodie for making us feel understood and brightening up our lives with your oh so wonderful music
i can't believe this is turning 2 years old soon. i still remember when this was first uploaded, i was in rough times and this became my comfort song. oh wow. hmm...this song definitely holds a special place my heart.
This helped me because today my family was all like “oh your future HUSBAND” “do you have a BOYFRIEND” etc and I didn’t have the courage to say that I’m not into boys, I like girls. I LIKE GIRLS!!! (Sorry boys You’re adorable) so thank you :)
Hi, I don’t know where else to say this because I’m comfortable telling anyone. I’m bisexual and I love it. I love the feeling of holding a girls hand and how soft it is and I love girls kindness and genuine love for everyone. I also love boys and there strong muscular arms and having banter and thinking of kissing there small petite lips that look so intriguing. I’m bisexual and I’m fucking proud of it. People can tell me I’m not but I’m the only one who knows how I feel ❤️🏳️🌈
came out to my parents and sister yesterday💓 they were quite positive about it and now almost everyone knows, to everyone who's still closeted, good luck, I hope coming out goes well for you 💗 ily and i'm proud of you
This song is so inspiring and relatable. I've always known i wasn't straight, but i've always been told that girls could only marry boys, and that what i felt was just a big friendship. Last year i came out to my parents, and while my dad was fully supportive and even made some jokes about it that really made me laugh, i could see my mom wasn't truly ok with it. She wanted to be supportive, but she didn't knew how. Whenever i go out with a girl (even if it's just a friend), she tells me to be careful with my affection in public, because she worries a lot about what other people may think. My family from my mother's side is VERY homophobic, even tho it has 3 queer people. My cousin is living with his boyfriend, and my family still calls the boy his "friend", bc they refuse to admit that he likes boys. My whole life i've been told by my grandmother that god made men and women to reproduce, that being gay is wrong, she even tried to make me come out saying that my (dead) cousin once told her he was gay. But he never admited it to anyone that wasn't my parents and his brothers. The family found out when he died of AIDS in the 90's. So it's always been hard for me to be proud of myself or to admit my sexuality. Yesterday an amazing friend gave me a pan pride bracelet, and now i'm wearing it in the family party that's happening today, while i listen to this song over and over on my head. That's giving me strenght to go trough this day, knowing that as usual my grandma will probably try to bring me down. These are such simple things, but make my heart warm of joy and pride. Thank you Dodie, for another song that helps me trought the day and makes me feel less alone and more loved. Seriously, thank you
First of all OH MY GOD MAGNUS YES I LOVE HIM THANK YOU FOR INFORMING ME OF THIS lol second: about not being straight, all I have to say is that you’re strong and unique and amazing the way you are!
Julia Calvet thank you so much 💙. Your coment rlly made me smile rn. Coments like yours really help. Also, i love magnus too dkkdkd. I think there are other icons on the twitter page i mentioned, but i think percy's and magnus' were the best
Luísa Luz the whole thing about gay marriage being “wrong” because you are unable to produce a child is so stupid? Like, it’s a completely invalid reason and I hate when “Christians” bring it up because,,,,there are straight couples that can’t reproduce, and they’re still allowed to get married. I always bring that up, and it leaves people dumbfounded because they realize how stupid their argument is. I wish you the best of luck with being who you are, and with your family coming to terms with it. You are brave for coming out to a family who has a history of homophobia, and I hope I’ll be able to do that one day too. 💓💛💙
Miranda Perez i'm gonna use that argument when someone tells me i can't marry a girl bc we can't reproduce. Also, thank you so much for the support. I hope you can come out to your family and find support too 💙 we all deserve to be happy
Luísa Luz I'm so sorry you have to deal with that side of Christianity. I believe God made you exactly how you are and he loves you how he made you. He wants you to show the world how much love you have. Love isn't about reproduction, it's not just about sex, it's about two people accepting each other for who they are, exactly how they are, and helping them to be the best them they can be. If being gay is a sin, who's to say having ADHD or depression isn't a sin? So show the world your love. And if it means anything to you I'm praying for you.
Richard Jeremias valeu. Eu tenho 4 sobrenomes, mas esse é o único que eu uso, exatamente por isso. É uma coisa bem simples mas que me anima. Volta e meia quando eu to mal meus amigos fazem trocadilhos com o Luz. Isso ajuda mt. I hope you can show people how you're bright too.
Khonsu the Core thank you, it's people like you that make me truly belive there's good in people and in religion. I've studied my whole life in a catholic school, hearing about love but only seeing hate. Last year was even worse. There were casses of abuse, homophobia, sexism, racism... and no one did anything. They belived they were safe bc they prayed, and that what they did was okay according to religion. This year has been way better, i changed classes, became class president and have been only seeing support in my class. The school is still hateful, but at least i've met people that like you belive that religion is about lovig others, not hating them and calling the way they are sins. Thank you for being like that 💙 it truly helps people like me
Khonsu the Core oh, i'm so sorry that made you cry! That was not my intention. I'm the one that should be thanking you. Actually, thanking everyone im this coment session. You all are amazing people, who don't even know me but showed your support. I'll always be grateful for that 💙 (Also, great quote)
Stan Sadiebaby i truly hope it was in a good way. I had no intention of making people cry or tear up, just in sharing my story to thank dodie and to perhaps help someone going trough the same thing
I can´t stop replaying this... It is so relatable... "I never asked to be this way", but I am, and I love it. I recently came out to my parents and it went pretty well, and this song says just everything I felt before telling them and what I feel about telling other members of my family. Thanks Dodie, for your talent, for your comforting lyrics and for being so real.
dodie this means so much to me, for some reason these pasts weeks the bi struggles have really been hitting me hard and ive felt pretty shitty about the state of the world (and in some ways the state of the community) And ive been loving pride and have been joining in all the queer activities but its just so nice to have your voice, a bi voice, singing out, and with such a beautiful song. some people will never understand the constant, vague underlying feeling of not being welcome, and my own internalized bi-phobia doesn't help, so every bit of validation from people like you being visible and sharing my feelings means a whole lot xxx
its 2am in my country and i was just trying to calm down listening to your asmr videos after p bad panick attack, you have no idea how much it helps, love you dodie💓
i seriously happy cry every single time i hear this song. so thank you for this wonderful piece of art. i know that it means so much to so many people, and i'm so incredibly happy to be part of such a beautiful community of strong and loving people.
Okay SO! As someone who is discovering their own sexuality, this meant the world especially the lines “my title just talks over me, I never even asked to be this way” because it’s my greatest fear to only be SEEN as my attraction, but this whole community and the idea of being a bright rainbow makes it so much easier. Thank you Dodie
I'm so glad creators like you, YouTube and music artists alike, can use their work to reach out too people of all ages and backgrounds. I feel like your songs talk about stuff a lot of people are afraid of taking about, which really opens up conversations and gives people comfort in themselves. Thank you for inspiring so many people....gosh darn it I didn't mean to sound cheesy but I wanted to you to know that <3
Am I the only one that thinks that she sings that line “how can I be proud of“ so incredibly beautifully? I just replayed this part like 20 times and I'm like YES GURL
this means so much to me. Im pan and ace spec. I just came out to myself about the ace spec part and im still getting used to it. I think I've known for quite a bit, but I've been in denial saying to myself "thats not right, whats wrong with you" well now I've accepted it and im growing. so this song really helps, thanks dodie
I colored my nails rainbow this summer for pride because me me big Ally, I'm not necessary IN the community but I would like to think of myself as a part of it. I support so much, and originally my rainbow nails were just a fun little thing for pride to support, but you know what, I'm going to keep my rainbow nails, all of the summer because Everyone should show pride and HAVE pride EVERY SINGLE DAY. You are all beautiful no matter who or what you are, whether your certain of who you are, or your uncertain, or you don't know. You are amazing, you are accepted, and YOU ARE LOVED. By me and so many other people
Edit: alright so turns out I’m actually bi 👀 HHAHAHA
Hey my dude, simply being a person who is breathing and alive and willing to support others makes you a part of the community, regardless of what you identify as. Have a good pride month 💗💛💙
Hi Dodie! I've been subscribed for so long, and I always adore all your work! I would love to hear a Dodie rendition of a GOT classic, The Bear and the Maiden Fair!
crying alone in my room because this month has been (and not to be annoying) really hard for me as a writer and an artist. I haven’t drawn or written anything all month which has made me feel really crap about myself. But this song just brought me to tears because it gave me inspiration again, and I haven’t felt that feeling, a rush of ideas, feeling like you can create again, in a really long time. Thank you for making me my creative gay self again.
Watching all of your videos from recent to old... it’s like going back in time to when I first found you, and then before that. It reminds me of when my life was okay, when things were normal. But the girl who showed you to me... I wouldn’t go back to before I had her for the world.
If my spirit could reach across the span of the sea I would send my heart and a hug to meet yours Your soul is beautiful even when there is rain In your happiest moments you gleam brighter than the sunniest day Never let the things you dream about be sullied by the storms Just like a rose life is full of pain and hurdles to climb But there is always something truly beautiful waiting at the end
I could never thank you enough for your songs, your sincerity, your cute little face and for what you bring me everytime I listen to your voice. Really, we never say it too much: thank you so so much, little rainbow ❤️
You are the most incredible person i know. I love you with all my heart. You changed my life and i feel good when "i'm with you" through your videos and your songs. Also please make more videos on doddlevloggle, i miss you! xoxo <3
to all the people who are in the place i was this time 6 months ago, sitting and listening to this song and realising what i’d been scared to admit for so so long: you are beautiful, you are brave, and here you are loved a million times over. you are a rainbow. that is more than okay. love from another rainbow girl :)
hah its one in the morning and im crying because I relate to every lyric in this song and I can feel my soul breaking a bit and putting itself back together
Such a lovely song performed beautifully. I've recorded some original songs myself so please take a look if you can spare a minute as I would appreciate your feedback. Thank you.
"it's getting hard to navigate when every map was never made for me." I know this song is about your experience as a bi person but as a non-binary person I really relate to this whole song but this line in particular made me tear up because we live in such a binary world and I feel like I can't be myself. But people like you inspire me to keep going and be myself. Thank you Dodie...
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Morgan Z.2018-08-10 03:07:16 (edited 2018-08-10 03:07:47 )
This song perfectly describes how I felt about being trans for so long. "How can I be proud of what a million people shout at me I'm not?"
this makes me so happy because i want everyone to hear it and sad because so many people who are a part of the LGBTQ+ community don't get accepted and i just want to say that this is beautiful and i'm sobbing
I know this is big bisexual, and I'm pansexual/demisexual but I want to do this or another dodie song for the talent show my school is having because I feel like it would really be something I can express myself through and communicate with through dance
I love all your songs, but as someone currently struggling with their sexual orientation, how I feel about it, how I feel talking about it, interacting with others, friends, family, and etc, this song is specifically hitting me real hard. Love you dodie.❤️
This song is the one thing I come back to when I'm suffering from some kind of anxious or depressed phase after being unable to truly be me at home, in public or in school and it really helps to calm me down. It reminds me that I'm part of something bigger, that one day people will realise and hopefully either accept who I am or embrace it, Dodie we're blessed to have you as part of the community and I hope you know how much you mean to all of us, giving many of us a voice when we personally can't speak to anyone.
A little dedicated note to anyone in the situation I'm in where you can't be who you want to be in certain places, you'll find many people who'll accept and love you no matter what even in those dark places, they'll call you by your preferred pronouns and talk to you about who you love and listen to you gush with a look of pure joy because they know you're happy. You'll never alone in this community and it'll always be that way, believe me when I say you'll find many other bright colours who will help you be the brightest rainbow you've ever been. ♡♡♡
You're songs help me do much. I can fall asleep to them so easily, feel relief from my mental illnesses listening to them because music in general helps but your songs.... They are special. They're magic. Thank you for having a passion for this and putting your songs out here for us. I don't know what i would do if i couldn't hear your music. Thank you so much Dodie
This song hits me so hard. I am a pansexual girl with one foot out of the closet. The biggest reason why I haven’t fully come out is because I’m not ready for people to convince out of something I know I am. So the song helping me come to terms with that possibility. Thank you so much Dodie!
WillowCake I'm pansexual too and I can tell you to be confident in who you are before you come out of the closet, to be sure no words can possibly sway you, because everyone won't be your friend but as long as you stay yourself it'll all be fine
"HELLO!"I'm calling out to you from the year 2021...and WoW-Doidies New video for this is Amazing🤩😍🤩ALL of her new videos are. Way to Go,and Keep up all this Great work!
P.s.did anyone else buy the 'colorless'skittles that she was promoting So well? I kinda think those would make everyone think twice about race in these times,as well
I've been listening to this all day long and also happened to pick up your book and read it today on a plane trip. Yeah I know, ooop took me forever to read, but I genuinely learnt so much about you, and life in general from it. Thanks dodie ❤️
“how can i proud of what a million people shout at me i’m not” i felt that on a spiritual level, actual chills, so true (edit for capitalization, i obsess)
Interestingly enough, I got a completely different meaning from this when I heard it. I completely understand how this could tie into the LGBT thing. It also fits those of us who spent our lives not realizing that we had something to offer to a partner, but desperate for the connection. When someone comes along who truly gets us, and even points out the bright parts who who we are that maybe we're to critical to see ourselves... At least that's the way I feel. I was lucky enough to meet an amazing woman who saw the good in me and helped show me that there is more to me than the parts of myself that I hate. Whatever your sexuality or whatever, if you're overly critical of yourself and you know that it masks the things that are good about yourself, I hope someone comes along and recognizes where you're "bright" and tells you so.
the other night I freaked out about my on going frustration with accepting myself as a gender non conforming person. I listened to this on repeat and sobbed and cried and wrote. Because that’s what we do, feel pain, listen to art and make more.
i came out to my therapist today, i’m lesbian. she’s the only one that knows other than my best friend. i was feeling really anxious about it, but this song made me feel better. don’t know why i’m only just now seeing it, but i’m glad i am seeing it. it’s beautiful and sweet and soft and i love it. thanks, love you dodie. ❤️
The i stands for intersex (people born with genitals that are not strictly biologically male or female, eg. someone with a vagina and internal testicles, or someone with a penis and ovaries, etc).
Well... the t stands for trans, which is about gender and not sexuality, so I think it’s both. I’ve always thought the community includes everyone who isn’t heterosexual and/or cisgender?
My parents think that lgbtqia+ is just something that is put into young people's head by the American government to decrease the world's population.... I think they have a problem
Why are the lgbti & a's necessary? The Q- Queer- is already a collective term for them all, making everything else redundant. Or ye could ditch the Q instead, but I prefer Queer as it's less exclusive- the + does mean other identities, but there's still pain in not having yer own specific one represented in the main tag- and if ye made the main tag include the whole rainbow of identities it'd be too long. Queer, overall, is better.
Intersex ppl have said before that they don't want to be part of lgbtq. And cis asexual are not part of lgbtq either since they have never been abused because of their sexuality, since they just don't want sex. (That is what asexuality is) I mean, no one's come out as asexual and then got kicked out of their house have they
aurora likes lemons some asexuals have but most asexuals just get ignored and the people around them don't believe them so it's still a struggle. asexuals do have to come out and face rejection from their family and friends. although asexuals have not had to fight the same battles as the lgbt part of the community (which btw we are very thankful they did), they still struggle and I personally think you shouldn't just ignore the fact that they aren't widely accepted and that they too fight battles for awareness and acceptance of their identity. I do respect you opinion and if something I said was incorrect or disrespectful please tell me.
Also, I know intersex peeps who very much do want to be part of the Queer community, and in facts have been marginalized out of it due to it not necessarily being visible (Unless ye want to flash yer private parts at complete strangers)
I'm just going to keep checking your channel every day until the music video with KickthePJ comes out. You two are some of my very favorite creators and I literally yelped when I heard you were making a music video together.
After the lyrics in the description, Dodie wrote: some helplines if this song hurts a lot: (links to lgbt helplines) And my stupid self thought they were advice on how to play it on the uke if it’s too hard and hurts your fingers. Then I read "lgbt" in the links and went "wow, I didn’t know there was an lgbt ukulele website". Was not what I expected when I clicked 🤦♀️
Yep, I’m an idiot. An idiot who has to suffer through playing 4 fret chords 😂
I just want to clarify that I’m aware of the importance of the link and the issues some people are dealing with. If you’re dealing with hard stuff rn, I strongly encourage you to click on the links too, or talk to someone you trust, even me if you’re not sure who you can trust. I just wanted to share my brain fart because I thought it’s funny
I’m a lesbian, and I’ve known that as long as I can remember. I spent so many years telling the world that I was bi, or pan, just because I’ve been told I was too young to know or because being straight-up GAY was this insurmountable thing that nobody understood yet everyone dictated. It took me so long to admit the truth, and this song made me so so happy that I did. I love this, I love you, thank you so much.
Someone I was crushing on said “pride month is pointless” and I like him a bit less now. This song is an amazing way to sum up why we need pride- not just pride month but pride. I’m proud to be bisexual, even if no one else is proud of me ❤️💜💙
every original song of yours puts me in tears. you're so talented. i hope you see this comment and know that you saved me from suicide and self harm. i love you. so much.
To be honest, Dodie, you are the reason I know I'm bi. I remember swooning over your voice and when I got your book it brought me to tears and I just felt like this isn't normal admiration for a singer. I guess what I'm trying to say is, thank you. Thank you for helping me realize that me thinking about loving a girl as more than a friend isn't a straight thing and that's okay. 😊
This song really inspires me and honestly i cant listen to it without crying a little. Ive already decided when I’m 18 I’m am going to get the lyrics ‘ to say that I’m a rainbow, To tell me that I’m bright, When I’m so used to feeling wrong, Well it makes me feel alright’ These lyrics are so powerful
I played this out loud in the car once with my mom which she doesnt even know I'm a lgbtq but she listened to the whole thing and said to my face. Hey this song sounds like you❤🧡💛💚💙💜
I've been in an amazing relationship for over 4 years with an amazing person. They've come out. I haven't. I don't want to. I don't want to ruin everything. sO I'LL JUST SIT HERE AND CRy itS FINE I LOve yoU DODIE
i am bi but haven’t come out yet... I know that i will be supported by my friends and family but there is a bit of doubt and fear that stays with me when I think of coming out. I know I’m not straight and i guess i’m fine with it but i’m scared to let people know that... it took me a long time to tell my sister and it’ll take me longer to tell my family and friends.. but I guess i’m not still questioning wether or not i’m bi
i’m watching this on a church youth trip after being told today (once again) that being gay is a sin and gross and blah blah blah and it left me feeling really lousy. what a terrible end to pride month, right? well, I listened to this 6 minutes before the end of june, and am now leaving pride month with a smile on my face, reminded that there are so many others like me and that my feelings are valid. thank you, dodie, so very much for this :)
This song really helps me feel more accepted about coming out as bisexual. I'm very scared of what my friends and family would think of me when I do but for now I'll just have to figure out a way to tell them.
i’m crying. i don’t know i’m feeling i’m useless i almost cry like everyday and no one understand me, i’m feeling stress. but ty dodie you inspired me💓
Dodie is angelic. The soft, beautiful tune of her voice and the way her fingers dance along the uke strings could bring tears to the toughest of people.
So I'm almost half way in and I love it. Please tell the invisible people around me to stop cutting onions. It's giving me vibes of human and sick of losing soul mates. I love both of those songs so I'm excited to learn the lyrics to this song. I'm so proud of you with how you have come with your voice/songs and you as a person. I can't wait to see what the future holds for you, dodie. ❤❤
Lol, I'm pretty sure I was commenting when this first came out saying I was straight but that I wanted to support everyone but now I've found out I'm bi, happy birthday day everyone.
i remember finding a voice memo of me crying on my phone saying "i wish i wasnt gay!" and while that was true at one time or another, now i love how i have changed and how i love myself, i love how free i feel to be myself. i love my mother, who changed her mind. i love my friends who do not care, and i love the songs that clutch me to their chests and say hush. lovely lyrics, lovely melody, this song is simply a triumph.
this song is beautiful. i’m part of the lgbtq+ community and i’ve experienced my fair share of biphobia. i consider myself lucky though as more often i experience positivity towards my sexuality which i’m incredibly grateful for. it’s masterpieces like this that help spread awareness and make being different better accepted. dodie you’re changing the world for the better. thank you.
as a panromantic kid in east tennessee, this really helps so much and relates to me and so many other kids and adults in so many ways. i love you so much, you inspirational goddess 💛🏳️🌈
This is so amazing. As a Bi person, these lyrics speak to me on an even deeper level (although they apply to everyone, bi people experience a certain kind of erasure that others don't. I am in no way saying I have it harder than anyone else, I'm just saying it hits even closer to home than expected. Pain is relative, all of you are lovely, yada yada) than I thought it would. This makes me cry!
This song. Wow. I think this song would finally help people understand what I feel. Make people realise that it’s not just for attention and it’s not just to seem ‘cool’. Because it’s not ‘cool’ where I’m from. Everyday, I have people harassing me and no one does anything about it. I got told to kill myself a lot of times and it put me in a really bad state.
But I came back stronger. I’ve got 5 friends who are with me through everything and I came out to my mum. She’s way more supportive than I thought she’d be! So, I’m lesbian! AND IM PROUD! 😌
Thank you for making all of this possible. YOU gave me the courage to come out, Dodie. YOU helped me through everything. And I will forever be in your favour. Thank you. Lots of love. A rainbow... <3
F A C E D O W N2018-07-01 11:56:37 (edited 2018-07-01 11:57:22 )
The first time I listened to this, I burst into tears. I can't even explain how much this song makes me ache inside, how much I understand every line. Homophobia makes me so angry and emotional and this is the first time I've listened to a song about being LGBTQ+ that has really captured how much it hurts to be told that you are not what you are by somebody who doesn't know your mind. This is my new favourite song, thank you for writing this Dodie, you're a complete icon and role model for our community.
My bi heart hurt when you said " It was getting hard to navigate when every map was never made for me". It's hard being told I'm selfish or a step back for the community sometimes for liking girls and boys. But I've always found refuge in you and your music dodie. Thank you x.
Is this a game you are playing? The "Let's try to impress a bi teen and make him cry over his boring/heteronormative life" game. Jokes aside, you really did something special with this masterpiece. It's 2:43 in Italy, keep an ear on the window so you can hear my tears of joy and sadness. Love you from the bottom of my heart
This hurts. "Its getting hard to navigate when every map was never made for me." I'm not bi. I'm not questioning my sexuality. Its my gender. And this line made me cry.
Oh my god thanks for understanding Dodie like especially during pride month the lgbt community received a lot of hate and I was just dumbfounded at how awful people can be. Keep making great music, I love you >v<
I love the Fact that my school has a Pride Party at the start of July every year, so its not during pride month. I just love this Idea especially as if your not open or confident about your sexuality you can bring a Heterosexual friend and no one needs to know which one is what and its just a full out fun time
you’re such an inspiration to me dodie <3 I’m Bisexual as well and I was too scared to come out to my parents. But after watching your videos I finally got up the courage to tell them. They took it well and accepted me :)
Dodie lately I have been SO into rainbows and I am SO into you and THIS is the best thing that has happened to me all week and- thank you :) june has been pretty bad for me and you make it all worth while
2:28 am Me: Welp, I think that's it for now, I should probs sleep I'll just refresh yt real quick Me sees this Me: ... Me: ...... Me: clicks Me: Anything for you Dodie Clark
The chorus literally has me in tears. It explains perfectly why pride is important. “But to say that I’m a rainbow. To tell me that I’m bright. When I’m so used to feeling wrong. Well it makes me feel alright” ☺️
Hi Dodie, i just want to say thanks a million for sharing your video and thought. You don't know how much it helps me get through my difficult days dived in my depression (i'm an asexual and you can imagine how hard it is) To think that i'm not the only one who would feel that way and your heart-touching songs always reach my feeling and cheer me up. if you are feeling down, please cheer up! You are great and you are worth to receive love from everyone!
Alma Palma2018-07-01 10:45:32 (edited 2018-07-14 00:20:52 )
I'm still confused with my sexuallity. I'm not sure if I'm demi bisexual or asexual and biromantic. I told my mom and two of my friends I'm demi bisexual but I'm still not sure and I think I came out too early. I also feel like I don't really fit in. I'm a teenager and I feel like a lot of people are getting into relationships and kissing and cuddling and I'm just kinda confused. I feel like I should be sexually attracted to people but I'm not. And I know that's ok but I still feel misplaced.
Thank you for this lovely song Dodie! I always listen to your songs if I'm sad. You make everything easier. Thank you. ❤️💛💚💙💜
Update: I wrote this a week ago and today I read the comments. Thank you. Thank you all so so much. Reading your lovely, supportive comments while listning to dodies calming voice made me cry. I wish I could meet you all and just sit down and drink te and talk. Talk about life, love, everything that we're going through. Giving eachother advice. I want to hug all of you and the fact that I can't kinda hurts. You made me realise that I'm not alone, and I don't have to know everything now. I'll figure it out someday. Until then, I'm gonna live my life doing the things that I love.
I can't fit all my fandoms into one name! Don't push yourself too hard. You will figure it out with time and there is no need to do things you don't want to. I am also a teenager and in my class everyone has or had a relationship. Meanwhile I am there as a bisexual who has never had a relationship nor do I feel attracted to anyone there. That doesn't stop me from doing my best and living my life to the fullest ( well as much as school allows it XD ). What I am trying to say is that you shouldn't feel obligated to do or feel things that you don't want to do or don't have. Just be you and be proud of who you are because you are valid and loved no matter your sexuality, race, gender or religion.
It can definitely be tough to be in that situation, but I'm glad you know that there's nothing wrong with any of it -- with being bi or ace or uncertain or any of it. There's nothing wrong with taking a label that feels like it fits even if you're not sure, and there's nothing wrong with changing that label if you later find it doesn't fit. You weren't faking or lying or going through a phase; you were in the process of learning more about yourself.
Personally, I identified as demiheterosexual for several years, but now I mostly identify as "¯\_(ツ)_/¯ who the fuck knows." I thought I was probably straight (though I had always kind of wondered about the girls I'd admired so intensely, if those were actually ~crushes) and then I started getting feelings for a close female friend (at least, I think I have feelings for her? It's hard to tell because I've never been in a proper relationship, and it feels so different from the other crushes I've had). Maybe I'm ace and something-romantic, maybe I'm demi, maybe I'm cupio, I don't know, and I've found a lot of strength in being okay with that. I hope you can someday find that strength too.
hey—i’m asexual as well, and it’s okay to come out multiple times. if you explain that you were/are still figuring yourself out people understand. sexuality is a hard thing to figure out and i still struggle with mine. and you’re right, it’s okay to not want a relationship but there are people like you out there. it can feel lonely sometimes but i promise you’ll find people like you where you live and you’re not alone :)
I can't fit all my fandoms into one name! Don't feel like you have to rush the process of 'understanding yourself' because the truth is, it takes a long time, sometimes even infinite time. Don't feel like you have to have a preconceived concrete definition of 'you' to hand out to everyone you meet like business cards. You're complicated. You're beautiful. You're wonderful, and one day you'll understand yourself, and if that day is not today, that's okay ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
It's okay to be confused, and it's okay to change your mind! 100%. I know it can be scary because you're still figuring yourself out, but it's okay to not know. You have plenty of time.
It takes time to figure yourself out. I have several friends in their twenties who have yet to have their first serious relationships. These days it's challenging, so don't rush yourself or feel pressured to identify with a label.
You didn't come out too early!You are 100% allowed to change your labels as you see fit, because it is you and you are exploring yourself and you do not need to know yourself 100% yet-or ever really. Your feelings about sexual attraction could change as you get older, or they may stay the same. Don't feel pressured to put a label on yourself at all if you don't want to or don't feel like any label truly defines you- some people (like me) feel better with labels, but there are plenty of people that prefer not to label themselves! DO what's best for you, and forget what everyone else is feelings, and thinking, and wanting. You are an individual and you have your own wants and desires, and whether those wants and desires match up to other people's is not important. It's important that you feel safe and happy with whatever you decide. You can always try to find some people in the ace community online! That might help with the misplaced feeling a little bit. <3
I came out as lesbian, then I thought I was bi and now I identify as demisexual panromantic. Labels change, you change, and the way you view yourself changes a lot as well. As long as you're being yourself, the label doesn't matter ❤
I am 22 soon 23 and I have absolutely no idea, but for now I am trying to see if i am simply straight, bi-ace, demi-ace or just, idk, a balloon. Man it is not always easy
I can't fit all my fandoms into one name! Don't worry, you really don't have to feel sexually attracted to anyone. And even IF you "have come out too early", I feel like if maybe later you feel different and you (want to) identify different, I'm sure that if people accept you for coming out now, they will understand later.
As a bisexual I do not know what it's like to not be sexually attracted but I TOTALLY accept everyone and I don't just say that I really do. And this sounds really cheesy but it's true it helped me too, don't try to rush or force it. Just let puberty happen and you'll figure it out. And even if you don't, please don't make TOO big of a deal out of it and accept yourself. Maybe accepting yourself and even be proud of yourself is more difficult than to have other people understand/accept it. I mean if others don't accept you, you can avoid and ignore them. But your own thoughts are always there.
I grew up too quickly I'm only 14 years old lmao But yeah I'm bi NOT JUST A PHASE OK I KNOW IT FOR SURE
this is crazy because what you just said fits perfectly with my own life. I've always struggled with my sexuality, and have hated for years how I seem to have no attraction to people (either for the opposite sex or the same etc) and have always felt as if there is something wrong with me bc of it. Is it because my ideal "perfect partner" is ruined bc of my high expectations from books and films?? idek. But anyway, I feel you gal. It's tough. But my friends always tell me that labels do.not.matter. And they really don't. Try not to put yourself into one category and instead let it be and see what happens :))
Y'know, I kind of feel the exact same. I'm questioning asexual aromantic, b/c all my friends and everyone else seems to be havong crushes and kissing and I'm over here in the corner not having a legitimate crush on anyone since like, 2nd grade. I also do not understand sexual desire at all. What is it? What does it feel like? Have I unkoeingly felt it before? But I don't want to confirm anything, because, I'm still quite young actually. When school starts up again I'm going to br a fresshman. Like I said, young. But I also have friends and other people who have their identies figured out, and I'm just confused in the corner. For all I know, I'm actually just straight, but I also cpuld be something else, so, as of now, I'm just letting life run it's course and hoping that it will all figure it's self out one day.
I’m in the exact same situation! Like literally exact same situation! Remember that somewhere across the world, you’ll always have me your twin! In the exact same dilemma!
I did the same thing. Years ago, I came out to my family as pansexual, but I still wasn't sure. I thought that maybe I was asexual, too. I had a whole pie chart of my "sexual percentages," even. :) Now, I've come out as lesbian--and that's ok. It's ok to not know or understand your sexuality/gender identity immediately. For some people it hits them on the head, and for others it doesn't. So I just want to let you know that if you come out later as anything else, it's ok. It doesn't mean you lied. It doesn't mean you were pretending. Your orientation is still valid. Sometimes it just takes a while to figure things out.
I am literally going through the exact same thing! We’ll get through this. There is no need for us to rush and label ourselves. Be true to you, even if you can’t find a label for it🏳️🌈😊
so i commented on this earlier but i wanted to reply again because i just read your update and here’s a virtual hug <3 it’s not quite the same as being in person but i wanted to do something haha
One of my goals in life is to make Dodie sing Dying in LA by P!ATD and then i have to do all my other goals until there is no more reason to actually continue this life
It’s bad cause I relate to this so much, my school isn’t the best at LGBTQ stuff but I’m bi so it’s been a lot because I get loads of comments like oh I’m sitting on a fence and I’m half straight and I’m doing it for attention but I love this song so much
that chorus is honestly so beautiful and uplifting. i’m not lgbt+ so i have no idea what anyone who is goes through but this song sort of puts me into perspective. your works are sunshine, love you dodie ♥️
a year and a half ago, “secret for the mad” came out and it brought me to tears. the line “itll all make sense again” really hit home bc i was questioning my sexuality and fearing judgement from my parents and the church. i was extremely terrified and my future was so uncertain but that line gave me hope. since then ive found amazing people that loved me and supported me, despite my doubts. fast forward to now, i came out to my parents before the pride parade. it actually went really well. at the parade, seeing all the rainbows and flags and people made me feel so at home, so comforted. im so thankful for the past two yearsish for learning to love myself, finding a supportive community, and feeling accepted by everyone around me. so i thank you dodie for giving me that glimmer of hope a year and a half ago (and look at me now!), and for creating such beautiful music that resonates w so many people so deeply ❤️
even though this is a song for lgbqt. I perceive it for me more of who i am as a person. People always judged me of my personality and just my weirdness and how i see the world. Though finally i have new better people in my life so this song really speaks to me. Thank u Dodie ❤️
I’m so unsocial that during your tour, I was there and during rainbow, I got a sick feeling from all of the commotion, and had to go outside for a moment and get a breath of fresh air and water. I hate that I missed the song. 😞
I’m not gay or bi but this song is so sweet and amazing and I’m amazed at all of the awesome people in the lgbtq+ who are confident in happy with who they are! Y’all rock
When I came out to my mum as bi (I have now found out I’m pan) she said I wasn’t and to name a famous girl I liked. It hurt. She has only now excepted I’m bi (she thinks pansexual isn’t a thing) because I had talked to a girl. And don’t get me started on being gender fluid.
Thank you dodie. I’ve gone through this pain, been called names. My title talks over me is so true. No one thinks that i’m a good friend or could be because of my ‘title’, bisexual. I love this song, and many lgbtq+ can relate, because i know i can. Again, thank you so much dodie.
I knew I was bisexual ever since I liked someone. She was a girl in my class, and she never liked me back, but after a while we managed to be friends again. I fell in love with another girl who was a year older than me, she was going to a new school and I thought I would never see her again. Then in late October, she texted me and said she liked me. A couple months later in February we went on a date. I always felt happy with her but my bisexuality and relationship with her was always a secret with my parents. I could never go to pride. I don't think i ever will. I feel so many emotions as I am leaving my school, and the feelings just hit me right here, watching this video. What will happen to the friendships I've made? What will happen to the memories and will I ever see them again? I feel so closed up and numb that I don't know what to do. I want to be a rainbow. I want to be bright.
But thats what I hope to be.
Edit: omg HI this came up in my recommended again and youtube notifs are being mean lmao anyways I did go on dates with my girlfriend a few times but the whole not being out thing and different schools and such got to me and i kinda lost interest in the relationship shit happens like that, sometimes you dont get the ending you wanted but its ok ^-^ im sad but im happy i experienced love for the first time in my life and im grateful for all of it Im still not out to my parents, but i learned to embrace my sexuality and be more open about it, and some friendships have been lost but c'est la vie But after a few years of struggles i can finally say yes, i am a rainbow and i am bright. I hope you can shine too <3 happy pride everyone🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
katy2fairy you still have such a long path ahead of you. There is so much time to figure everything out. You will be okay. Much love to you on this journey.
Don't worry. Just be who you are, and stay around the people that love and accept you. Those are the people that you need to stay with. Coming out to your parents is a huge thing! It takes a lot of stranth (idc if I spelled it wrong) and courage! You should never feel pressured into coming out. If they don't agree with it at first, that's okay. Something like this takes a lot of patience. But they will come around. Lots of love! 🏳️🌈❤️ ~ Michael Lee
I’m 13 and I feel like even though I know full well that I like girls i feel like I’m “too young” to be able to say I’m queer and that my age somehow invalidates my sexuality.
this video brought me to tears. i love you so much dodie. in 2015 i started to question my sexuality. i’ve been so ashamed of liking girls and boys. i was extremely suicidal because of this and many other reasons. but since then, i’ve been getting less ashamed and more PROUD. especially this month, i’ve worn a rainbow bracelet and because there has been so much positivity, i’ve been coming out to myself and to my friends. next step is to come out to my parents; not ready quite yet. but i will be.
oh ps i have a baritone uke n and i’m definitely gonna learn this song ❤️❤️❤️❤️
omg dodie this is such a emotional inspiring song not to mention your im bi song is my favorite bc i like how much positivity in what you are and that makes me share your music to as many people as i can to spread your message of awareness and self acceptance. :)<3
I relate to this song and it made me cry hard because we have dodie as a person putting out art like this,, at a time when me and so many need it most. Happy Pride ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
I relate to this so much. Everything happened to me so fast and I came out to people almost right after I started questioning and my life has changed so quickly while I'm still trying to catch up and understand.
I used her song to come out as bi, but then after a year I realised that I was a lesbian. I've been going out with a once close friend of mine and she said" I love you "on the phone, my mum heard and I have to lie about who I'm going to the shops with because she always speaks to me about my girlfriend like she's dog shit. It breaks my heart to know that even though there is barley any difference between loving men or women, that families can be separated because of LOVE?! It doesn't make any sense that because I happen to love someone who has a vagina, I'm different in a "bad way". I fucking hate society
listening to this, i did not even immediately associate it with the lgbtq+ community. i am bi, but it's not the only way i feel different/misunderstood. this song is beautiful, very simple but moving and it says a lot. thank you dodie.
Same, I'm straight but I have severe ADHD and it feels like nothing was made with me in mind. So I just take that pain and try to use it to understand everyone and their pain.
emma Are you me? Those were my exact feelings until I read the description. (I'm pan though, but I like telling people that I'm bi. Wait that's a lie they all think I'm straight.)
@ khonsu the core: this is a very meaningful expression, "it feels like nothing was made with me in mind". i really like it and i might not be the person who can relate to it the most, but it definitely touches me very deeply; and i think the first verse of the song says the same thing. i hope you're ok, if not right now, someday x
@ chris: to me and when i first listened to it, (because i don't think there's only one meaning to the song, it depends on the person and the way it touches them) the song reminds me of school. how, not only is school not adapted for everyone, but there is another depth to people, to children, than their ability to learn a lesson and get an A on the test, to do something because they were taught how to. real intelligence is being able to figure out things by yourself. to create, to discover, to see different perspectives. to think out of the box. unfortunately, this is not what school teaches us. but it's what i've always done anyways (= the first verse); along with understanding the school system and doing everything that, according to the system, leads to success. and this is where i find my meaning to the song dodie wrote: i've often been called 'bright' for being able to get perfect scores on tests, when all i'd done was tirelessly revising a history lesson i had no interest in or written a plain, ordinary essay following the methodolgy i learnt. but there is this idea of knowing i can pretend to fit in and have people admire what i'm able to do, and knowing i could do so much, and more than other people realise: i am rainbow. mutlicolour and multiskilled, versatile, resourceful. different, but in a good way. i could go on and actually analyse the song and explain the meaning verse by verse, but you might not be interested in that :') have a nice day! x
I’m not even part of the lgbt+ community (but im a HUGE alli/supporter!!) and this made me tear up :,) dodie, you have such a beautiful way with words 🧡🧡
I love the way she says in the song that she feels different and wrong and scared but still knows that millions of people feel like this. I just discovered I’m bi, it’s hard to deal with when you feel so alone and you’re surrounded by homophobia. Idk I can relate so much
I don't want to be different, I don't want to be weird and have my love be seen as a spectacle, I don't want to have to hide, I don't want to struggle to find a relationship, I want to be fucking normal and it hurts me so badly that I'm not and I can't be
I had my first girl crush when I was 11-12. Her and I were really close friends and we were open about everything. She came out as bi first to me, and I wasn’t too sure if I was yet. I suddenly realized I wanted her as more than a friend and she was the first person I came out too. Sadly, she moved and our relationship ended. I still think about her and how sweet and kind she was to me, and how her smile was just gorgeous. About 2 years ago we went to the lake together for a week and I swear I fell in love with her all over again. Sadly she had a boyfriend at the time, and after I went back home from the lake we haven’t talked a lot since. We’re both in different relationships now but I still love her even if it’s more friendly feelings now than romantic.
The person that I kind of like sang this tonight. Ah okay kind of is an understatement. I REALLY like them and man this song made my heart flutter. When they sang it, I was like, “Ah they're singing a Dodie song!!” And I smiled the whole time while they sang.
(Edit: corrected pronouns since they have now come out as nonbinary ☺️)
[Verse 1] I was brought up in a line But I seem to walk in circles It’s getting hard to navigate When every map was never made for me I thought it would feel good To understand why I was different But my title just talks over me I never even asked to be this way
[Chorus] But to say that I’m a rainbow To tell me that I’m bright When I’m so used to feeling wrong Well, it makes me feel all right
[Verse 2] I didn’t think it fair I was not to be trusted How can I be proud of What a million people shout at me I’m not So please step inside my soul I’d love to watch you gasp You’d understand in minutes Oh I’d like to think you’d miss it Cause so would I
I listened to this song without directly connecting it to lgbtq+ struggles. Then I read her description, and I immediately started crying. Iiiii listened to it twice more - whoops!
I have so much internalized shame. Just a couple days ago I watched Love Simon (a good) with my family and it brought up a lot of pent up emotion. I had a long talk with my parents and got the love and reassurance I needed. I’ve felt snippets of self-acceptance over the years, but I’m just beginning to see that pride is a possibility.
Anyway, I’m not in any immediate danger and I have people I can talk to but the links were pulling at me. Sophomore year, I was so close to using resources like that so many times, but I was always too scared. Don’t be. It’s okay. It’s a few minutes on the phone with someone you’ll never speak to again and it won’t do any harm and has the potential to bring about good. So even though I wasn’t in any dire situation, I let myself call the Trevor helpline, and I spent a couple minutes on hold but had a conversation I needed.
Don’t be afraid to surround yourself with support, whatever form that may take for you. Don’t doubt the love you deserve.
I rarely post on videos and I think this is super long and rambly but know that I love you if you are reading this and best of luck to you on your journey!
hihi dodie i just finished reading your book secrets for the mad. as a fourteen year old girl who was recently diagnosed with anxiety and depression, it is p r e c i s e l y what i need thank you for sharing your stories and experiences :D
Dodie thank you so much for this song. I recently came out to my mom as a lesbian and she said she was okay with it but then turned around and told my whole family (they’re all Muslim and, sadly, very homophobic) and I’ve felt so alone this past week. Thank you for this wonderful bit of happiness at the end of Pride. Stay strong ♥️ and remember that when Pride month ends, we all continue to be proud of you and how far you’ve come and the wonderful person that you’ve become. So once again, thank you.
I know this was for pride month but I took it a bit differently. And it describes me a lot as a person, and instead of being LGBT it's my anxiety. And I like the way I understand it.
dodie you have such a beautiful way with writing words and melodies that are touching and express the meaning and emotions of the song, reaching out to your audience. I have been a fan of you and your work for years and absolutely love your development as both a musician and person. I can't wait to see what the future holds for you on your journey. thank you for being such a huge inspiration for me and making me smile. stay true to yourself, love 💕
You are amazing You are beautiful You are valid You are accepted You. Are. Loved.
Please everyone remember this, you all have so many people who care about you. I mean, speak a word to me or just have a one word or conversation with me and I would love you already, because Everyone deserves to be loved, happy, and have confidence in themselves, because you are you, and we love you for that
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I’m pansexual and agender which are both identities often ignored and I’ve been having troubles with my parents so this song really touched me. Thanks Dodie. ❤️
this is such a beautiful song dodie. i love it to bits. basically every word and lyric was a feeling i had when before i came out and found out who i was. it’s so bittersweet. amazing work 💛💛💛
i really needed one of your videos right now. i just found out that all of my “friends” are at a trailer without me that they specifically lied about doing.
Rachel Projects girl/boy/non-gender-specific drop your " friends" ASAP. If they all collectively lied right to your face don't stoop to their level and get some new friends. Show them what a fab person you are without them! . . . I don't know if this helped my advice is basically exit the friend group and find some better more loyal friends ❤️❤️
My town doesnt teach us about being anything other than straight. I've tried to speak and scream about more than one option, but every time I try I get silenced. Nobody listens because they don't want to listen. I don't know what I am anymore because I've had one view shoved down my throat for so many years. I feel like this song is a home for a lot of people, I'm glad to say I'm one of them. Happy pride, everybody. I hope you guys are all okay :)
I just cried in the shower for a while about not knowing how I could be proud of being bisexual when everyone around me thinks it’s wrong. I got out and decided to watch some videos and get my mind off of it. I love dodie and just seeing this video and hearing this song made me feel like I shouldn’t be ashamed of who I am. Thank you for the boost in confidence dodie. Thank you for making your channel a safe place for me and so many others.
Can you please make a website with how to play all your songs and mashups. I love them so much and want to play them but can't find many websites with my favorite songs from you
Today I told a girl, a friend of mine, I love her. She said she knew, because another mine not-so-friend now, that I told some time ago, told it to my almost every friend, so I was exactly the only one who didn't know. And, anyway, the girl I love doesn't have any feelings for me, so... Yeah.
I love this song already oh man. I've been struggling a lot with my sexuality as of late and I don't know I just feel kinda comforted listening to this. It's so beautiful and ugh I've just been listening to it on repeat. Thank you dodie for putting yourself out there and making this lgbtq+ content that so many people need to see and hear
I didnt really come out to my step mom the way I wanted to She asked me one day if i liked boys and i said i didnt knwo ans she proceeded to question me A few hours later she came into my room and told me that she would accept me and that I should tell my dad I refused to tell my dad and she walked out A few minutes later she walked back in and told me that it was wrong to like girls and it was against the bible to do so and made me feel like shit because she wouldnt accept me Another few hours passed and she told me that she ttold my dad and that he does not accept me either They got into an argument (unrelated to the topic) and my step mom kept saying "your daughter has a secret that shes keeping from you" although it was true, it was very rude of her to do that and , that's my story of how o came out to my step mom/parents I'm pretty sure they forget lol
this is absolutely gorgeous. im actually in the process of coming out to my friends and i’m going through a bad mental health period, but this really did lift me up tonight. thank you, dodie ❤️❤️❤️
it took me so long to understand and admit to myself that i am lesbian. every line of this song i felt but specifically “i was brought up in the line, but i seem to walk in circles” “i thought it would feel good to understand why i was different” “my title just talks over me, i never even asked to be this way” “how can i be proud of what a million people shout at me? i’m not”
i went through many different phases of labels thinking that hey at least i’m not fully gay so it’s not as bad, because that was a bad thing in my mind. now i’m happy and comfortable in my life and with the people i’ve chosen to share my sexuality with.
Indiana is a hard state to be gay in. It affects your family, your job, your education, your relationships... I just wish my boyfriend and I could hold hands in public or his parents would tell him they loved him again.
Musella There's always someone who will love you and care about you through thick and thin. Even more likely that you're someone's all, and that you mean everything to them. Friends, family, lovers. You're surrounded by people who adore you and never forget it :)
This is such a beautiful song, I'm not part of the LGBTQ+ but I am a supporter. This song is so moving and the chords are so pretty ? (If that's the word to describe it) and Dodie's voice is just 😍. To top it all off, the comment section is just the cutest. It's all peaceful and I love seeing everyone getting along with one another. There may actually be hope in this world 😊
This is beautiful Dodie. I'm a closeted bisexual girl. I told a few people, and I even have a girlfriend, but it's still hard. I ran into someone who wasn't as excepting of LGBTQ a few weeks ago and that's when it really became a reality for me. I hope that one day that I (and other people like me) will feel proud and open of who they are. Love from New York <33
I so wish I could have come out to my mother this month. I wish that I didn't have to be so scared that telling her 'I like girls' would ruin our relationship. Thank you for the beautiful song. It helped me realise that maybe I should just push past my fear of losing someone so dear to a thing I cant control.
Abby Crowley i was in the same situation about a year ago and i was terrified of coming out and ruining my relationship with my parents, but i did it, and i believe in you!
i'm not lgbtq+ but i have many friends who are. i am in love with this song, its so cute and accepting, and it gives me hope for the world. i just want to say the i am i huge supporter and that i really admire all of you. i'm so sorry that you guys have to be put through so much pain and sorrow just because of who you love. i hope you know that you are loved, and there is someone out there for each and every one of you. i believe that people should love people, not labels or genders. despite all the hate in the world, i am so glad that there is this little corner of happiness that dodie can provide for us. love you all!!!
I grew up in a very religious community that wasn't accepting of LGBTQ+ people. I've always told myself I'm straight, even though at around 14 I started having thoughts and feelings that made me question my sexuality. I'm 21 now and only just realized a few months ago that I'm bi.
I just wanted to thank you so much for being so open about your experiences with coming to terms with being bi. It's been incredibly helpful for me to identify so strongly with someone else because I've had so few people to discuss this with. Because of you I no longer feel so confused and ashamed and alone. This song is absolutely beautiful and has made me cry buckets. You're such a lovely person. Thank you for everything Dodie <3
I know the song is intended to be about lgbtq but I cried during this song for a conpleatly difrent reson if you coulnd already tell by my spelling I'm dyslexic and have hdhd I've always felt stupid and so difrent from everyone around me it's always been hard making stilly mistakes with wrighting and spelling I can't hide the fact I wrote that b backwards I've had the rare teachers who called me bright and even tho I know they couldn't say otherwise without getting fired it sticks with me I'm bright I don't have to be dull in everyones eyes theres nothing wrong with me I'm just a pen in a library you can't read me but I can help you create somthing. I know that's probly not what this song was intended for at all but it really made me feel happy about being ok with the brain I was given. thanks for wrighting this beautyful song
Frank Eli2018-07-01 13:33:48 (edited 2018-07-02 02:43:54 )
This past year I came out as trans and this perfectly captured what it felt like to be accepted by friends when my family could never. And going to pride with my new family and wearing my flag proudly.
this song is so hard to hear, as someone who's never felt internal shame because of my sexuality. i love my label and i'm so proud of who i am and who i love, that i can hardly bear to hear someone say "i never even asked to be this way". just my take on the song
This is amazing, I’m still not out to my parents but I came out to my friends a few months ago. It’s been hard but they have all accepted who I am, this song gives me so much hope💕🏳️🌈 🌈
Dear Dodie, you may never see this but I just want to say your soul is beautiful and your mind is wonderful. Your lyrics are our homes that shelter us from insults, negativity and numbness. Your music gives us the words we wish to shout out loud. You made me realise to accept myself and to be proud of who I am. Thank you and we.. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH💛
Your songs and lyrics are always so so pretty, but i really think you should amp up the volume of your uke (or instrumental in general), idk if its just me but i often have a hard time hearing the music in your songs, like in this one it has such pretty chords but i cant hear them well :( and i now its your style but i think that would make everything sound even nicer!
This song is so perfect not only to the lgbt+ community but to anyone who feels lost. This song makes me feel because I’m always trying to be be something I can’t I just feel broken. But not because of any reason I can seem so find I’m just always lost and this song makes me feel hopeful which is doming I can’t find in my life anymore...
hugs I can’t say anything to you that will mean anything Dodie, but I just want you to know I’m sending you a hug. For everything you struggle with, and how you use those struggles to make the rest of us feel less alone.
This song has had be thinking a lot lately because I usually just don’t even think about my sexuality. Like I know I have things to think about when it comes to that but I’ve been living this very lazy carefree life so far. Avoiding the serious things because I’m afraid and it sucks because I know I need to confront my feelings
This is so important, thank you. I always here people complain about pride being ‘unnecessary’ and ‘too much’ and I think this says exactly why it’s so important and cherished by so many people
This is truly a brilliant song that you have composed. Not only does it highlight the importance of the pride flag, as said in the description, it also just shows the feeling of not fitting in and feeling different that everyone experiences through in life. Amazing song dodie!!!!
as a girl who is also bisexual and has been a fan of yours for over two years now, i can say that this is another job well done! you never cease to amaze us <3
These lyrics. Your voice. This song is incredible. There are so many people who feel this way, including myself. Thank you for putting your heart out there.
I just hope everyone who is a part of this community knows that they're completely valid and that there's nothing wrong with them for being...well, them.
Every time you post a song I feel like I'm in heaven. Your voice is so angelic that it makes me really happy. Thank you for sharing your beautiful voice with the world.
This is so important. Each lyric hit so hard! Love you so much Dodie. Thank you for creating and being beautifully you! It’s such a privilege watching you grow and evolve and I appreciate every second of every video you post. Please keep creating. In whatever way you feel is right, please keep being you and being an artist! You’re darling and amazing! Thank you for everything
You really inspire me so so much in your writing style and I posted my first video of a song I wrote because of how much you inspired me and it would mean the world if u could watch it❤️❤️ you’re absolutely killing it!!! Love ya!
I never thought I’d feel this way about a song. I never thought I’d resonate so much with something so simple. This is what pride is meant to be. It doesn’t have to be this huge show. It’s understated, it’s soft, and it’s refined. Thank you for voicing the feelings I never have been able to.
i went out on my first (kind of) date with a girl on the day this video was posted, it was the most beautiful day i have experienced for a long long time. she has just made me better in every way possible, better than i thought was even possible. it's frustrating to know that some people wouldn't even consider what im feling as love even though it pours out of me every time i look at her. even though this is one comment out of thousands this song is making me feel things and so i have to say love you sunshine xxx
i love you so much dodie. you are one of the people who helped me come out, you’ve helped so much of us. you’re such a beautiful human being and i can’t even begin to explain how amazing you are. i love you.
It’s been two days this song won’t come out of my head but it does make me feel soooo happy, also what ukulele does dodie use because I’ve been looking at ukulele for a while but I LOVE dodie’s. So if anyone know what kind it is please reply it would help a lot!
this is gorgeous. you are gorgeous. it is so nice to see art that is positive towards the lgbt+ community. your songwriting has so many layers of emotion that it makes me cry every time i hear it. this is so beautiful and you deserve the world. thank you dodie.
Dodie, I can't express how much you and this song move me in a YouTube comment... but this is exactly what I needed tonight and exactly the right way to end pride month. You are a star and an inspiration to so many in the community, including myself. Also, I can't wait to see you in Vegas come September! <3
i know for a fact im not the only one listening to this on repeat, im still very quite about the fact that i'm bisexual i've literally only told one person in my life, and hearing this song was just. ugh so good to hear
"But my title just talks over me, I never even asked to be this way" and "How can I be proud of what a million people shout at me I'm not" gave me absolute CHILLS. I'm honestly crying. I'm bisexual as hell, have known consciously since I was 21 and unconsciously since I was probably like 13 but I just came out in 2016 and I relate to both of those lines so much. You're a goddess Dodie, you always know just how to express the things I never can find the words to. <3 I love you, thank you for existing!
The only few that I’ve told were my close friends I’ve know for what seems like forever they were 100% supportive I love them so much and then one day I told one of my best friends that I was bi and she told me that she always new I was defective she said that she couldn’t be friends with a freak and that I could no longer talk to her it felt like I had just got shot right in the heart it hurt so much bc I thought she of all people would support me so thank you DODIE for this song thank you ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Erin Bear i don’t know how much it matters to you, but there are millions of people who support you, there are lots of people in your place. Wishing so much love on this journey! ❤️❤️
you can hold on for longer than another day, please stay alive for as long as you possibly can. you're loved and cared about and important and there's so much good in the world even with all the bad, and any problems you're dealing with right now won't last forever. please stay alive for as long as you can, reach out for help when you need it, and remember that you deserve life. 💛💛💛💛💛
hey hey. Please don't. And I know how fucking annoying those words are. Exactly a year ago I was in the worst place of my life, I was extremely suicidal, I used to self harm, and cry myself to sleep every night. but I hung on, even when I didn't want to. And I promise okay, I promise it will get better just hang in there. It will take time, but that's okay. Like I know what I was going through isn't over, that was temporary but my "happiness" now is also temporary. But it's worth it to hang on to just feel like this again. stay alive, fren, we're all here for you 💕
hey, ive been there. i know how absolutely annoying "please don't" is, but i mean it genuinely. two years ago i was suicidal and almost never left my house. i refused to accept myself because i thought my family would never accept me. now, im out, happier than ive ever been, and have a friend circle that loves and supports me and i love and support them back. it gets better is cliché, but its true. it gets better. if you're at rock bottom you can only go up. i believe in you, and i love you. it may not mean much from me, but i know it would have meant something to me at that point in my life. if you ever need someone to talk to or someone to rant or scream about kpop to, my insta is @kristen.psd 💕 i love you, fighting!
I've only come out to a small group of my friends and family because I'm afraid. Out of everything in this world for a 13 year old to be afraid of, mine is my family finding out I'm pan and non binary before I can tell them. I know what it feels like to be laughed at and bullied just because of the difference between my brain and what's between my legs. But somehow Dodie's music can make me forget it all and be happy for at least a few minutes. And for that, thank you Dodie.
Pepsii Eilish I’m the same way, I wave my pride around because I have friends who can’t, and I want the world to be ready for them when they do. But hearing all the stories in the media and seeing the sideways glances makes me feel so paranoid sometimes 💗💛💙
I always believed girls were beautiful and i wanted to kiss certain girls. i would make it normal by saying, 'if I was a boy i would have a crush on her.' i knew some people liked the same gender but that could never be me. I like boys! my best friend came out to my mom in middle school, she said it was okay but they're too young to know, they might be confused. afterward we had a chit chat in the car and she asked if I was gay. I wasn't cause I like boys!! i was not lgbt. fast forward a few years and i realize not everyone has urges to kiss girls or thinks they're beautiful. i came out to my friends as pansexual. although i think girls are beautiful and may want to kiss a certain few i still cannot wrap around my head that this is something not everyone feels. i wasn't positively sure about my sexuality or if I even had the right to call myself something other than straight. it's as though I am not valid nor will I ever be. for a few years i felt proud of who i was cause there's so many supportive people out there, but I have now become ashamed of myself because I have to hide myself in front of those who i love. i am keeping secret of this big, important part of who i am. i feel like I don't belong with the community that is so all around prideful neither with people who only like the opposite gender. i am just so scared to be judged and come out with the truth, i don't know if I'll ever be able to reveal this. thank you for giving me a space where i can comment freely and share my thoughts, sorry for talking too much.
listened to this once and loved it, listened to it again and happy cried, listened again and loved the word play in the lyrics (and happy cried), listened again because this song is everything to me now (and happy cried again). thank you dodie for this work of art.
I needed this song today. I have spent so long thinking I’m awful and vicious and sad and angry. And people ask me how i have so much energy, how I’m so happy. I have no clue what they see but whatever they’re seeing... when they tell me... it makes me feel okay for a moment. So used to feeling wrong, it makes me feel alright.
Seeing the comments and the impact this has on people is making me tear up. To think, that a single and beautiful song, could change a person’s life, is something extraordinary I don’t see everyday. You’re all incredible. And so is this song.
not even comfortable talking about what i am anymore but part of this song hit me so hard i almost couldnt breathe and honestly that's really beautiful despite also feeling bad, just hope to get back to where i was before one day, thank you for this
I love this song so much. I came out as bisexual online after noticing on twitter and then put in public around me that I like girls but I also like guys too. I'm not out to my family but they probably know I'm queer because I've talked about queerness around them before. They're accepting but I have a disabled sister who doesn't really understand these types of things. I'm kind of afraid to go back to school next year because I live in a dominantly republican state where some people aren't super accepting. I have friends who's parents aren't super accepting. I just don't want to get bullied. There are some days where I'm still questioning too and still having trouble just being myself and that's okay. I'll get there eventually. In my opinion coming out isn't a big deal mainly because it's just another part of me. You wouldn't come out as a nerd. You wouldn't come out as an activist. You wouldn't come out as an actor. Idk I just never really saw it as a big deal but I understand why got some people it is and even though I feel like it isn't a big deal it's still hard. I sometimes find it hard to say I'm bisexual. I just hint at it in puns or pictures or something. It's hard. I live this song because I feel like it's accurate. Even though I personally haven't felt discriminated for my sexuality (yet I guess) I know that there's people out there who have. I know that all of these things are real and need to be noticed and this song is so important. Pride is so important. Even though it's the end of pride month still have pride everyone. Have pride after pride month. Have pride before pride month. Have pride during pride month. Always have pride. I know it can be hard but always try to have pride in every aspect of yourself.
Caty Grey They don’t deserve a month. Soldiers get a day. They actually deserve it because they’ve contributed but gays haven’t... they don’t even deserve a day.
Lol okay but we didn’t make it a one day thing its up to the government to decide when we celebrate our soldiers i agree we should take more time to appreciate those who’ve served but we are not the deciding factor of when we celebrate them...and i would disagree with the lgbtq+ not deserving to be celebrated because we can also be killed by being ourselves just because of who we really are and this is the time where there were pride right rallies so it seemed only fitting
thank you so much for this!! I truly appreciate how perfectly this song encapsulates exactly how I (and so many others like me) feel when it comes to sexuality and love and being lgbtq+. thank you sosososo much dodie 💕
i love this song! last year, one of my closest friends outed me to my school and i was bullied pretty heavily for it in the months that followed. but learning to accept myself and learning to love myself and learning to be proud of who i am- it was one of the hardest things i've ever done, but it was so worth it. it's so worth it to be able to say that i'm a lesbian and be proud of that and this song captures that feeling of teaching yourself to be proud so well, the feeling of struggling through and finding that light at the end of the tunnel. this song is so good and i'm so thankful that you wrote this!
I don't think I have felt this alright in a while. so much of my life is spent hiding and I feel like this song is my anthem. I am just so blown away by how honest and real this is. this song feels good. it feels like home. it feels like it was a part of me that I didn't realize I was missing.
You know I've never made a lyric video before but I did for this song because I feel a personal connection to it so I feel as if others should to by really learning the words. I've struggled every since I was young with sexuality and I didn't even know what it was then. I've come so far and I am proud of myself until other people start telling me their opinions and it hurts but I'm always stronger afterwards 🏳️🌈❤
I’ve had the worst day imaginable. I was almost outed to my abusive, homophobic family today. They had me followed and took pictures...I hate lying about everything I am. I hate feeling like I’m one wrong turn away from damnation. It’s so damn hard to be proud of everything you are when people are constantly threatening to kill you if you’re different. It’s so damn hard. I was so damn close to the edge, soI really, really needed this. I really, really needed this today. Thank you. I’m just screaming into the void. I just wanted to say a sincere thank you for making this song.
dodie clark, you never fail to make my heart smile. you’re truly an inspiration to me and so many others, you’re raw and truthful & i respect that about you. please don’t ever stop being your wonderful self. your lyrics touch my heart like no other song, thank you for being in my life and many others lives as well. love you with all my heart and i hope that one day i get to hug the person who has made me the person i am today💘 xoxo
Thank you so much for this song, Dodie. It is beautiful and I really needed it. Years ago when I was first learning myself you made me feel good about being bi and this just reinforces that confidence and pride. Thank you
The chords are even powerful. What a grat sound! It really made me tear up because I have a lot of social dysphoria over being nonbinary. No one really gets it and I never feel completely valid and this was a great song to start the day
This song made me so happy. I’m at my grandparents right now and they tell me that being LGBTQ+ is bad and I know I can never come out to them. You and your music gives me hope that maybe one day I can come out to them. Thank you.
i had 2 of my close friends send me this a few hours after you posted and i’m just now able to listen. and i’m sobbing. i’ve loved you since your paint days and hearing someone who i love and admire so much put into words what i’ve felt all my life is such a beautiful connection to make. recently i’ve been struggling with my pride in who i am because of the ways i’ve been put down in life by people who tell me i should be ashamed of all of who i am because of one part of me. this song reminded me of what it means to have pride despite the hurt, to be loud despite the ugly words, to love despite the hate. i love you and all that you do. you’re an inspiration to all of us. thank you for writing this dodie.
Dodie is possibly the cutest and most kind hearted person on earth😍 Songs like these hit close to home for a lot of people. Also including help lines is very thoughtful.. Love is Love🌈
Doddie... I love your voice. But I am hard of hearing so sometimes I can't pick up every lyric that you sing. You are amazing but without captions I can't get everything. I know you really work hard and you don't have e a whole lot of time but it would be nice for every member of your beloved audience could participate.
Ayee this is soo cute! I'm scared to tell my mom that i don't feel like a girl and that i prefer being, thinking and dressing like a boy. I'm scared, i think she would say that i'm wrong or something like that. :(
Oof, this song just punched me right in the heart. That was absolutely wonderful. It took me a really long time to come to terms with who I am, and a large part of that was of course stressing over all the what ifs and all the terrible things I would hear people say. But I love who I am now, and I'm glad I made it through all those really difficult years. So to anyone reading this, I hope you remember to love yourself, because you're wonderful and you deserve to be happy. <3
When I first listened to the song I wasn't paying attention to the lyrics too much, second time around....wow...just wow. I'm bisexual as well and the line "how can I be proud of what a million people shout at me I'm not" hits really close to home. People constantly saying it's a phase, you'll pick a side, and just generally not accepting bi people...it sucks. Thank you.
What I adore about this video (apart from the gorgeous song) is although you're wearing grey you can hear the colour pouring out from you, from your voice singly softly over that hopeful but tentative rising and falling progression. After inviting your audience into your soul, your words become more powerful at the chorus with the song coming together with harmonies and humming. The colour and beauty of your message just shines then.
It's powerful symbolism. It isn't fair to take one glance at someone and just see grey. We're much more colourful and complex than that as humans, and to just judge someone's character at face value is a shame. We can all do with being a bit more open-minded.
Thanks Dodie for another sublime song and the LGBTQ+ representation. 💙
I have only just kind of came out to myself in the last few days and even though nobody knows that I'm bi, I still relate to this song so much. To know that there is a community where I can fit in perfectly without being called 'weird' is so amazing and it makes me feel so loved! 🏳️🌈 I finally feel accepted for being me
sitting on a dark bedroom floor right now eating french toast with my girlfriend and listening to this song while all snuggled up . couldn’t ask for my more . thank you <3
its crazy how the universe works. last wednesday i came out bi to my mom and told her i was dating my best friend . she was not happy and she was so scary and i was terrified and she doesn’t support me, but day after day, things seem to get a bit better and that provides me the hope of one day hopefully she’ll accept me
i love this so much. and i haven’t come out to anyone in my family because my parents are very religious. i’m scared they’ll not approve and think something is wrong with me. i’m bi and i’m scared. i’ve come out to my closest friends and they still love me. but i’m scared of what my family will say. i just want to be out all the way and be happy about it. i have so many struggles with liking myself enough.
At 19 I feel like i have had all the time in the world to figure out my identity and everyone around me knows who they are but I still feel so confused about it all. I can't really come out to my family because we are a very Christian family myself included. Fitting my sexuality into my faith has been so difficult but it's songs like this that just tell my that I am me and I am loved brings such peace over me so thank you so much dodie. This is what I needed tonight.
Omg! I love it😍Is it okay for a straight person to go out and support the lgbt even though they aren’t one themself? I feel like I get bashed when I do it
Don’t listen to the jerks who say you matter less or that you can’t support simply because you’re straight, because when they do that they’re just as bad as the homophobes they so desperately despise
This is absolutely beautiful Dodie! I love listening to your music (Especially the "You" EP) and watching your videos sooo much! (Edit: This is the first video dodie uploaded since I started watching her.) :')
This is totally what I need right now. Thank you so much for being there with the perfect song at the perfect time. This song speaks to me on a whole other level. Thank you.
THis song is so relatable and it just encapsulates and explains the reasons why I love pride and the community so much. It makes everything feel less of a huge weight and more like something I can deal with. The song made me cry, but in such a good way that now I am kind of happy? In a semi-sad way.
This song is soo....it gives the original vibes. All you need is lyrics. Your instrument. And your voice. And thos lyrics hit home for me. Awesome doddie. Love you always!❤❤❤
This reminded me of the fact that my grandma doesn't know that i'm bisexual. And my grandpa died without knowing. This is such a good song, it made me cry.
I seriously can not stop listening to this song. I’m an ally with a diverse group of friends with different sexualities, genders, race and so much more. This song just really touches me in a way I never thought it would. Definitely sharing this with all my friends ❤️❤️
It doesn’t matter what you identify as or what you don’t. Whether you’re out, in, questioning or somewhere in between. It doesn’t matter what people think of you, or that you have a million supporters.
What matters is that you support yourself, and that you are as true to yourself as you can be.
In my own personal experience I have observed from the vast majority of my friendships with lgbtq+ people that it seems like people will come out as lgbtq+ as a way with dealing with past emotional trauma. It seems to cause only more confusion for them, leading to more pain in their lives. I'm not trying to be labeling or anything, but does anyone have any observations on this or opposing viewpoints? I'm trying to be respectful here 👍
this is such a pretty song :( even if a lot of dodie content is melancholic if it’s not the happy yellow kind she’s such a ray of light and her voice just has a peaceful effect :( dodie i love u so much u have no idea how much you inspire so many people
The lyrics for this song really hit home with me. I’m 17, and discovered myself to be aromantic nearly a year ago, but I’m still too scared to come out to my family, in fact it was aromantic pride day today and I promised myself I would come out, but I didn’t. It is the creators like Dodie who help give courage to so many others to be themselves, just like you. Thank you Dodie 💛💛
this song resonates with me. the lyrics apply to so many parts of me other than me being part of the lgbt. I think this might be my favorite dodie song
This song is so important to me. I was very confused about my bisexuality at first but I've come to be very proud of it and this song reminds me of why I should be. You have a lovely, wonderful, beautiful heart and soul Dodie Clark.
I just figured out I'm bi. The person I had a crush on was my BEST friend, and I told them my feelings at our school dance. They immediately told me they like me too. I'm only 12. I am so, so happy, that relationships like that can be accepted at our middle school. So many kids our age are open about sexuality and gender, while the others are supportive. 💛💚💜💙
This hurts since i yearn to be accepted so much especially by the people most important to me. And one of those people is my best friend. And she seems to plead ignorance on the matter, how the times i brought up my sexuality she'd ignore that i ever said anything. She also doesnt understand why stuff like pride and representations are important for people like me. And she'd also be in denial about me not being straight even when i single handedly notify her about it, she'd try to make herself believe that im not. And she'd also tell me that im not, as if she was me. It hurts, but im hopeless. She cant accept me, that i know. I just cant accept that she cant accept me. That's what sets a heavy coal in my gut. Its an unspoken disrespect that i cant ignore. She wants to ignore it, but that's easy for her. When i'd have to swallow my words each time it threatens to spill out. Its not fair. Sometimes id think that i was somehow the one who was wrong, or that i was insane. And some other times id tell myself that i didnt need their acceptance, when how i felt betrayed my words. This has prolonged for so long that its lost its whole meaning and so i ceased to understand what it is that i want anymore.
I heard this first a while ago, but only just now read the context in the dublidoo, and now realise it was made for Pride. Wow.
That said, and without trying to take away anything from Pride, I just wanted to appreciate how I felt it was also speaking to me (thus potentially others), though I am out-of-the-norm in a different way.
So spot on. So many genious lines. I love it! Thank you for creating and sharing this :)
Thank you so much for this spectacular musical representation of an experience that I and so many other members of the lgbtq+ community have gone through. And on top of that it's a great song. Idk how you do it dodz 🏳️🌈❤️❤️❤️
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Alice V.2018-07-01 22:16:05 (edited 2018-07-03 10:14:34 )
alrite lads how do i come out
edit: guys! i just meant to my mom. i'm already out to my sister and my friends. i know it's a process.
Alice V. OK SO. Go on a roller coaster or log flume with your family or friends and when the camera takes the picture of you on the coaster goin down the hill hold up a sign that says “I AM *insert sexuality here*”. AND THEN when your frens or fam look at the picture at the end of the ride they will see. If you do that you will be crowned queen of gays.
Alice V. Well yesterday I came out to my mom. I caught her when she was making coffee and I said “hey I’m gonna tell you something you can’t tell anyone. I’m bisexual.” I don’t beat around the bush ahahha
shouting at whomever IM insert sexuality here BOIIII nah but really just remember you have people around you that love and support you and come out with confidence.
Ok but fr, I'm like a quarter of the way out and (at least for me) it's more of a process than a big event. Come out to people you trust and maybe ask them for help with some of the harder people to tell, then just live life as you please ig
Alternatively you yell it out right before the picture is taken on the log ride and then you with have their first reactions right there in photograph forever
Cars are a good place to do it. Make sure it’s a positive and safe enough environment, for your own sake! Maybe your sister or friends before you do it so they can support you after. Make sure to supply yourself with love and coping mechanisms beforehand in case it doesn’t go as planned. Know that this is a sensitive topic so there’s always a chance you’ll misinterpret things or your mind might amplify negative comments. No matter what, give a lil love to yourself and know you’re worth a ton! Much love and best of luck ☺️
I’ve had to come out like 5 times to my mom because for one i didnt know for sure what i am. (im bi i think.. mostly gay tho) but how i did truly did it was i messaged her that “i could grow up and marry a man or a woman and i need to know if you’re going to support for either one” that was the last time i came out because the first few times she wasnt as understanding. she still supported me and all but she didnt quite understand the whole gay thing.. but she has became super supportive and it’s really great. I would say if your mom is not entirely open to the idea of being in the lgbt community, inform her and im sure she will come around eventually. My best advice is to try and make it come up in casual conversation and slowly build it from there. But if that’s hard I would say just walk in the room to scream HEY MOM IM *insert orientation* and just get the shit over with. Just do what works for you.. And hey .. Even if she isn that supportive, it feels like 10000000000000000% better after you come out. Good luck 🏳️🌈❤️
my advice is to make some sort of presentation educating them about the sexuality so they understand more of what you're feeling and are more likely to be accepting. good luck <3
I am blessed enough to have a wonderfully accepting family, and so after telling my mother, I just let the others know of figure it out on their own. I didn't make it a big deal, I would just casually bring up a girl I liked in a conversation or we would talk about something gay and I'd nonchalantly bring it up. I came out to my grandma by asking her to take pictures of me and my homecoming date. I know some of you aren't as fortunate as I was to have such an accepting as I am, and I'm terribly sorry if that's the case, but if your situation allows for it, you don't have to make it a big deal if you don't want to. Just be you. Let them see you and nothing else. I'm so proud of everyone coming out to their family and friends and just being themselves. Love all of you straight, gay, bi, pan, whatever you are weirdos ❤️❤️ much love
i am aware that maybe my previous suggestions maybe weren't what you had in mind, so i want to try to give you some actual decent advice. coming out to my family for me was a little tricky, and i didn't have the comfort of "being ready" bc I was outed by my small knit community. but, analyzing the situation to make sure you're safe is top priority. As a previous commenter said that being on a drive is a good environment, I would highly agree. Maybe go out to lunch, go on a walk. I would say to not treat it as a somber occasion or conversation. Saying something along the lines of "there's something that I have finally grown to accept and celebrate myself, and would like to share it with you" i think sets a good tone that isn't too serious, but shows that it is important to you. Now, and it pains me to say, there will be people who will find it upsetting. Some are just unfamiliar with the whole situation in general, and with a little help they'll come around. Others will not approve, but still love you. It's hard to say what reaction you'll get, but make it clear to them that you love them and that's why you wanted to confide in them and share this beautiful personal journey (that I am aware wasn't easy for yourself either) I wish you the bestest of luck and remember that you always have a community here to reach out to when you need some love and support. ❤️
Thank you so much for sharing such a beautiful song with us Dodie. This song is true representation and completely relatable. Thank you for giving me pride.
Made me feel emotional and think of how I feel and have felt in my life being gay. Thanks for connecting my spirit and making me feel like I’m not alone in how I feel Dodie. You’re a special soul and write and sing from your heart. It’s wonderful. Love this song very much and made me cry in all the ways oxo love and hugs in abundance to you always oxo
Omg this is so beautiful I love this so much!! Happy (late) Pride Month everyone!! Can you PLEASE please please do a cover of at least one of the songs from Panic! At The Disco's new album Pray For The Wicked? Cause I know you really like Panic! At The Disco and you have only done two covers of their songs so that's why I'm asking you to do another one cause really why not? Anyways I loved the song, I love you and I'm gonna go now, byeeeeee - Jade🤓🤓 🙏For The 😈
I’m literally crying this song makes me so happy and honestly makes me feel so much better with my mental health and all my gender dysphoria thank you for literally being my idol oh my gods
This is such a beautiful song.. thank you for this, Dodie <3
I came out to my parents recently as a homoromantic asexual and they.. don't really get it. They think I'll change, that one day when I'm older I'll suddenly see something I didn't in guys, and they think that my asexuality is simply because I'm depressed. But this song filled me with hope. Maybe one they I'll try to let them walk in my shoes - to make them understand - but for now I know I have the people that do already understand and that support me and everyone else in the LGBT+ community. You guys are all amazing!! Never give up hope :)
This just lights up my heart in so many ways! I can’t thank you enough for this song you bless us with today, for a while now I’ve been asking myself am I really bisexual because none of my friends are “convinced”, the 3rd time I listened to this song I realised that my feelings are real and I didn’t just curate them in my brain. I might actually start going after the girl I like now. I will forever be grateful for the music you share because every song you put out there someone can relate or feel touched by and your talent for singing is so incredible amazing. Honey xx
i just cant wrap my head around the fact that every song you put up, finished or not, drafted or not, is a fucking great song and i appreciate your way with words when you make them.
This made me cry. This is how I felt for so freaking long, but I think I’m finally alright now. I have friends that fully support me and I couldn’t be happier. Happy pride :) you’re all loved and supported by so many people. And that’s coming from a person who makes death jokes 24/7, so you guys are special ;) every one of you
It astounds me how even when I am numb to everything your music turns on my tear ducts like a tap. Thank you for speaking the things I didn't know I thought and making them more beautiful than I could ever hope to. You make me feel less alone, thank you
Me taking hours to put your songs on loop has gotten me thought alot of hard stuff thank you for what you are doing and I hope you become really successful
To all my babes! I LOVE AND SUPPORT YOU SO MUCH! Have so much pride in who you are, and take all year to be prideful, because we love when you are! Keep being you, and don’t forget you have people for you who live and support you.
Love this song! I didnt really understand that there are actually people who arent straight, so i just assumed i was straight, then i decided im pansexual
This might sound weird, but your songs always make such sense?! Like the chords you chose just belong right there and the words are so carefully put together. My point is, you‘re truly gifted.
Dodie, you are a Rainbow. You are beautiful, different and perfect in every way, bright and wanted. Be proud of yourself for being who you are, a rainbow.
The ukelele strumming in this reminds me of sick of losing soulmates and has the same sort of tone. Subject matter wise they are very different but they are both approached in a way to make it sound melancholy
I'm not a part of the LGBT community, I love God and all He's done in my life.... but your song made me bawl Dodie, and you have a gift, your songs always got me tearing up :') I wish things weren't so terrible between the LGBT and the church, but my whole life it's been so
You, my dearest dodie, are an absolute bi-con. I know many of us, myself included, needed to hear this in order to gain strength and in order to remember reasons of why we should love ourselves. Thank you for this, got me teary eyed from the start. Thank you for the relatable lyrics, and the gentle melodies. Thank you for being one of us, and for standing up for those of us who can't do so yet. Lots of love, because love wins...💜 🌈
My asexual ass is crying rivers right now. I kinda felt the pain of the bis, But then i realised, Im not meant for love, I tried to love and love but then i realised it is not for me. Last time i loved a person, She was a girl, People started to look down at me, like i did something wrong, and i thought i did do something wrong but now.. I am not meant for love but It might change. Right now isn't time for me, or my life. I found out half of my sisters are Bi's And My big brother was gay, I think im the wrong one in the family but im okay with not loving any gender but my family. I just want love from people i know, Thats all that matters to me. But I'll keep on supporting the LGBTQ Community!
Lately I've been questioning my sexuality. I sort of get hit my waves of it since about a year ago. I know that there's nothing wrong with me, I have many LGBT friends but it's difficult not to second guess myself and question whether what I feel is real when many people around me tell me that it's just a phase. And maybe it is just a phase. But I'd rather have it be something that passes by and I learn from it that repress it for the rest of my life and wonder why I never did anything about it when I was younger.
this pride actually all of 20gayteen im even more proud of who i am but it’s also very lonely. this song really echoed that to me . i’ve watched you for like 4 years now maybe more and each song you make i needed it in that moment . i really needed this one
One of my close friends who is a part of the LGBT+ community said to me that they think that the letter S should be added for Straight because we should all feel like one big community instead of being separated which is what people have fought and voted to stop
hi ! im rey. and i'm pansexual. the struggles of being pansexual is that many people think it's just the same as bisexual. and the very limited positive rep in the media.
im rey. fourteen. i'm starting highschool and my outlook isnt very bright. and i'm pansexual. i love girls, boys and everything in between.
I do acapella covers on my channel and I am definitely going to do a cover of this. I came out to half my family. But the others are to homophobic and racists so they won't be to happy to know that a latina makes me happy. I love this song and I over analyse everything so right now I am crying from the lyrics because I am an emotional fuck ~please pardon my language~. Happy late pride month everyone. Stay true and be you 💙💗💛
Ahhh my god. There's so much dust in this room suddenly... But seriously this just made me so happy. I love you all and thank you so much dodie for this song 💗🌈 asldkjlfgsalj
I had to stop eating my potatoes because i started to get emotional and tear up. What a fantastic way to end pride month. You have a way of making complex things seem so simple with your sweet voice.
My mother denies my sexuality and says that “I can’t be gay and trans”. I feel hopeless around my friends cause the only one that respect who I am live on another continent. I don’t want to be an another statistic in suicides yet I linger death because I don’t understand who I am or what am I doing here. I love you dodie, your work and how you inspire others. xoxo
Literally crying??? I used to think I was straight and when I saw a cute girl just thought I wanted to be like them, not date them. Lately I’ve realized I love women and men and it makes me really happy, but I’m still not sure if I’m asexual or just extremely scared of human bodies and sex, or at least with men, I feel like women would make me feel more comfortable. My mom is supportive but still makes jokes about me not being “lesbian enough” since all I ever talk about are my favorite male singers and point out cute guys in the streets, even though that’s just because I know she will laugh if I say a girl is cute because she will just think of it as a joke, and I’m lowkey ashamed of thinking about girls in that way after hearing all these contradicting comments. I’m only “out” to her in my family (“out” because I don’t think I was ever in the closet, just figuring it out), but my uncle seems to have realized (I do call myself a big gay in my ig stories, might be because of that) and he always asks me if I got a boyfriend or girlfriend and small details like those make me feel really accepted and comfortable. This song really got me because it’s not only about figuring out what you truly are, but also people telling you you’re not what you are after happily telling them who you’ve finally realized you are. People like you make me feel like I’m not alone in the world and I really need that. Thanks for existing, Dodie. Happy pride, my little rainbows ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💖
I love this song because it’s applicable to really anyone who has ever felt like they weren’t good enough. Even though it is directly speaking of the LGBT community, the lyrics can fit to anyone. Not only that, but there is something in dodies voice when she sings, not only this song... but any song. It just has this emotion that makes her songs so just mean so much more than they wouldif almost anyone else was.
I’m finally out to my family as queer and this song hit me like a ton of bricks. And then I read the comments, and I got hit with a herd of elephants. Happy pride everybody💕
this really made me tear up. i live in an extremely homophobic country, where you get chastised for being an ally, let alone lgbt yourself. as a bi guy, it really feels awfully shitty, especially when you spend most of your time online, to go outside or watch a newscast just to hear people say absolutely awful and horrific things about your friends and you, not even knowing that's what they're doing.
i needed this so so much. thank you for being there for all of us who feel alone in our journies. we all love you and your content so incredibly much and can never thank you enough for using your platform to help anyone in the world struggling with mental illness, being in the closet, struggling with finding their sexuality, or just figuring out how to finally be happy with themselves. we love you so much, thank you dodie❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
some would say that ace isn't part of the lgbtq+ my family has never listened to me when i tell them im asexual, they always are like "no you probably haven't met the right guy" or they just slide it aside and don't listen to me, it sucks but i have the greatest group of friends in the whole wide world that support my sexuality, im happy with my label, but you don't need one, i love you all so much no matter who you are, im here for all of you 💗💚💚💜💙❤️💖💞💛💓💓💖❤️💚💗💗💙🧡💙💚🧡💛💚💜🧡❤️💖💚💗💙🧡💙💜💙❤️💛
im genderfluid and bi and no one i am close to understands that, so i don't bring that up often. i've never suffered any direct prejudice (only "jokes" etc) but it saddens me that i have to kind of ignore who i am just so people don't get "uncomfortable" around me
This is exactly what my transgender girlfriend needs right now, because she's been brought down by her parents a lot lately, they say "it's just a phase", "I'm sure you're not a girl", "it's a stupid decision" and unfortunately it gets to her. She needs to see that she is beautiful and wonderful and that she is who she is no matter what her parents think Thank you, Dodie, because you once again showed the world that being strong and being proud is not easy but it's worth it and we're not alone, whatever we go through
I'm a lesbian and I'm not confident in telling people that I am, I am honestly ashamed of myself but I can't change who I am no matter how hard I try. baby I was born this way ❤🌈
This is so heavy for me, I've never felt a song so close I'm actually crying. When I came out as bi I felt so many eyes on me. People didn't care much for me they just saw my sexuality and so people thought I was dirty. I was never going to be something. Here I am 5 years later I'm in a high school that's made for the arts and people there make me feel so warm and happy. This really is something that felt personal to me dodie I don't know how you do it, but thank you for everything
As an out and proud 14-year old lesbian this hits home. My family is proud of me and I have a great community of people yet I still feel wrong. They tell me they can't wait till my wedding and I know they're disappointed it won't be to a man but that's fine because I'm different, yes, but human too and I'm a rainbow and so are you
I’m only 13 and I feel like I’m not allowed to say I’m bisexual coz I’ve only ever been with boys and I’ve only ever been just attracted to girls and never actually been with one so I don’t feel like I can say I’m bisexual coz I’m not bi enough if I haven’t actually been with a girl, I know this isn’t true and that everyone would accept me in the lgbtq+ community but I’m just worried that if I tell people and then I’m never actually with a girl it will seem like I’ve done it for attention, has anyone else ever felt like this if so how do I get over it and just accept myself? 🌈 x
Edit: update 5 months later I’m fully out and proud as bisexual! thank you all so much for your comments❤️🏳️🌈 xx
Thank you for this🙏 and you’re right if it’s what I feel then I shouldn’t worry about what other people think coz I know that people will still support me, I just need to learn about accepting myself at the moment and figure out the rest as it comes ❤️🌈
heya, i realised I was bi when I was 12, and i used to think like this too. But just know it's not true, this is you and you can know that without being in relationships. People will try to tell you that it's a phase or it's for attention, but that's not true. Although things are tough now, I learned to accept myself with time, just give it a while to accept yourself and don't feel like you have to come out until you fully accept yourself. I feel that I came out too soon and I really regretted it. Sorry if this was terrible advice aha but keep on fighting and have some rAGInG bisexual pride(ง •̀_•́)ง
You are what you think you are. No one can title you when you know what you like and what you don't. If you think you're bisexual, you are. You also don't have to be with a girl to be bi. Dodie hasn't been with a girl (to my knowledge. She never was when she first came out) and she's bi. Be what you wanna be, kiddo.
I’m the same way, I know all my family is supportive and wouldn’t care but I’m not sure all of my friends would except me, and on top of that I identify as bisexual but since some people think of it as a “fase” I’m worried if I change my mind I would give a bad rep to other bisexual people and my sister would doubt me because I told her one of my friends was bi and she goes “how can she be bi, she’s only twelve”
Anna 2507 but once you were never with a boy either, yet no one would question that you liked them or would think that you were 'doing it for attention' flip that bullshit logic back on them. ❤
I'm 14 and identify as pansexual, but I've only ever been attracted to girls. However, I feel like I can be attracted to anyone, and I think that's the beauty of being bi or pan. You can have a preference (in my case for girls), but that doesn't make your sexuality or feelings any less valid. If you're even asking yourself if you're really bi, that probably means you are. Sorry for this mess, hope you're feeling okay x (also great name :) )
Hello, I'm also questioning myself. I consider myself a bisexual, yet I haven't had a crush on anyone. (Unless you count the fictional ones lol) But I've noticed that most of the people I've liked they have been mostly guys. And im not sure if its wrong to label yourself as bi when you're actually straight. Im still a bit confused about my sexuality, but hopefully I'll learn someday. Thanks for anyone reading this 😄
Anna 2507 When I was your age I really was confused, bi-curious and at one point thought I was pan. It can be a very VERY tricky time, especially if you're so set on labeling yourself and you don't want to "get it wrong",, It wasn't until I got into my first ever relationship (that happened to be with a girl) that I realized I was gay. Full on. Sometimes you just need some time to explore everything and not be so quick to label yourself. I'm not saying yours or anyone's feelings are invalid if they haven't experienced a relationship with a certain sex yada yada, however I really wish someone would have told me I didn't need to label myself so quickly although I understand it can really comfort you if you finally feel like you've found yourself , which is a great fucking feeling. Overall, I wish you the best of luck and hope you are always proud and never shy to tell everyone who and what you are.
PS,, I'm still with the girl I had my first relationship with ... Dreams do come true girl ❤️
You don’t need to do anything to prove how you feel.... and sexuality can be a fluid thing! Take your time and if you feel like bi is a label that resonates with you, then yay!
There's no meter that shows "how bisexual enough" you need to be in order to identify as bisexual. If you like two genders then screw everyone else and their default expected norms. That's just how you swing my friend, don't let anyone change you or force you out the closet. Come out when you want to, even if its 40 years from now, take your time and just be you.
I can totally understand you - I realized I was bi, when I was 16. Now I'm 19 and this year was the first time I had romantic feelings towards a girl even if it didn't work out, so don't be afraid to say that your bisexual, if you feel like it, it's okay!
I felt the same for a long time. I had to wait a long long long time for a girl to come around, especially since I also had feelings like that from a young age. But don’t worry, your time will come and then you can see how you feel :)
your sexuality is solely based on feelings, not your experience. only you know your feelings, so you decide for yourself what your sexuality is. i'm a 20-year-old bi and i've never been with a girl either, but i know i'm bi because of what i feel. i've secretly known since i was 7 that i liked girls and of course i had no experience back then. plenty of people come out as a young teen without having experienced an lgbtq relationship. it's all about feelings, not experience.
This happens to a lot of people (including me), so don´t worry! I realised that i was bi when i was 17 (i´m 19 now) and it was really weird cause like.. how could i have lived 17 years of my life without realising i liked girls??!!. I tought that maybe i was doing it for attention, or cause...idk (Then i relaised that maybe i did liked girls but never think of my crushes as crushes, just as amazingly pretty girls) So don´t worry, the fact that you have never been with someone of your same gender doesn´t make you less bi. If you like boys and girls then you´re bi, that´s all it matters. (Sorry if my english isn´t the best, not a native english speaker)
Anna 2507 I’m 16 and this is currently how I’m feeling!! but I have a boyfriend currently and he’s been pretty vocal about his insecurities when it comes to other guys and he’d hate the pressure of having to worry about girls too, even though we’re in a committed relationship. I think also the fact I haven’t been with a girl before puts this pressure on me to keep it inside and not tell because how can I be thinking that while I’m in a relationship you know? I don’t know I am confusion
Think about it, how do straight people know theyre straight? Even without experiencing any sort of thing with any gender? If you get crushes and butterflies with both girls and guys, then thats ok. You dont need to act on or be with everyone youre attracted to. Its what you feel. Most bi people also has a preference (as in they go normally for girls for an example) and they might never actually date a guy, even though they could like them aswell. Dont overanalyse. I went from bi to pan because I realised that hey, i dont really care about gender. Ive never been with a trans-person however tho... and now im engaged to a straight guy, so its kinda too late haha. Point is, let it be how it is, and date or kiss or try things out with whoever you want gender wise and just accept your feelings as they are. You can say youre bi, straight, bi-curious or whatever you want, as long as you dont bring yourself down and make yourself feel worse. Labels are supposed to help you and bring you into a loving community, but if its not doing that, just let it go, and see what you think in a year or two or even 5. Youre allowed to change your mind and realisations.
I feel you. Up until I was 17 I had never liked anyone. I knew I was into boys, but I also knew I found girls attractive. I wanted to be bisexual. I wanted it so bad that I thought I only took an interest in girls because it was cool. Because I thought bisexuality was cool. I told people this and they told me that it probably meant that I wás bisexual. However, I couldn't accept it. I felt like I was rude toward the LGBT community. They had to face all these struggles and here I was, wishing to belong to them. I wanted to fight for equality, normalize being LGBT, help struggling people out, but I felt powerless because I didn't understand the struggle of actually being LGBT. Eventually I had kissed both boys and girls and I had had feelings for both boys and girls, yet I still thought I was faking it. One day I realised that it was bullshit! If I felt comfortable being called bisexual rather than straight, then who was I to tell myself that I wasn't bi? If I had just listened to my feelings I would've figured it all out years ago. I've always liked both genders. It doesn't matter what other people think of me, I know that my feelings are true. Yes, I am attracted to boys much more than girls, but that doesn't take away that I feel 100% bisexual. It's your feelings that count, not your actions. If you feel like you are bisexual then you are, and not a single person has the right to challenge that. It took me 18 years to understand this, I hope it helps you a bit. Good luck with everything!
It makes me feel so great to know that there’s people who have felt the way I felt and are now proud to be who they are and some who like me are trying to figure things out, there’s always going to be people who will say it’s for attention but hearing people say that it doesn’t matter what people think is always amazing because it’s so true. I hope everyone who is in a similar situation to me finds out who they are and can be as proud as they can be 🌈❤️🌈❤️🌈 xx
Anna 2507 I totally understand how you feel. I'm 22 and this is a feeling I still have. I grew up in a very conservative Christian home and my family doesn't know. I only tell people I trust for now. The thing is, your sexuality isn't who you date. It's almost an awareness thing, that anyone you know could be bi. You can't tell someone what they are or are not. I once had someone close to me say I couldn't come to an ally club because I wasn't gay enough. People will always judge. Unfortunately we cannot avoid it. My best advice to you is to be proud of who you are and tell the people that matter to you most for now. I'm not saying hide, but maybe talk to some.queer people you know or that are in your community. Best of luck, love.
I fall right into your category. I've dated guys all my life but I've never dated a girl, I know I like both genders but I haven't really had the chance to date a girl mainly because of society. But... I've learned over time, you begin to care less and less. Yes I still fear what some people will think but if the person you're with makes you happy, that's all that matters. Plus, it's okay to not have a label and to just like who you like.
it’s the same concept as saying you were straight but if you’d never had a boyfriend, you just know what sexuality you are and what gender you’re attracted to x
I know how you feel. But it's okay if you haven't gotten much experience. For me, exploring being open with the label is part of exploring my sexuality. It's different for everyone. Just remember to be accepting of yourself and to not fear being ace, pan, straight, bi, gay, trans, etc. Remember that you are allowed to feel however you feel, and that you don't owe anyone your 'story'. There is no proving someone is straight, so the rules apply to being anything else. Take your time, step by step if you need, and remember to be safe. Be careful about what you post online about this sexuality and/or gender identity. Remember that there are thousands, if not almost millions, that are with you. We see you, and we'll support you.
I felt this way for the longest time, i know you cant just tell someone that they are bi even if they've only been with one gender, all i can tell you is that you will feel comfortable soon enough! I am 14 and i only became comfortable saying im bi when i met my current girlfriend, so only time can help you in this situation, we all support you in this community though ❤🌈
Reading all of these replies makes be feel so much better. I'm in a similar situation and I've has multiple crushes on guys and only have liked one girl so idk but I think I have to realize that being bi is NOT just 50/50. It is however YOU FEEL
Hey hey hey. Its okay. We promise we wont let anyone judge you, also dont judge yourself for "not being bi enough" cuz thats absolutely not true, you are who you are my friend. I just want everyone to be happy with who they are. And also u may be scared that ur not bi? Whatever, if you are bi, gay,straight, poly, pan, WHATEVER. As long as you are happy
Dodie, I’m am so grateful for this song. It makes me feel more confident as I am Non-Binary and Bi. At first I was scared to tell my mum and dad but they were with me from the moment they told me. This really does make me feel a bit more happy because my life is kind of nervous wreck at the minute. Once again thank you so much 😭🙂
what I absolutely love about dodie’s songs is that she creates this amazingly beautiful lyrics that myself and others can relate our lives to and feel alright about the world, and on top of that comes her heartwarming and gorgeous voice that makes me feel so joyful. thank u dodie, truly beautiful.
This made me tear up. All the hate I used to put on myself because of this society. I’m finally living a happy life and dating a beautiful girl (I’m a girl btw). I’m proud to say I am bi. Happy pride loves 🌈🌈🌈
I just came out yesterday on Facebook. I've technically been out for 5 years, but never really to everyone. I've received so much love from people that I never thought would reach out to me.
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Emma Unger2018-07-01 17:58:58 (edited 2018-07-01 17:59:20 )
“it’s getting hard to navigate when every map was never made for me” 😍😍😭😭
Hi Dodie, I just wanted to thank you for being you, because it's helped me be me in so many ways. This year at pride I wore a shirt with the bi-flag on it, and even that small choice was a big one for me. You and your channel gave me the confidence to do it, and it felt great. Thank you. <3
Dodie I love you so muchhh!!! You helped me be proud of my bisexuality because I know that one of the most amazing people ever (yes I'm talking about you Dodie) is also bi.
I LOVE THIS SONG AND I LOVE YOU'RE VOICE AND I JUST LOVE YOU OK
I'm straight and I've always felt almost guilty for having such an accepting mother regarding LGBTQ+, cause I know not many people are as lucky :( I always enjoy celebrating pride cause I can really see how happy and free everyone feels 🌈
This is my new favorite song and I think it’s really important that people not in our community understand that we’re proud of who we are and that our love will always win over their hate :) ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
How do you write such beautiful meaningful songs and chords and put all of it together and make it into just really amazing songs I wish I was as good at ukulele and I'm practicing every day I just don't know how you do it I love it
Dodie, you are such an inspiration to me. As a fellow bi girl, your videos make me so happy in ways I cannot express. I know you'll never read this, but I just want to say thank you! ❤️💜💙
I’m pretty sure I’m straight (for now at least) but this was so sweet and cute and I love reading all these comments about people’s acceptance of themselves and agghhahavsjdkk dodie you create such a wonderful space thank you
This song is amazing. It really shows what we go through and how much we do need pride! I recently came out as pansexual to my mum and I wouldn’t have done it without dodies music. This song and it’s message are SO important 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈💖💖
Beautiful. Rainbows are beautiful. Youre beautiful in any way. Dodie shows that people just need understandance. She's a rainbow, and she's bright 🌌you should be accepted and supported no matter what colour of the rainbow you are, like or take pride in being. Or if you arent even part of it, but thats the easiest way to be accepted, to please people who shouldnt be pleased by that :))
So, I discovered my asexuality many years ago, but lately I have been changing in a lot of good ways (or rather finally becoming myself) and I am questioning myself as biromantic. I have found more and more connection and emotional attraction to women over men lately. It is very confusing for me right now. THANK YOU FOR THIS.
Ok. This is so weird. I am now convinced that all of dodie's songs connect to me right on time. Like... at the exact moment that I am listening to her song or whenever it was posted, I realize that, holy eff that's what I'm feeling! Or that was what I felt the date you posted this! And it just blows my mind!!
Came out to my friends on the 2nd of last day of pride (I guess I procrastinate in all aspects of life). It went OK but I'm still anxious because you can never come out once.
i was crying at the moment i understood this was about that rainbow. i'm non binary and rejected by my family, i came out to my friends and it just makes people uncomfortable so no one bothers to use the right pronouns and where i thought i was safe, on the internet i was told that non binarity was a tumblr concept that made "actual transgender people" look stupid and less important because non-binarity took "too much place in the media and binary trans people are not in the media" among other things. i don't really know if i'll ever feel ok in any community but at least here you preach love and respect and you always have so thank you. even if you don't understand quite well what i feel like at least it feels like i'm not a fraud when i listen to you, and especially when i listen to this. i spent pride month crying and thinking i was a liar and i was destroying more important lives and this gives me the courage to stop even though it's gonna be hard. thank you. it makes me feel alright, kind of.
If anyone is wondering how to play this with their baritone just tune your E to D and suddenly this song is very simple :) (with soprano ukulele put capo on the 7th fret...it's kinda high but works)
I’ve known that I’ve liked girls my entire life. I’ve had girlfriends and I have a girlfriend that I’m pretty sure I’m going to be with for probably the rest of my life. I wish I could tell my parents because every person wants to talk about their partner with their family but I can’t... for me it’s a safety hazard. Me and my girlfriend always have to act like friends when we’re around my family, life is like this for so many queer people.
This is so simple yet magical and very needed! I have Cerebral Palsy and am a 24 week premature baby and am gay at the same time thank you for being the light in my life, but not only mine the millions of people that you touch for the 2:47 period it’s so short but so meaningful, I just want to say thanks to an amazing person who helps the people who don’t have a voice or support, for you to be their support! You are making me have so much pride not only, for the community but for people with disabilities I love you tons❤️🌈
John Mobley2018-07-01 20:32:44 (edited 2018-07-01 20:33:34 )
Comments here have inspired me and this song in the spur of the moment. Im a bi boy * i think * . Ik i like boys but im uncertain about my feeling towards girls. When my parents gound put i was sent to a mental facility and its hard for mw to talk about. Im not put at school but a few close friends know but i stopped with twlling ppl who are close to me bc i find they can blabber off about personal things. I've heard rumors about how all the popular guys call me gay , the country white boys and the swaggy black boys, girls too i think. Btw im african American. Ppl also say i talk white? I dont think thats possible but ill get dumb and rude questions like "are you white?" , and "ur like an oreo black on the outside and white on the inside". I didnt ask to be the way i am and if i could be normal i honestly would. Things like making this comment even scares me bc im afraid of that out of all the comments someone will watch this video for my school and see this and figure it out that its me. Noone will probably even read this but i thought it qould be nice to share my story.
This song gives me butterflies because it puts so much of what I feel into words. Especially the part where you realize your identity and think you should feel relieved but...you don’t. Anyways. Loved this song. Good job dodie 💖💞💓💕
I never really experienced hate because of my bisexuality before some weeks ago. Until then I had told some of my friends and they were all positive about it. But a few weeks ago my best friend told me, that for him it is an illness and that it is absolutely abnormal. I cried for hours about it. He managed to make me feel insecure about my sexuality and to wish I was "normal".
I love looking at these comments of people who have just come out and are starting to embrace their identities. I've been out for about 6 years now, since I was 12, and I'm lucky in that my parents and my siblings are incredibly open minded and accepting people, as are all my friends. I've never really personally felt the discrimination and the shame a lot of people do. Even so, this world still isn't ready to fully accept us as we are, and I know my experience is much less common. I've used my own experiences to advocate for those who haven't been so lucky as me, and I plan to do that for the rest of my life. To anyone struggling, feel free to talk to me. We all deserve to be happy, and someday you will be. I promise. 🌈🌈🌈
I’m so glad you posted for pride day, I really needed this. I live in a country dominated by conservative church views and many people who are scared of the LGBT community. I actually came out to my mom about being bisexual two days ago, and you’re coming out song really helped me build up the courage. I’d never admitted myself officially, so it’s a big step. Granted I don’t my dad would accept me, he kicked my sister out when she came out, but I guess I’ll cross the bridge when I get there. I just want to thank you and I hope you know you’ve done a lot for me and for a lot of other people in the community, but not just with your pride related songs. Many of your songs helped me to express the anxiety and how I’d been feeling depressed for the past few months, it’s all clearing up now though, and I can’t thank you enough for giving me an outlet for that stuff. I think you should know that you helped me be the person I am today. I love you and keep doing what you’re doing!
I'm glad I was raised with a father who was supportive of me being bisexual. He didn't understand it at first, but he never discriminated me. Over the years, he's learned more and more about what a bisexual person is, and I'm just so glad that I was gifted a father who's so loving and supportive of me and my stupid ways... however, my mother was a completely different story. She absolutely does not approve of being bisexual or gay or anything. When she first yelled at me for telling her and my dad I was bi, my dad instantly kicked her out. Now, my mom was living with us at the time, but she and my dad haven't been together since I was 5. So, it never really phased me whenever my mom was kicked out. However, it did hurt that she never accepted me for being bi. I mean, hell, it's gotten to the point where she doesn't even allow me to see my own siblings because I might "infect" them. I don't know why she's like this... my grandmother, who's her mother[obviously], is such a loving and accepting person and when I told her I was bi, she cried happy tears with me and hugged me tight. So, I don't know if the grandfather I never met was super discriminatory towards the LGBTQ community or what. But no one on my mom's side of my family is anything like her. Honestly, I thought my dad would have been that way since that's how his side of the family[aside from an uncle who I lived with for two years] actually hates the LGBTQ community, and I don't know why...
Anyways, what I'm trying to say is that, you can always find the light in your life. The people who will love you no matter what, even if they don't understand fully. There are people who will try to understand, and the people who don't, pay them no mind. And if you are in a situation where your family doesn't accept you and you can't get away, just please please please remember, there's a much brighter and loving family out there for you, even if you have to hand pick it yourself. There will be people who will love and accept you for who you are.
My heart.... this song describes everything I’ve felt in my life. I mainly identify as queer if I don’t feel like explaining, but I’m on the asexual spectrum (I believe I’m noetisexual and graysexual; noetisexual is an alternative to sapio- attraction to the way one’s mind works {their personality} whereas sapio is to intelligence) I questioned from the age 10 up until 2 years ago when I was about to turn 16. I thought I was bi... pan.... I was confused. I had mistaken my romantic attraction with sexual attraction. I’m polyromantic ☺️ I’m demiromantic and polyromantic, and I know that for a fact. My friend’s been telling me to just love who I love and to not worry about labels. He knows labels get in the way of what’s important and that’s your love. I’ve been dating a guy who is heteroromantic bisexual, and I told him before we met in person that I’m asexual and he accepts me. That’s all I’ve ever wanted.... acceptance. I told him that I’m questioning it again, and he’s genuinely the best thing that has ever happened to me. He’s my gift from God. I fucking love him.
If I’m actually experiencing sexual attraction.... and if am to ever get physical, it’ll be with him.
I feel so lucky that as I grew up the world has been more accepting of us in the lgbt community bc it’s external acceptance that helped me accept myself. When I was younger I was so terrified of the fact that I loved girls but then when things like the Irish gay marriage referendum happened or whenever youtubers I admired came out it showed me it was perfectly normal and acceptable to be a lesbian 🏳️🌈
This will probably be lost in the sea of comments but Dodie you gave me the courage to come out. You made my life so much easier and this song is so amazing and deep it's one of my favorites you've ever made. So thank you so much❤️
Ok I know this song is based around the struggles of sexuality, and I am straight, but I keep coming back to this song. I feel connections to it in a different way than any other, and although I take the meaning in a separate way, the beauty of the song doesn’t change. Dodie, you keep doing what you do.
i know i shouldn’t but i still feel so much shame around my sexuality. honestly (it sounds cliche i know) watching dodie be “normal” i guess, has helped me feel better :)
To grow up in a line, not knowing you were born to work in circles. To have an outside influence cause you to walk with everyone else, you don't consider the possibility of anything else. Until you do. And it's hard. You don't understand because nobody told you it was alright. You find it hard to be proud of something that doesn't feel right. But over time you might find yourself. Proudly put your circles and odd, asymmetric shapes into all that you do. Even if it's only slightly. Even if only you know it is there. You can be proud of who you have become. Who you are.
I'm not sure if anyone has asked this yet, but what were the chords you used? I can't work them out for the life of me but would love to cover this song
thank you for this; yesterday I cried because I was scared and everything felt meaningless to me, watching this I cried for a completely different reason 💓🏳️🌈
i love this. je t’aime cette chanson. bonne travaille dodie. great work dodie i love you and this song i lové lové lové lové lové everything you produce because it means a lot to everyone in different ways
Hey love, I love this song so much and being bisexual really just makes this song hit me at home. You think you could post a tutorial of this song? I'd love to learn it.
this song is so beautiful and inspiring. im still very scared of what my parents will say when I tell them that I'm not straight. what will happen when I come out.. im so proud of those people who have had the courage to come out to their family and friends. you are all beautiful rainbows!💓💕💙💜💛💚
thank you thank you thank you dodie, your words can always make sense of things that so few people can and I love you so much for it. I'm lucky to have been accepted by my close friends and family but you gave me the courage to come out and make me feel safe so I can't thank you enough. love youuuuuuuu
This song is so cute omg I was gonna go to pride but my parents said whrn i'm older. I've been crushing on girls a lot more thsn boys lately... ily dodie. Pride's over, but i hope we can still feel prideful. ♡
apple shash2018-07-01 14:55:39 (edited 2018-07-01 14:57:02 )
This song made me feel happy. 🌻 Hi Dodie, I'm Sash, and I've been with my girlfriend for over two years. It's been a real nice time and almost everyone is accepting, but there are a few very important people who don't think of our relationship the way I wish they would. It's either not a part of their culture, or generation. There are some places where we aren't even allowed to hold hands and I never thought much about it, but when I do, I realize that I do have those problems, those where I'm being messed with or getting my feelings hurt or even being in danger just for being who I am. And well, this song reminded me that I'm not going through it alone. And nothing's wrong with my love. 🌹🌹 thank you, for writing yet another song that speaks to my heart. xxxx, Sasha
P.S. This gives me some of the strength to push through and keep moving forward. If it all works out, you're invited to the wedding! ;)
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Ava Grace2018-07-01 15:06:29 (edited 2018-07-01 15:06:42 )
Stay strong everyone. Until next year pride month :) (even though pride month is over don’t forget to stay prideful)
I love this song its so beautiful!! I also love that you are filming on a grey background wearing grey (I don’t know if this was planned) because its like you are giving in to societies belief that there is no need for this rainbow and societies belief that you are wrong but your song is the message of acceptance that society needs and it is a rainbow in itself. I don’t know I just love it xx
Oh man I love this so much. I'm planning on coming out to my parents soon but I'm so scared. I know that they will probably be supportive but what if they don't see me the same? What if my dad makes some stupid joke about it? I'm so lucky to have friends who know and are supportive because otherwise I would probably go crazy. And I'm lucky that my parents are supportive of lgbt people and will probably be fine with me. I'm just so so scared
this is so beautiful and resonated so hard all i want to say is just thank you for this !!! the feeling of feeling wrong or different when you’re trying to be yourself, especially when you’re trying to figure out your sexuality is so blurry and confusing but to feel like you are part of a community where you are a rainbow, where you’re told you’re colourful and bright is so beautiful so thank you for capturing that !!! i love this i love you thank you 💛🌈✨‼️
I relate to this song an incredible amount. I've been having problems with my family because of the fact I'm Bisexual. Like many other parents, mine think it's just a phase I'm going through (despite the fact I've known since i was 13) They made quite a big deal out of it when i came out, and my step mum didn't talk to me for weeks afterwards. They don't talk about it anymore, they've never met any girlfriend of mine. My (very religious) Grandma and whoever else says that if i pray hard enough the gay will go away, but i'm not that religious, and i don't WANT it to go away, it's part of who I am and I wouldn't be the same without it. Thank-you for this song, Dodie. I don't think you will ever truly know how much you help me. :)
That little smile at the end... it's a sad song, yes, but also a happy song and a hopeful song and a this-can-change-we-can-make-it-change song. And that little smile at the end - that is what it's about. Be proud of who you are, and one day hopefully no one will feel ashamed of who they are and who they love <3
Listening to this right after my dad has reprimanded me off a post I made about supporting the lgbt community, this had me in tears. I may no longer be active in your community but this means so much to me Dodie. Thank you so much.
I love you so much, my bestfriend is bisexual, and being black and bisexual us twice as hard, but I like how u shine light on this plus ur voice is amazing
I came out to my parents as bi a year ago, it wasnt planned but i was sick of fear. My dad was so supportive but my mom wasn’t so keen on the term. But over this year my family is supportive and makes jokes about it. And I’m so happy. They accept me and i love them for that. Thank you for the amazing song dodie
i'm coming out to my classmates so soon... and i'm scared but i also can't wait, because that'll mean i can also be more open about my sexuality on social media, where they follow me. i've put the quote "my hair is as straight as i am" as my yearbook quote, because i have curly hair ánd i'm NOT straight. and eventho i will not see most of them ever again (i'm going to another university than almost everyone) it still scares me out, because they have never really accepted me. i have always felt different and they also made me feel i didn't belong with them. while i didn't know what i was doing wrong. but in fact, i wasn't doing anything wrong!! if you are or feel different than the others, that's okay!! there's nothing wrong with being you. your sexuality is yours and everyone should accept and respect that. if they don't, they suck not you! and love is love, and love is the most beautiful thing on earth. so don't be afraid to show your love <3
I did not interpret this as a way of feeling different in the rest of the world bcs I'm part of the lgbtq+ community bur rather as being different as a person per se, lovely song Dodie <3
This has literally been the most important pride of my life. I recently came to terms with my sexuality (I am gay and ace) and it was honestly so relieving because even though everyone says not to label myself, it's nice to have some way to explain myself to people. So, this was the first pride month that I actually got to celebrate. I'm still not out but I did have the chance to go on my first date ever with a really pretty girl. It was a month of achievements for me honestly. This song literally made me tear up because while I haven't been discriminated against yet, I acknowledge the struggles of the community. Dodie, you never fail to make me smile with your absolutely beautiful voice. There's a special place in heaven for you.
Yea, my friend has warned me not to label myself a thing im not. She accepts me, and shes striaght. I'm happy to have her as my closest friend. Just recently I went to a pride fest, and some but not a lot of people shouted that "jesus was our savior" which i am cristaian. But their using it wrong. I dated a girl before, and since her family is strict and homophobes, we had to break up. Now im with a cute and nice boy, and he accepts me for who i am. Which, I am Bisexual. Even I tried to come out to my parents, and they say that its just a phase, which it isnt. They just dont understand. A lot of people dont. I have a video expaining my sexuality and how I view the community
So i listened to this in the back if the car on a family trip and had to hold back to tears. I figured out i was gay a while ago and it was hard coming out but much easier and simpler than what im going through now. I figured out im trans and i have been through this whole battle with myself internally because my mom, when i told her, told me not to force myself into a box, that i should want to change my body. But knowing what i am finally, feels so comforting yet for some reason its wrong? And idk thank you for this
This is so beautiful Thank you so much I am bi (or pan or whatever, I don't know what is PC anymore), and questioning my gender, but I have so much internalised prejudice from being brought up in a heteronormative household that I actually identify as lesbian to avoid absolutely having an identity crisis It's things like this that keep me sane Thank you so much for this video, I needed it rn
You would be so good at writing musicals! This song sounds like the main character's big number where they explain or find themselves, kinda like waving through a window. You are really good at telling stories with your songs. I really love it and you, see ya Xx
oh my god, that would be the best musical ever. and the main character would play the uke while singing, the other cast members would do the harmonies... it would be beautiful and Dear Evan Hansen-like.
This has truly made me realize how amazing it is to be me, to be the graysexual panromantic 14 year old that I am. Last year I was able to come out to my brother and then two months ago I was able to come out to my other brother. They have been really supportive but the thing is my parents and the rest of my family are the complete opposite and sometimes make me question if I'm sane and make me wish I was straight and, "normal" but hearing this beautifully written and performed song, it reminds me once again that I am a human, I am not wrong, I simply have a heart that can love any person and all people. Thank you, Dodie, for ending pride month with a "BANG!"
I relate to this on such a deep level that it scares me. No one around me believes that I could be the "accursed bisexual" and I have no support from my family, but I wouldn't trade the people I've met or how much I've grown within myself after finding what put words to my feelings for anything. This pride month has especially done that, and I've been allowing myself to feel happy for the first time since coming out.
it doesn't matter who you are. gay, straight, black, white—or somewhere in the middle. in the end, we're all in the same prime of the universe, stumbling around with wide eyes, leaving stardust in our wake. 🏳️🌈
I’m sorry, don’t hate me for saying this, but it is also so so hard to be straight. every single day i see “gay pride” or “gays are the best!” and then continually i get bullied for being straight because i’m not “special enough” (someone’s exact words).
can we make a full pride? like, with not just bi, pans, etc, but with straights and everyone involved. ❤️❤️🏳️🏳️🌈🏴🏁🚩
Everyone i know is Christian. They wouldn’t accept me if i told them who I truly was. The only place i can even attempt to feel proud is on the internet. I can never tell my family. Ever. I just want to move away and finally be me. Im bisexual and im ok with it. It took a long time for me to admit it to myself but its who i am. Im trying to be proud. Thank you dodie ❤️
my brother, who is so young and so old at the same time, sat and watched this with me tonight. he held my hand as i sobbed. i told him about pride and why it was so important to me. i told him about all of the kids at school who made fun of me and how we celebrate pride because there are so many countries where people can’t celebrate pride.
2886 likesthank you, dodie, for making the last day of pride a one to remember.
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thats so sweet aag
16 likesyo u would make a legit author one day
16 likesOne of the countries being mine😢
9 likesKawsar Abdinasir Mohamed <333
5 likesIt is only the last day of Pride month, friend. Keep being proud.
10 likesJes Blackburn im crying aw
2 likesi hope you get through school alright, i am so proud of you
4 likesyou are a true legend and so is your brother! all the love to you, i hope you know your worth and never believe these mean people.
3 likes@Alfonso Vance instablaster :)
0 likes@Porter Magnus Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site thru google and im trying it out now.
0 likesTakes a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Porter Magnus It worked and I finally got access to my account again. Im so happy:D
0 likesThank you so much you saved my ass!
@Alfonso Vance happy to help =)
0 likes"But my title just talks over me
2682 likesI never even asked to be this way"
Oof. Beautiful, Dodie ❤️
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I read that as soon as she sang it! Haha!
10 likesgood to know that im not the only dodie fan that says "OoF"
4 likesLaMadelynn I LOVE THAT LINE
2 likesreeee, dodie has no capital reee
1 likeOof
1 likeLaMadelynn weird flex but o-gay
3 likes“I was brought up in a line, but I seem to walk in circles.”
1330 likes“It’s getting hard to navigate when every map was never made for me.”
“And I thought it’d feel good to understand why I was different.”
“But to say that I’m a rainbow. To tell me that I’m bright, when I’m so used to feeling wrong. Well, it makes me feel alright.”
These plucked at my heartstrings. Definitely can relate.
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"My title just talks over me, I never even asked to be this way."
4 likes"How can I be proud of what a million people shout at me?"
It's been 2 years but same 😭
2 likesI can’t believe I have 1k likes, hi 😭
1 likeThis doesn't just fit my feelings on my sexuality, it fits every diagnosis a doctor has ever put on me, it fits my aspergers, it just fits.
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Ryan Penn Fields same here :)
8 likessame :D
6 likesSame except with adhd
13 likesSame here with my auto ammune disorder its hard but you'll get there its going to fine
9 likesyou n me both
2 likessame with my tourettes
4 likesyep yep yep crying because of this
0 likesSameee
1 likeSame here ❤️from a fellow aspie.
0 likesthis is so beautiful and it hits very hard
4064 likesdodie i will never cease to be amazed by how much you continue to grow as an artist and songwriter and the positivity you spread with your music is so unbelievably inspiring <3
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chloe moriondo I STAN LEGENDS SUPPORTING LEGENDS
125 likesWe love legends ❤️
22 likeschloe moriondo ah the legend has appeared
31 likeswe love legends supporting legends
23 likeschloeeeeee, you and dodie are both amazing holy-
19 likesThe fact that Chloe and dodie haven’t collabed yet keeps me up at night
48 likesme too sister, me too
13 likeschloe moriondo hi chole! i love you and dodie so much!
5 likesOmgahhhhhhhhhh MY QUEEN IS NOW SUPPORTING MY QUEEN ✨✨✨😭😭😭
13 likesWhat r u doing here!
1 likeOmg I love you!!♡♡♡♡♡
3 likesWe stan queens supporting other queens
7 likesOMGOMGOMG I LOVE UUUUUU
2 likesPlease please please collaborate with Dodie you are my 2 favourite artists
5 likeschloeeee ilysm you and dodie should do a duo together ❤️
3 likesLEGENDS SUPPORT LEGENDSSS 💛💛
3 likesYou and dodie are 2 of my favs I love you guys🖤🏳️🌈
3 likesAFDAFOFOADOO IS THAT CHLOE
3 likesyes we stan a legend commenting on her fellow legends posts
4 likesChloe! !! I LOVE YOU 💕😢
1 likechloe moriondo we stan queens supporting queens
1 likeI LOVE YOOOU
1 likeI love you💕💕💕💕💕
1 like@Mande Puente meee tooo!!! Jk lol but srsly do a collaboration. Plz do She by Dodie maybe this song too😍🙏🙏🙏🙏
1 likechloe moriondo angels supporting angels 💞🌬
3 likes@summer_depression333 yesssss
0 likesHi chloe
0 likeswhy aren't u verified??
0 likesYES QUEEN
2 likesC h L O E
0 likesbaby gay chloeeeeeeeeeeeee you are hereeeeeeeee
1 likeI just found her original songs and i am Bi and afraid to come out and my girlfriend is the best thing that ever happened to me
1 likeYee
0 likesI love you chloe! <3
1 likeCHLOE MY QUEEN!!!!
1 likethis is gonna be sappy but whatever um ive been listening to your music for 6 years and it sounds strange but ive grown with it. whenever you put out a new song seems to be just when i need it the most. this song is no exception. thank you for being so raw and helping me (and probably so many others) to navigate through feelings and through life. your music is so special. ilu
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I fully agree oml
3 likesMy dude she liked it :0
1 likeyou are all rainbows
650 likesyou all light up the sky
you are all unique
you are all brave
and you all deserve love
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❤
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2 likes🥰
0 likesTo anyone who reads this and is having a hard time coming out/after coming out.
1247 likesIt'll be okay one day
Keep going
Keep trying
I love you.
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Snowdrop Toad thank you❤️😔😌
5 likesSnowdrop Toad ❤️🌈
3 likesSnowdrop Toad Thank you I really needed this 😊
3 likesThank you. ❤ u to
2 likesThank you
2 likesThank you.
2 likesOkay thank you so much. My siblings were just talking about how “disgusting” it was that my friend is pansexual and dating a girl. I really wanted to defend her, but I’m scared of speaking up. I myself am pansexual so I guess it wouldn’t be too good if they found out since I’ve heard how strongly they’re against it. My mother also told me that if I ever came out to her, I’d be disowned. I’m not wanted within my family, but at least I have a few friends who support me. I’ll keep trying, but I might never come out to my family because it seems too hard. It was scary enough when I told my friends.
6 likesthank you ❤️
2 likesI luv you so much for this :)... thx for the support x)
2 likesI love you
2 likesThanks, it's what I honestly need now 😊
2 likesThank you. This comforts me more than words can express.
2 likesThank you.
2 likesThank you, just thank you I know this was literally a year ago but this really helped.
2 likeswanna come over and sing kumbayaa?
1 likethe perfect song doesn't exi-
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Samee
2 likesAnd they were never seen or heard from again xD
2 likesAHAHA
0 likesI love how every single line in this song is featured in the comments at least once as the line that resonates the most with someone.... like every line in this song speaks to someone else in a different way and that's what makes dodie's songs always so great, the lyrics are so concrete that every sentence means something but also so diverse that they all convey a different message and aaaah it's so good
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Preach~ ☺️
2 likesi don't even know what my sexuality is and this song gives me meaning cause i QUESTION A LOT
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major tom And that's totally okay! I struggled quite a bit with my identity, told my mom about how I felt. She told me to just live my life and the answer will come, or not and that's fine too. I feel like a lot of people nowadays put tons of pressures on labels. Labels ,of course, can be very important to some people (which is fine). If for some reason you never find that perfect label for you, it's okay! Your feelings are still valid and there's no pressure to find out exactly "what" you are. You are you ❤💛💚💙💜
23 likesI believe in you.
0 likeseven if it isn't right now, everything will be okay eventually ^^ i wish you the best and remember that no matter what happens, dogs will always be excited and happy to see you
7 likesmajor tom Take your time, figuring out what it means to be you takes a while and that’s okay. There’s no rush!
1 likehey its me three year late IM TOTALLY GAY
0 likesUmmm can we get this on Spotify please? (I want to be able to download it so I can cry everywhere I go)
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Kat H. Same here!
7 likesMe
6 likesShe's got new music coming out soon! This might be one of the songs- I'm hoping She will be in this lot :-)
7 likesChloe C I believe it’s going to be on there! She recorded it professionally a while ago!
4 likesmood
3 likes@Tessa ||-//
2 likesPlease
1 likeRaiinstorm SAME SAME SAME
2 likesyes! i want this so badly on spotify
1 likeShe confirmed it in one of Tessa's lives, it will be in the album :)
11 likesYou can download it on youtube. It's not the same,but...
2 likesStill waiting 😭
5 likesGood news! It's gonna be on her album next year!
10 likesIt will be next year on her new album so excited to get this song polished up
3 likesFRIDAY!!
14 likesLucky for you this will be happening 😏
11 likesit's coming to spotify tonight :')
12 likesyayyy it's out :3
9 likesIts on spotify lol
1 liker/agedlikemilk
3 likesI FORGOT I MADE THIS COMMENT ITS FINALLY THERE
11 likes@Mimsolot aged like WINE
6 likesi’ve got news!!
2 likesYou're so special Dodie ❤️
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300th like and first comment!
1 like@finneas :D XD......second comment
0 likes"I didn't think it fair
262 likesI was not to be trusted"
This part really gets me. I remember when I came out as gay early in the 5th grade, almost all of the girls looked at me like I was going to jump them any second. They suddenly thought that it was creepy for me to be freinds with them, to look at them, to say hello. One girl ignored me completely for more than a year and a half. Some would be afraid to touch me. Sure, the boys teased, yelled, and threatened, but when someone acts almost as if they are completely grossed out and afraid of you? It's the worst feeling to not be trusted because of who you may love. But; the people who stayed with me mattered the most. Saying "you have always been who you tell everyone you are, and it doesn't change a thing. Of course we still love you." Because whoever you are, you deserve love and trust from others. You deserve to be happy and love yourself for who you are. I love you too 💙
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oobi I relate to you i came out early 6th grade year at an all girls school and everyone including the faculty and staff were weird around me for the whole time I was there
4 likesI also had a best friend that I had since I was like four she never spoke to me again
I know that I'm late, but I figured out last year that Im bisexual. I still live with my parents, and we're all Christian, including me. Its really difficult, and I don't know what to do, I'm really scared, and your comment gave me a little hope that it gets better. Thank you 💛
1 like@oob I'm glad you've accepted yourself :)
3 likesI really want to be brave enough to accept myself. I've come out to my friends, and my ex ( we're still sorta friends) I'm really thankful that the Internet exists so that I don't feel so alone. For me, it's difficult because there isn't that much representation of people that are both Christian and LGBTQ+, Demi Lovato was the only person I could really find, and I love her for that. Im going through a lot right now, I just recently found out via my therapist that I have (or at least show a lot of symptoms of) derealization. Hence, why I'm back to Dodies videos. I'm going through a breakup, and I'm sort of stuck surrounded by homophobic family members, which is making my internalised homophobia worse, etc. We're all going through something, I'm sure you are too, but I'm really glad I have platforms, (even if it is just a yt comment section) to reach out to people that have been through something similar. Thank you for responding and making me feel less alone and saying that I will be loved, it's really simple, but I don't hear it often so thank you. (self acceptence is difficult and I'm trying really hard to be happy lol)
The little sniffle at the end BREAKS ME OMG WE CAN CRY TOGETHER BABE
242 likesreplay button: broken
263 likeseyes: moist
weave: snatched
heart: filled with joy
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kaya papaya hotel: trivago
14 likesBig:mood
3 likesDearest Dodie, and all the other people reading this.
135 likesI know. Why would i write this here? I don't know, but i want to share it somewhere.
All my life i've been tested and tested. So many things are tried out on me just because my annelythics don't match up. I am smart but socially and acedemicly really not. And i knew i was different but i had to hide it and not think about it. "Imitate the world and you'll be fine" they told me. So i did. And for many years it went fine. Until my mom proposed a thought, out of the blue. And i had an experience that i know some of you will reconize. I found out a word, a simple word. that finally gave me a home. No longer did i have to go from test to test. I found something what i could carry in my heart to know that i was not alone.
My mom proposed to me that i maybe had Asperger syndrome (a light version of autism rough said) It runs in my family and it wouldn't be suprising if i had it. So i did some research. And while reading about the symtoms i started crying. I had finally found a home. And yes, i know this song is about Bisexuality and LGBTQ+ but got me inspired to research more and look further in something that makes me feel like i'm not the only one with this exprience.
So thank you Dodie, for being the wonderful person you are and giving me hope and inspiration every day again. And thank you random person. for reading this weird love letter and life story. i hope you have a great day
(sorry for the grammar mistakes. english is not my first language and writing without spelling correction is hard sometimes)
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We all support you! And your english is great by the way!
7 likesI’m so proud of you! We all know what that home feels like here. Songs can be whatever you make them to be, that’s the magic of them. But I’m happy that you found your home. Much love ❤️❤️
3 likesthis is exactly why the song resonates with me
1 like"I never even asked to be this way."
78 likesThat's right, I didn't ask. Every single day I wish I was straight, to not face this shame from my family, all the awkward stares from everyone, the shame I feel when I know I'll never be allowed into heaven. It hurts, but I'll stay strong. Because rainbows are a gift. We're all a gift from the heavens. It'll be okay. I'm not straight, but that's fine.
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It’s not only fine, you’re beautiful for being who you are. For accepting that part of yourself despite everything. You’re bright and beautiful and strong and I’m so proud of you.
9 likesPray to God about it 🙏🏼
0 likesThings will be so much better one day you will look back at this time and realize that there are so many beautiful things to come. You are wonderful just the way you are, I know this time is hard esp if you are stuck at home with your family but I have been where you are and I want to tell you what I wish I knew and it's that things will be so much better and you will love every part of yourself even if it seems hard right now :)
4 likesIt will help to know that there is no proof of heaven or hell existing, and that's fine.
4 likes@sabrina but they should be proud of who they are and accept themselves
1 like@sabrina I- No u shouldng pray to god about something u cant help and for loving people -
0 likes@Dragontimes Productions “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble” James 4:10
0 likesDarling, feelings aren't keeping you out of heaven. I'm going to say straight up that I don't agree that the gay lifestyle is healthy, but being gay in and of itself is not a sin and it's not your fault. Jesus loves you.
1 likeI feel so freaking honored that I am alive when this beautiful human is also alive... She will go down in history my peeps, I pray so
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Such a nice thought
2 likesAnd 2 years later this song is finally official.
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Right?
0 likeswhoa, who’s chopping onions in this room and also releasing dust into the air and also raining on my cheeks?
1866 likesAmazing song 👏💗💝💖🌈
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!!! Legends! Thank you!!!
92 likesdoddleoddle❤
4 likesWell said
5 likesBi-five!
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Esang G. i chocked on my water 😂
4 likesbi-five, mate
0 likesles-hug it out instead
11 likesyes i am aware that was terrible
1 like😂😂
0 likesEsang G. You are a god my friend........
0 likes(i’m late but oh well) i’m pan so i’ll give you a pan-slam and just give you a running hug from across the room and hopefully no one gets hurt
3 likesBi-five my fren
0 likesI’ve been put in a dark hole where no one could accept me for who i am, and me being in a religious household, a homophobic country, and a rough school made me think that there isnt hope, but me being a bright rainbow made bring light to others!!! This song made me realize that no matter what i am....im still a bright happy soul <3
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you are loved <3
5 likesDanny stay strong and be proud to be yourself
3 likesjust curious- are you still religious even though you are a part of the lgbt community? also i am so happy for you :)
2 likesBryn Renee yes, i do what’s asked from me to do...religion wise. Also thnx <3
1 likelost lola
1 likeBasma
Thnx <3
This is so beautiful. 💓
0 likesThis song brings me to tears every time. Every. Time. It’s one of those songs I feel like every LGBTQ+ person needs to hear. At the next GSA meeting at my high school I might try to play this for the other people there. If they have heard it then great they get to hear it again. If not, then great they get to hear it and it’s beautiful message that everyone in this community deserves to hear.
52 likesI hope this song will eventually be available on iTunes because it’s so beautiful.
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I know I'm 2 years late, and you probably won't see this, but you do, any updates???
0 likesAND STILL: why is this not on spotify?? I'M MAD
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maybe her next ep or album (fingers crossed)
0 likesyour wish has been granted :)))
1 likeNow I'm HAPPY CRYING!!
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Thomas Sanders hi!
17 likesOmg hi Thomas Sanders
13 likesGet your emotions straight! Are you sad cause of toys r us or are you happy both y’all are making me cry rn
35 likesThomas Sanders Aww legends supporting legends!!
62 likesMe too Thomas
6 likes:)
3 likesOMG THOMAS AND YES THE TEARS ARE REAL 😭
6 likesye! its my pure gay boi! ily.
17 likesalso, im happy crying too.
Thomas Sanders lmao same
3 likesThomas Sanders omg please do another collab with Dodie!!!!
9 likesHi Thomas! And yes you're so lucky to have a friend like dodie she's so damn talented!! And I'm also happy crying ah!!!
12 likesAWWW SAME
7 likesYOU’RE MAKING ME FEEL TOO MANY EMOTIONS DODIE
TOOMANY EMOTIONS
Thomas Sanders : you and dodie both made me cry happy tears! uuuuggghhhh!!! 💖💖
7 likesSame Thomas same
3 likesOMG I love you
2 likesaw...
2 likeshi! same.
3 likesIly Thomas
3 likesThomas Sanders Thomas!!!! Hi!!!!!!
3 likesThomas Sanders legends support legends Aaaahhh
3 likesI knowww 😭😭💗
3 likesSAME THO
1 likeThomas Sanders #bipride
1 like#rainbowpride
1 likeSame!
1 likepurple fox he isn't
0 likesThomas Sanders SAME
1 like:D thomassss
1 likeDodie is emotion queen TvT
Madison Vick he can't do anything straight xD
1 likeI love how there's a little youtube family
3 likesOMG!!! HIIII
0 likesThomas Sanders cuuute
1 likeAww we stan supportive gay buds
0 likesGAYS UNITE <3
0 likesI can relate so hard right now
0 likesThomas Sanders ME TOO
0 likesI AM FULL ON SOBBING
0 likesThomas Sanders HELLO
0 likesThomas Sanders me too thomas me too 💕💕💕💕😢😄
2 likesME
0 likesOf course you are, Thomas.
0 likesIly <3
Thomas Sanders DUDE SAME!!
0 likesTHOMAS MY QUEEN HAS COME
1 likeOh my gosh, seeing Thomas here does NOT help my sobbing. XD
0 likesI came back to this song today because i’m now proud to be a part of the lgbtq+ community. when you first uploaded this song, i knew that i wasn’t straight but i was telling myself that i was because i was afraid that the people in my life wouldn’t accept me for being different. 2 months later i now fully accept myself and i’m proud to be a rainbow. Thank you Dodie for being the light in my life and making me feel loved and accepted. I love you so much 💖🏳️🌈
45 likesdamn. this is so good. you should release it, please.
5 likesI'm autistic (and LGBT+ too) but this fits perfectly for autistic people too. I just love it.
I'm back listening to this and crying. I came out as trans and my parents are only kind of accepting. We won't talk about my gender, and my mom knows without me even telling her because my dad did. They keep telling other people instead of giving me the chance to. They won't call me by my chosen name or my pronouns or get me a binder, but at least they still treat me like they used to. I built up a support system of friends. But it's still hard. This song just speaks to me so much. For both my sexuality (I'm pan) and my gender, this song just perfectly shows how I feel
43 likesDear dodie: I just want to thank you. I have both autism and add and whenever I’m overstimulated I lock myself in a dark room and put on your music and I eventually get better
8 likesim not part of the LGBTQ+ communitybut this makes me so sad for all my friends who are. i love you guys and i can’t even imagine how hard it is for you guys. you’re all so brave and beautiful and just ahhhhhhh please be safe and I wish you all the best. I hope you had an amazing pride month✨
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Samantha Leones my 10 yr old sister is bi and my heart hurts for her. just thinking about the struggles i know she’ll have to face in the future makes me want to protect her even more. not to mention the fact that we live in a smaller city and have homophobic parents.
45 likesYour an ally then I suppose, I am too, I always try to support and everything even if no one can see, we can help others just by doing simple things, like coloring a rainbow on a paper or drawing different flags or painting your nails flag or pride colors. We help them in small ways that at up to big ones
27 likessame, hon. hear, hear, for those who fight through colors.
16 likesSamantha Leones thank you this comment actually made me cry and this vid
10 likesperso Nathalie thank you!
3 likesDon't feel bad. With every word of hate, there is so much love. Somtimes you realise that that's what pride is about, love. Loving yourself and knowing that there are people who love you.
12 likesSamantha Leones you’re literally the best ally I’ve ever seen thank you so much this makes me so happy 💕
7 likesI am an ally as well. I joined a love is love club at my middle school last year and the president, a transgender girl named Alx opened my eyes to the world of the LGBTQ community, and it forever changed my perspective on how I viewed people who loved the same gender or multiple. And all of the friends I met through that club who are lesbian, bi, or even pan, I always try to understand how they feel and do my best to be there for them, even with me being attracted to the opposite sex. My heart hurts for their pain of being different than the rest of the world, and the discrimination they face out of who they want to love.
13 likesSamantha Leones well technically if you have a sexuality you are apart of the LGBTQ+ community even straight people yes it’s not all just gay gay gay and yes straight people do have it easier in life than other LGBTQ+ peeps but we’re all apart of it!:)
7 likesthank you :,) it’s nice to know that there are allies and people that understand and recognize the struggles out there
7 likesSamantha Leones I recently found out one of my friends was bi and she thought I would judge her but I am so proud!
6 likesAhh damn I'm so grateful for allies like you guys. Thank you so much for validating us, and making us feel like we do belong. Y'all have hearts of gold, full of care and love. Ahh this made me so happy ✨💕
9 likesI feel the same. I am pan but all my life I've barely been discriminated against. I still know, though, how awful it is to most members of the community. People, who, all they want is to be themselves, but can't. I wish I could somehow take in every single amazing person who's been kicked out of their homes because of their sexuality or gender. I want to find them all homes with people they love, people who'll accept them. I want to give them all the lives they deserve. I wish, that people who discriminate could get the message through their heads, that all we want is to be treated as who we are, human. No matter what race, gender, sexuality, religion, income, age, status, etc... maybe then, we'd all be better people, both the discriminatory and the discriminated alike.
5 likesSamantha Leones this was so sweet thank you we all appreciate it
1 likeSamantha Leones ❤️❤️❤️
1 likeI'm Bisexual and I can really relate to the song. It's hard to be proud and have confidence in yourself when a bunch of other people are saying that it's not normal or like the lyrics say "your not." I'm glad I came upon this because it does give a true message of how people are scared to be who they are and when one person tells them it's okay, we feel a little better.
45 likesI think dodie just verbalized everything about my sexuality that I could never figure out how to say.
6 likesNeeded this cause lately I've seen some nasty things said about pansexual people💛❤💙
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loxiety i think pansexual people, bisexual people, gay people, lesbian people, and all of the other people are awesome, brave, and kind. especially you. and i want you to know that it will be ok. i hope you are having an awesome day, whoever you are :)
17 likesAwww stay strong girl don’t let them get to you
7 likes💖💛💙
5 likesloxiety you are beautiful never change ❤️
5 likesThat's unfortunate..... we're just trying to be us man (I'm pansexual)
3 likesyeah, me too...
1 likeapparently we're biphobic?
I was just on Instagram and this person gollowed me and they were pan-denying and it was literally heartbreaking to read some of the things she would put on there. Ive never been really upset over someone disregarding my sexuality because I don't care what other people think but that really got me. This song popped up on my YouTube almost literally right after and ive been crying since. ❤💛💙 pan pride
3 likesAHHHH THIS WAS RELEASED TODAY AND THIS VIDEO CAME UP ON MY FEEEEDDD!!! talk about perfect timing!! xx
8 likes“Pride month is almost over”
9506 likesDodie: “hold my uke”
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lol
606 likesNatalie Alfera ha ha lol
10 likesHAHAH
8 likesHonestly 🌈
13 likesi love this comment so much
16 likesShe’s the savior of the gays
37 likesLOVE IT
5 likesLmaoo
3 likesyesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
4 likesNatalie Alfera this is my favorite comment ever!!
3 likesIt's 20gayteen y'all, it's all year
9 likesi see you everywhere omg and i’m like hey it’s natalie with my profile pic lol
3 likesNatalie Alfera lol
2 likesMR
0 likesME*
1 likeFor some reason I read duke hold my uke and was kind of confused
3 likesPride month is never over for me tho 😂😂
3 likesLol
2 likes😹😹
1 likeNatalie Alfera lol no
2 likes"Pride month is almost over"
Dodie: holds her uke and writes a song
Natalie Alfera no she would be holding the ukulele. Fake news, disliked and reported
0 likesWait...
0 likesYou look interestingly familiar hmm...
“Actually give it back I need it”
4 likesMore like, ‘gimmie my uke’
1 like@Dove :'( that makes me feel sick
0 likesAdrian Mora First day of pride... yah!!!
0 likesNatalie Alfera “now give it back cuz I have to go bless my subscribers”
0 likesThis song hurt. I think I'm going to call Switchboard. Thank you :)
105 likesI love how Doodie sounds like a Disney princess 🖤🖤🖤❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤
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Awkward Emo *dodie
0 likesShe does (By the way, I like your Gerard Way icon)
0 likesAwkward Emo she doesnt sound like one she is one😂😂
7 likesOMG SHE SHOULD TOTALLY DO VOICE ACTING FOR A DISNEY PRINCESS!!!
2 likesLove your name 🖤❤
0 likesNo one is going to see this, but I always come back to this song. From the time I listened to it as an "ally" to when I began to relate with this song. This song is how I came out. It continues to hold so much meaning to me. So thank you dodie. Thank you for this beautiful song that made me feel seen from the time I was newly out to now, when I have the best partner i could have asked for and am so proud to be me. Thank you.
5 likesWho's ready for that new single to drop?
7 likesa living bi legend also why am i getting 2013 dodie vibes from this song
440 likesThis song is beautiful. Even though I’m still closeted to most people I know that the ones that mean a lot to me will accept me for who I am even though a lot of others won’t. I try to keep an ‘I don’t care’ mentality, but I know I will be hurt by that in the future. Honestly the hardest part of this was accepting myself for who I am. It was a long and confusing journey that made me feel so anxious and scared and alone. I have only now began to accept the fact that I don’t need labels, and that it’s ok to figure out things as I go. It’s really difficult sometimes, but I know I will always have communities like these to come to and be supported.
31 likesThank you dodie.
Yes!! It's so amazing to see someone with as much influence as you write music about this stuff! I have just started recording my own songs on youtube, and lots of them are about my experience and coming out as non-binary. You're such an awesome inspiration!
54 likesPlease can this be put on Spotify, please please please
7 likesRevisiting all the songs after build a problem announcement
12 likes👁👄👁
I know you didn't write this for someone like me, but it really spoke to me. I'm a white, cis-gendered, heterosexual man. I also have Major Depressive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with dissociation, Social Anxiety Disorder, and was most recently diagnosed with Conversion Disorder. Every day I wake up to a panic attack and go to sleep the same way. I generally can't sleep for more than an hour or two before my anxiety wakes me up. Roughly twice a week right now panic attacks turn into seizures that involve me pulling muscles and slamming my head and other body parts into whatever is near me due to how violent the seizures are. I can't leave my room without having a panic attack, and the danger of having a seizure in a public place like a store or restaurant where sharp edges on shelves could mean I get seriously hurt or killed means I have to plan every outing extremely carefully and ensure, at all times, I can find a safe place to have a seizure where there's enough open space that I wont hurt myself.
274 likesI've been told by close friends, former employers and coworkers, and even the government on multiple occasions that all of this is my fault, that I need to just get better or stop worrying or stop feeling down. When I first got diagnosed, it felt good to finally have a name to what was wrong with me, but it quickly turned into people arguing that I didn't REALLY have these disorders, or that my version of them was lesser because I hadn't been beaten or hadn't been in war or a million other reasons. Despite over half a dozen doctors and therapists all agreeing this was real and drastically effecting my life, I am treated like I am lying and constantly have to prove, over and over again, that these disorders are not only real, but that I have to live with them every day.
So, hearing this song made me feel a little bit better for a bit. I totally understand feeling like every map wasn't made for me, and once one of my therapists told me that I was so incredibly strong to not give into the fear and depression every single day and it was like a light finally turned on after years of living in complete darkness, so being called a rainbow and being told I'm bright would mean the world to me. And then I saw what this song was actually written about, and I felt really bad for taking something to heart that wasn't meant for me.
So, I've got no clue if you or anyone else will ever read this. You've got 3400 comments on this post right now, so this one will be buried pretty far and is kinda long, so I wont blame anyone for not reading it. But, despite this not being written or meant for someone like me, I really needed to hear something like this. It's a beautiful song, and I'm sorry if my imposing my own problems onto it's message offends or upsets the people this song is meant for. But it made my life better for just a brief moment, and for me that's almost life changing. So thank you for this, and I hope my interpretation and personalization of the meaning isn't taken as offensive.
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Oh honey, you are a beautiful and vibrant rainbow. I couldn't even imagine going through these things. You are incredibly strong. DO NOT GIVE UP. This song, I believe, is meant for you too.
52 likes<333333 you deserve to be called a rainbow! This song is about having pain but how that can be a beautiful thing. Love u
101 likesThat's the great thing about music and lyrics, it can transcend one meaning and become something people can relate to on a broader level, reminding us that whatever we're going through, how different our life experiences may be, we all feel the same way. Which may bring us closer to understanding each other a little more.
29 likes❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
7 likesTrainer Jodie You are incredibly strong and absolutely a rainbow. I wish you all of the strength and happiness in the world ^^
12 likesIf it touches your soul and makes you feel happy, then it was meant for you. You ARE a rainbow, and you ARE bright.
15 likesMusic is really wonderful.:) much love.
Things will turn around!! Hang in there. U got this
5 likesTrainer Jodie I see you, and I completely believe you. I know it doesn’t matter that I do, I just want you to know that someone saw your post and wholeheartedly took your words as truth, because they are. I have moderate depression and severe anxiety. I can’t imagine what it must be like for you when I have to pour my heart out for people to understand that mental health is just as important as physical health. Please stay safe, and I hope you are healing, however long it takes.
9 likesTrainer Jodie you're the brightest heckin rainbow out there
7 likesTrainer Jodie Goodness knows you're a rainbow.
5 likesTrainer Jodie man, you are loved.
4 likesI recognize myself a lot in what you're saying, I have some of the things you mentioned (Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder etc) and at first I took this song as something that wasn't meant for me, because it's for LGBTQ+ people and I'm not one, but thanks to your comment I can see how this song can be for everyone who isn't believed to be "right" by society
4 likesBut you're strong, and you keep going, and you are, we are, bright rainbows, so let's shine together !
Trainer Jodie You don't have to feel bad for finding something relatable about the song... Music isn't owned by anyone. Songs can be interpreted however people want to interpret them. I guess what I'm trying to say is that you don't have to apologize. I hope you find people that deserve you and deserve to be in your life and that you can get better. I have depression and anxiety disorder too and I know what it feels like to have to prove to everyone around you that you don't feel well. It sucks to be in situations like these but I know you can get better and find people who will love you if you stay strong and start thinking about what you want to change in your life and how you are going to achieve it. This world has more good than bad people. Have a great day everyone!! <3
3 likesYou are strong, you are incredible, you are bright, and you are a beautiful rainbow. None of this is your fault, and I believe every word you have said. You deserve to have things like this to make it easier. ❤️
1 likeYoure amazing! I'd like to think songs can be interpreted in any way, and this song is no different. You truly are a rainbow <3
1 likeStay strong, dude. You're fighting a hard battle, and you deserve all the love, hope, and support you can get.
1 likeYou, sir, are the brightest rainbow I have ever heard about.
1 likeStay strong.
This song was meant for anyone going through hard times in their lives- anyone who feels different, anyone who is rejected. I don’t know you as a person, but I do know that if you can make it through this, that is a beautiful thing.
1 likeTrainer Jodie Welcome to the family! You are incredibly strong, and I hope that you can get through this and get to a healthier mindset! Mental illness is a bitch, especially anxiety, but keep fighting it! We're rooting for you.
1 likeYou’re a rainbow, and you’re one of the brightest
1 likeTrainer Jodie This is not an offense for anyone! Sending love and support to you! You deserve the world and more! It is true that this song has a especial meaning for the Lgbtq+ community, but it also has an especial interpretation for everyone who listens to it, no matter who they are. What I am trying to say is that is okay if these lyrics touched your heart, because that's what music is for, and that the community won't hate you for that! Lots of love for you ♡♡♡
1 likeTrainer Jodie ALSO, YOU ARE VALID, YOU ARE LOVED, YOU ARE AN AMAZING PERSON.
1 likeYou are so incredible! Shine bright like the beautiful rainbow you are! I believe in you! You can do it! Stay strong because I know you can. Please, smile for me? 🙂❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
0 likesWell, I'm 13, so, I found out I was bi at 11, I started having a confusion the day in my classroom we played truth or dare and they dare me to kiss a girl, so I did, n I really like that kiss, but she was my closest friend, so I couldn't tell my friend about that I really like the kiss, well, i asked my mom i said this exactly words "i think i like girls", we were in a car, alone, so she convinced me that I only admired her and bisexuals didn't exist, and I felt really bad cuz time later I heard mi mom talking to my grandma that I was only trying to get attention, and i really wasn't, well, i was so confuse so i started talking to a guy in my class, he told me that i should be proud, that he was proud of me for admitting that, i gave him a smile. Right now I'm really sure, and my mom doesn't know, my dad is homofobic, well, my mom says that the bisexuals are just pervert and when i talk about some gay couple, she only talk about how they have sex. Mom, you are making me sad, it's your fault every time i hurt myself cuz I thought I was going to hell the day I die, mom, not everything in this fucking world is sex, you got to mature, you are not a child anymore. Dad, the gays are not wrong, you are wrong, they mind is not stupid, your mind it is, the word bisexuals exist for a reason, you guys should worry more about me, and you should understand me or at least not say that things about the community, MY community
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I'm 14 and bisexual, and my mom thinks the same way. I'm very lucky to have my auntie Christy, who even though she is very religious still supports me. Stay strong, sister, and never let those stupid homophobes bring you down 💖💜💙
1 likeI've started this comment half a dozen times, but I keep hitting backspace.
18 likesThere are a bunch of things I want to say about this beautiful song, but the proper words keep escaping me so, I'll say this: Thank you, Dodie, this song made me feel a little less alone. ❤️
i'm so excited that my comfort song is going to be on her album... i'm so proud of her wow
6 likesIT'S COMING OUT IN A STUDIO VERSION ON FRIDAY
5 likesI CAN'T WAIT
I cried to “she” in the guest room of my aunt’s house desperate to come out to my mom. Every conversation I had an idea of how I could mention it. The way my mom found out wasn’t the way I wanted and wasn’t the way I deserved. I cried to “she” in the guest room the night my mom and I screamed and fought in the living room of my aunts house. Now I have rainbow, a song to represent the growth and the bright happiness after the storm. My mom came out to me as bi. I am out as pansexual. We have grown so much and are best friends and very close. She learned more about sexuality and gender everyday. But this song. This song is so important. I’ve only heard it once and it already means so much to me.
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HannahKateBell ngl this comment brought tears to my eyes. I'm pretty emotional rn
21 likesi’m crying so hard because of this comment.
11 likesHannahKateBell AWWWW I'M SO GLAD YOU GUYS FIGURED IT OUT!
11 likesHannahKateBell i think it’s so cute that your mom came out and just ahh so precious
16 likesok i cried ?
7 likesgood lord I am crying.
8 likesi love this comment so much. wow. ❤️😭
4 likesPerson I agree entirely. I’m so thankful for her and many other creators that use it for good and not selfish reasons. I try to do the same and help people with my music and I need to share more of my meaningful music. 💛💛💛💛💛
5 likesLivia M :,) I am too
0 likesI Am Sister Daniel I am too, sis dan.
0 likesEmily Gunier same :,)))
0 likesI'm crying now, I'm so happy for you
0 likesHannahKateBell i love how this ended 💖☺️
0 likesI am going to sob so much if this is the song that is coming out omgomg 😭🥰🥰🥰💕
7 likesfinally saw hew live february 13th, and she held my pride flag during this song :")
8 likes(i was SOBBING lol)
me trying to play this song on my non baritone baritone tuned concert uke and getting the first part right
8 likesme having a party in celebration in what i have accomplished
UPDATE: I DID IT!!!! I DID THE ENTIRE SONG YAYYYYYY owo
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Omg ur amazing! I wish I knew how to play uke lol
0 likes@water jem-lin oh thanks ! if you wanna play uke go for it man
0 likesI'm so ready to cry even harder over the studio version of this song
6 likes"how can i be proud of what a million people shout at me i'm not" you always know how to get to me
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Lika you are everywhere! Lol
7 likesOMG IKR
0 likesI READ THAT AS SHE SAID IT WTF
7 likesStay proud❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💗🏳️🌈
0 likesLika wow I read this comment exactly when she sang it
0 likesI don't fully understand that line
0 likesmcclamac 000 Dodie is bi and a lot of people say that bisexuality isn’t real because for whatever reason they can’t comprehend someone being able to like more than one gender idk
1 like@Landry McDowell it's the same for asexuality! hits hard damn
4 likes@Lydia ay i'm ace
3 likeslydia ikr like just mind your own business if you don’t get it
2 likesME TOO OMG SORCERY
0 likesAs a trans woman the line " my title just talks over me, i never even asked to be this way" gets me right in the feels.
7 likesPov: your here once more after rainbow being released yesterday
16 likescame back to this song a year later, now being out to my parents, but it still makes me cry and sob. Thank you for creating this masterpiece dodie.
6 likes“How can I be proud of what a million people shout at me I’m not”
11 likesAs a trans guy, this is too relatable
Dodie, ur hurting my heartttt
wow... just wow
585 likes"my title talks over me" is so relatable
idk how you mean this lyric but i took it as...
i'm seen as "the bisexual kid" im in a town where that's still seen as a horrible horrible thing
i have very little friends, and my "squad" is very awkward around me
i wish people actually got to know me instead of just knowing my title
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this is beautiful❤️✨
3 likesthank you for sharing your story x
i know many others who suffer from the same things
I've never felt so connected to a person who has commented like this. I would actually like to get to know you because I don't have that many friends either.
2 likesHi, dont mind me subscribing to you for that comment
2 likeswanna be friendos?
4 likesAshley
5 likesI have the same issue, but I'm pan. Most people don't know what that is, so instead of actually asking or researching they just take it as another word for Lesbian.
I'm just "a lesbian who says that I'm pan so I don't sound gay"
I "just want to be different" and I'm "just going through a phase"
It hurts more than people know.
I know how you feel lovey Im known as "the gay kid" in school but embrace it and who knows maybe theres a lil baby gay in town who hasn't figured out their sexuality yet or hasn't come out yet that looks up to you! :) <3
3 likesThat's not good. You are so brave for actually coming out to your school in the first place. And I bet you're very strong and don't let those people bother you. I think I'm bisexual but I'm afraid my family and friends will just hate me. Stay strong. Good luck
5 likeseveryone here is so wholesome i love this
2 likesThank you for this comment. It’s so true and it is so inspiring. 🙂✌🏻🏳️🌈
2 likesWhen I came out it started a chain of other gays in my school to come out too so it makes me smile that i helped other lgbtq teens like me
4 likesi'm sobbing thank you all so much this means the world to me love you all you will get through anything
2 likesLittle • Weirdo dm me!! do you have an instagram?
1 likeKylie Jane love you
2 likesthought you subbed to me cause today i also got a heart from danandphilgames today
Acerbic Idiot yes!! do you have an instagram??
1 likeTo be honest, if your friends aren’t comfortable with who you are, they aren’t real friends
2 likes<3333 sending love your way queen
2 likesSiobhan Allyson wow that means a lot thank you
1 likenp sister, feel free to dm on instagram its siobhanallyson
2 likesOgopogo WhyCan'tMyLastNameBeRawrXD pan isn't a real thing tho
0 likes? yes it is
1 likeI’m sobbing you’re absolute perfection and a bicon all at once
20 likes“So say that I’m a rainbow, and tell me that I’m bright” - my next tattoo in celebration of pride 2019 💕💕
5 likesLETS GO LESBIANS
8 likesI have listened to this song a million times and I have cried so many times like wow, I can't get over how emotional this song really is. I've went through a lot of trouble with my feelings and this song reminds me that I'm still human and that I'm not alone ^w^ Thank you dodie for being that role model I could, and still can, look up to
5 likesi am so terrified of ever saying i am bisexual. i feel like people will just see me as that instead of a girl who sings in her bedroom and blushes easily.
1653 likesi have not come out to anyone and every time i think about it my heart races and my eyes tear up from this pressure i am building.
so hi random beautiful friends. i am giannah. i am sixteen, i live in a small town in colorado, and i like guys and girls. it confuses me but i think guys are cute and girls are smokin.
please look beyond a label and get to know the person who has it. thank you for reading :)
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What a lovely comment ~ you sound like a wonderful person. I am still figuring myself out and I'm not sure what I identify as.💛
55 likesGiannah Noelle Giannah Noelle hi. my names sofia, but i like to go by sofi. i am 15 in three days and live in a small town in california. I like all genders, so boys and girls and anything in between because they all deserve love and i think they all look amazing. life is confusing, but i’m glad there are others to survive in this world with.
53 likesnice to meet you! i'm ana, a spanish 18 y.o girl who queers around still finding out who she truly is. what terrifies me is how emotional i am that not-well-care-taking relationships, even just some crushes, rips me off with no choice. i'm still learning, which is the most important thing! i hope you find the brightest way as you deserve, people that loved you before coming out for who you are will understand for sure!
21 likesGiannah Noelle <3
7 likesyou are so brave 💓 I relate to your words a lot, I don’t really know what I am or who I like but I’m afraid to put a label on what I feel in case people don’t believe me :(
15 likesHi, for those who care I to live in CO and have only come out as bi to my small group of friends and my sister I have recently told my mom that I have had a crush on a girl and hope to have a conversation with her. Thank u for reading ❤️
20 likesokay so here’s mine:
20 likeshi I’m Lola, I think I’m bi? I live in England with all my family and my dogs and I’m obsessed with writing stories 💕
I came out when I was 11 and I’m so glad I did, I knew since I was ten and it was just building up and I hated it. I wrote a letter to my parents when I told them, maybe you should do that
13 likesGiannah Noelle AYYYYYY I’m a trans boy who’s also bi, & I live in Colorado too!
12 likesIM LIVING FOR THIS CHAIN OF REPLIES 🧡 PROUD OF US ALL ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
17 likesThe first time I actually told someone willingly (the second time I came out to someone ever- the first time it was kind of forced out of me) I cried like a baby. But it was a really good cry. She opened up to me, I opened up to her, even though we didn’t really hang out or talk all that much. I think you just need to find that one person and give it a go. Even if it doesn’t go exactly how you want I can almost assure you that you’ll feel great.
12 likeshi my names gabby, i am sixteen, i live in a town in New York and i can’t put a finger on what i am yet. ive come out as bi to a few friends but i am scared to say anything to my best friend and family but one day i hope to change that :,) to all the people who have and have not come out as anything yet , you are part of something truly beautiful and i love you
15 likesHi my name is Emma. I am bisexual. I like theatre and writing. I'm also a huge nerd. 3 months ago, I came out to my accepting friends. I cried a lot. It's never easy to come out, even to people who will accept you. I wish you all the best if and when you decide to come out. *Sending Bisexual hugs*.
17 likeshi there. im bi also. it’s pretty darn hard to come to terms with but so worth it. once you learn to love it, it completes a part of you that you don’t know was missing and anyone that doesn’t understand that doesn’t deserve you. you are phenomenal and i hope the best for you! good luck <3
12 likesHey bathroom singing easy blushing girl.
12 likesI'm a poem loving, anxious guitar playing, hopeless romantic mexican 18 year old. I live in a huge city which I wanna get away from. And I think guys are cute and handsome, but i feel much comfortable with girls and think they're adorable and soft. I identify as bi, queer, and gay. Been out for over a year now, rejected by some, accepted and loved by others. And yes, my heart still stops and my eyes tear up when I see people with a rainbow flag and know that if I wanna sleep in my house I can't be out there marching with them.
But in the end love wins, if we make it win. Your comment is making it win.
I'm proud of you for it! Big hugs and best of fortune. xx
Awww, now I'm crying a little bit. I love singing too. Nice to meet you.
9 likesI understand how you feel, I’m bisexual too but I’m terrified of telling my parents because they’ll think it’s influenced from the internet and they’ll say it’s a phase and I’m confused. My heart races too when I think about it as well
14 likesGiannah Noelle I too am a bisexual girl who lives in a small town in Colorado.
6 likesI hope you find the courage to reach out, and if you ever want to talk my instagram is discount_totoro 💕
5 likesGiannah Noelle hi, I’m Ava! I’m fourteen and also a fellow bisexual who hasn’t come out either. Let’s be friends :))
6 likesawe you’re cute welcome to the bisexual squadd! <33
10 likesGiannah Noelle I’d like to get to know you. You seem like a really nice person.
7 likesHello, welcome to the queer community love. It’s scary but beautiful and you’re loved here💜🏳️🌈
7 likesyou’re so brave! this is amazing wow :,)
5 likesGiannah Noelle just subscribed to you and lauryn. y’all are talented omg 💓💖💗💞
3 likesGiannah Noelle I LOVE YOU FOR BEING SO BRAVE OH MY GOD❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
6 likesyou seem like such an amazing person giannah, and you shouldn’t be afraid of what others will think of you. you’ll still be the same amazing giannah regardless of whoever you love, i hope everything works out and if you need anything im always here for you 💞 my insta is @dkla_emma for anyone who needs anyone 🌈
3 likesGiannah Noelle hi im alyssa! Im 16 and im bi :)
4 likesGiannah Noelle UPDATE: I JUST CAME OUT TO MY MOM HOLY SHIT SHE WAS SO ACCEPTING IM SO HAPPY
7 likesAva Lenore Aw yay!!! Im so happy for you!!
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3 likesI live in Colorado too, and I’m bi and have these same feelings... it feels good to have found someone like me, but I hope you get past your fears :)
4 likesHi there! My name is Megan and I’m bi as well. I came out when I was 13 on instagram to get it out to all of my friends. My sister saw the post and came out to our parents for me. I didn’t ask her to but she did anyway. Kinda glad she did because I had no plan on how to tell them.
4 likesmlpmeg that sounds kind of rough, I just came out to my sister and mom but I’m terrified to tell my dad, is hate it if my sister outed me
4 likes*i’d not is
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3 likesGiannah Noelle hello, I'm Emma. I'm 14 and I'm bisexual and have come out to exactly 2 people who I trust. I feel the same way and it sucks that we feel like that. But I know you and I both will be ok💙💗💜
5 likesHi Giannah! I’m a queer guy who came out three years ago. I identified as poly for a while, but when that started to not feel right, I eventually embraced being label-less/using queer as a catchall. I struggled with myself for a few months after coming out, but now my entire life is looking up, and I have amazing relationships with my friends, my family, and God. You’re so brave for posting this, and I hope you find lots of people in your life who support you and love you for all the awesome things you are. You’re doing amazing!!!
4 likesHi friend. I'm 15 and came out officially about a year ago. It was scary and at first my mother didn't seem accepting, telling me she didn't believe someone can love both genders. But lately she hasn't been so judgmental. My father was accepting and we make jokes sometimes.
3 likesDon't be afraid of who you are. You're beautiful and everyone should see that
Noelle don't worry there isn't a rush to come out.
4 likeshell I'm still working on telling everyone I'm 21.
I've done the same everytime I thought about telling someone this major part of me.
me too b :)
1 like❤️💛💚💙💜 Rainbow! You Are Not Alone!! ❤️💛💚💙💜
3 likesHi Giannah!!! Im Lily and im a 12 yr old from Texas. Im still figuring things out as well and have "come out" to a few of my friends. Dont feel nervous to come out to anyone just be yourself and anyone who cant handle that can go to hell!! Just know that your internet family will always be here for you
4 likesGiannah Noelle I feel you girly! My name is Skizamz I am 17 and Ive recently found out that Im bi. Girls and guys are pretty cute! But I love this song so much because I havent come out to anyone, and I dont think I should right now because my parents and my religion are not for it. So I wish you luck in this world Giannah! And everyone out there like us! ❤💙💜💚💛🌈
3 likesGiannah Noelle Hello Giannah :3 i'm Kitty as i like to go by, a nickname, and i'm 17, i also live in a small town in colorado and i'm also a girl (i think. i'm questioning). i'm not sure what i am or if there will ever be a label for me, but i do know that i love girls and like them alot, they are so cute~ and am likely poly (amorous or gamous, idk yet ~ ). i also sing in my bedroom and though i do not blush easily - i like to think haha - i am very sensitive and easily touched. ❤ it's nice to meet you~
2 likesim so proud of you. remember you are strong, you are brave, you are loved and you are a rainbow! lots of love from a fellow bisexual 💞
2 likesGiannah Noelle that last paragraph hit me in the feels
2 likesThis is beautiful so I want to do one too. I’m Charis, and I’m 16 years old from England. I don’t really know what my sexuality is, but I’m a genderflux female that is attracted to female and nb people, so I usually just go by an umbrella term like queer or gay. Most of my friends say I’m a ‘lesbian’, but I don’t like that word, and my parents don’t know.
2 likesHi I am Paula! I live in a relatively big city in Germany and I have known that I was bi since I was 15 or 16. I am 19 now and I only came out for the first time a few months ago to some of my friends. My family and most of my friends still don't know but I hope I can get the courage to tell them one day. So Giannah (what a beautiful name btw!) and all the other people in this comment section, I just want you to know that you are not alone and that this lovely community stands behind you <3 love you all
3 likesI was terrified too, still am depending on the situation. I feared that people would look at me any differently- or assume something because of it.
2 likesAnd I don’t know if it means anything but I understand, a bit at least.
Hi, Giannah. I am Isabella. I am 17. I am from Ohio. And I am bi
Giannah Noelle I am proud of you
1 likeGiannah Noelle well you came out online now (kinda) it takes courage to do that also thanks this comment inspired me hope you come out soon🖤
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3 likesHi. My name is Annika I'm a 14 year old girl from Illinois. Before this year, I had never really thought about my sexuality. I just kind of assumed I was straight because that is what most people assume anyway. Just this year however, my friend came out as gay (she's a girl), and I think I might have a crush on her. I have had many crushes on guys before, and now thinking back I definitely liked her before she came out to me, and her being gay made me think about those feelings and realize what they were. I have talked to her about this, and she doesn't like me back which kinda sucks but there's nothing I can do about it in just glad she still wants to be friends. I keep thinking to myself "what does this mean?" Am I bisexual? I don't know. Maybe I'm just curious what it would be like to date another girl, to date her. I know I don't have to label myself, that I should just try to be myself and not care about labels, but I don't think I can do that. I want to know what it all means.
And it's not that I do or don't want to be bisexual, I just don't want to come out as bisexual and realize that I just liked one girl, only because we were really good friends.
Giannah Noelle everybody say Colorado
2 likesIM A GIRAFFE THATS VERY PROUD OF YOU!
well done, this takes guts, I’m so very proud of you , and can I just say, you’ve got a lovely name😍💋
Giannah Noelle aw this is so cute i just wanna be your friend 😭💛🏳️🌈
2 likesGiannah Noelle Hey, don’t worry. People who see you just as a Bi girl exist. And there are many of them. But you will learn how to deal with it. But there’s also people who will not judge you. And they will love you for who you are! So just forget this type of people and try to find yourself people who deserve to have you in their lives! :)
1 likeGiannah Noelle this comment is so wholesome and brave
1 likeI don't think it's wrong, but it certainly is beautiful. Hi, just call me Fabby and I'm 14 as of now and I consider myself bisexual, although I am not completely sure as I am still learning. I personally find it hard to fall in love as I feel that I need to be really close to someone before I even get my first crush haha. Life is certainly confusing and I think is just one big learning process, that happens in little fragments. But hi, wonderful people of this comment section!
1 likehi giannah who sings in her bedroom and blushes easily, you're accepted here ((: 💕
3 likesHello Giannah, my name is Giulia. Thank you for showing your bravery, it's truly amazing. I am 17 years old and I am a bisexual girl who has a hard time trying to be who I am. I understand very well how you feel. I live in Clovis, CA and I haven't been able to really open up. There are moments that are confusing but it will all be clear some day. Btw, your singing is beautiful. I blush easily too
1 likeIm very proud of you. Opening up can be very Hard. But you did it for us. You can do it for your friends because its Best to take it slow if you Are uncofortable. Its normal. Just remember you can always send me a comment if you need someone to talk to. Plus there is nothing wrong with being who you Are. It just means you Are uniqe and you should be proud of who you Are
3 likesThanks for sharing, Noelle. I bet you can sing beautifully:)
1 likethis makes me feel so happy - you make me feel so happy 🧡 spread the love!
2 likesYour identity is valid and you are always welcome to be yourself ❤❤ it takes courage to come out anywhere, so congrats on starting here
1 likeHey Giannah! I’m a 12y/o girl who’s bisexual and yeah. I love reading, writing, music, boys, girls, and space😄. I haven’t really came out to anyone, so hello random person I don’t know I’m bi!! I’m honestly so proud of myself, my sexuality and everyone in the replies. And yeah😊😊
3 likesthis is so cute ily💙
1 likeThis is absolutely lovely. Always know that there’s are thousands of people there to always make sure you’re alright. 🏳️🌈
1 likehi giannah, i'm larissa but i like to go by lary. i'm 18, half mexican, and i live in a small city in south texas. i love to sing my heart out in the car and in my bedroom. sometimes i like to do it while i play my uke! i am also obsessed with pugs !! aaand i am bisexual. which i only recently realized, because all my life i have been confused. i've come out to my closest friends but we never really talk about it. makes me a bit sad but i love them for being so understanding. i haven't come out to literally anyone else. (yay me for finally being brave enough to say something on the internet) i'm afraid i never will. my mom is a conservative christian and my dad is just a your typical homophobic mexican. my heart races just thinking of telling anyone else. but luckily i have y'all (and dodie ((and this amazing song that's helping me cope)) hehe. i don't know any of you but y'all seem so sweet and ugh just so nice and welcoming. <3
2 likesty for anyone who stuck around and read my sappy thoughts lol ily
Hi. I'm Natalie. I just turned 14, and I'm a lesbian.
1 likeIve been there girl! I’m bi too and I just came out recently. I was really scared but it turned out to be for nothing because all of my friends were really supportive and nothings really changed with them except I can point out the pretty girls sometimes:) The people who see you as your label will just have to deal without an amazing person in their lives.
0 likesHi, I'm Kikay and I'm also bi! I live in a province in the Philippines and please know, you are a lovely and awesome human being💛 keep singing songs and keep being yourself😊
0 likesGiannah Noelle, I'm old enough to be your grandfather. If you were my granddaughter, I would love you, and be proud of you, whatever you were.
1 likeWhen my daughter was a bit younger than you are now, her mom and I let her know that, whatever her orientation turned out to be, we loved her, and would support her.
I hope you have people who love and support you, no matter who you're attracted to. The important thing is, that you're happy with whoever you love.
I do believe that this is the purest, most beautiful, most inspiring comment chain I've ever seen in my life!! I love every single one of you for being brave enough to even post a random coming out comment on the internet XD. I am not bi myself but I did come out a long time ago and I know how hard and scary it can be. Just remember, you don't HAVE to come out. Do it when you're ready and when you can do so safely. Giannah, thank you for starting this thread of love!! Always be nice to each other, kids, and always be who you are!!! And stay safe I LOVE YOU ALL ok I'm done bye :D
2 likesGiannah, I am too from a small town in Colorado and am bisexual. I am 19 so if you want somebody to talk about the small town Colorado experience I'm here.
0 likesGiannah Noelle you are incredible!!!! Keep that chin up, and be proud of who you are!! 💕💕🏳️🌈
0 likesThanks for making me smile and no thank you for making me cry. Ehem...
0 likesSo, my name is Agnieszka (Anges in english) I'm fourteen. I live in small town next to Krakow in Poland. And I'm bisexual I wanted to tell my psycholgist, but I couldn't do it, so... You guys are first.
i kind of had the same! currently, I'm nearly 19 and i've just finished my first year at uni. at the moment i'm questioning whether i'm bi but honestly, as someone who's identified and very much straight for so long i almost don't think i should have the label of bi especially because i do have a preference for guys. idk. but yeah i feel is i start identifying as bi i'll be melted down to just this label rather than who i am
0 likesHello i am 14 in 2 days we have the same birthday. Im ellie and i dont know because im young and dont understand feelings. have a wonderful day everyone.
0 likesGiannah Noelle Hey my name is Elisabeth an I'm 16
0 likesI live in a big town in belguim
I'm bisexual
I think guys are pretty cute and girls are wonderful
I have come out to most of my friends but I still feel closeted because I can't talk about it
I hope that my parents will never know wich is sad but true
I just realised I'm crying. So many people from all over the world being so accepting and honest. It's beuatiful
0 likesGiannah Noelle hello Giannah! I don’t know if I’m for sure bi...but I’m definitely questioning being bi/pan/ace/gender queer or a mixture of them. That’s is for sharing and we love you no matter who you love 💙💜💖
0 likesGiannah Noelle
0 likeshi! excuse the long user please ^^; i’m Lee, 14 and i came out to my mom last summer as lesbian. i also love singing and i blush easily too lol. i havent come out to my dad bc im scared to, but besides my mom ten friends of mine know. keep being you hun! come out when youre ready, dont force yourself 😁❤️🏳️🌈
Giannah Noelle Preach❤💛💚💙💜💖 You go girl
0 likesI love this!! sexuality is just a small part of a whole person. Just remember there are people who love you 💕
0 likesYou are allowed to have a label. And be proud of it. But, it shouldn't define you because you are so many things. A singer? Whoa! And I understand the blushing, that's a part of it all too. All the pieces of the universe that you hold have no chance in fitting inside just one word. I hope, if you want, you will be able to come out someday. Stay safe and stay strong.
1 likei see all these people saying they live in CO too and i wanna find out where so i can meet you and be friends!
0 likesi support u bb❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
0 likesI'm Elena and you've summed up my life. I've only come out as bi to my best friends and I'm scared to come out to everyone else. Even though I'm in a very loving community, I'm still afraid. My best friend is straight so there's only so much she can do to help and give advice. Just last night I came out to one of my other closest friend. The only gay friend I have that I feel comfortable talking to. I know she's very busy this month so I'm not surprised that she hasn't texted back but I'm so so scared of what she'll say. But I had to do it. I need help. I'm scared to see the notification saying she texted back. I've been getting migranes for a long while now and everyone thought it was bc I was stressing too much over school. I am getting better but all the stress that's still in me now is bc of how badly I want to come out to everyone but it scares me to do so.
0 likesGiannah Noelle this is so wholesome, we love you Giannah! ❤️
0 likesJulia Carter we would never judge you on our sexuality... 😊
0 likesHi Giannah! I'm Isabel, 17 and a German living in the UK. I cry when watching Disney movies and I read a lot and sing Beatles songs at the top of my lungs. I came out as bisexual over a year ago and sometimes people see only that label - but it's rare. People actually tend to forget about it in my experience 😆😙
1 likeCan we all be friends
0 likesGiannah Noelle you sound so wonderful :) lots of love from dublin, ireland x
0 likesoh shit yeah my names lucy and im nearly 17... much love ✌🏻💕
0 likesHello loves. I'm a bit late to this but I'm aya, im pan I think, I love art music and so many other things. I'm from North Carolina and I think you all are wonderful ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
0 likesIm a 13 year old girl and Im bi?? I think?? Im very confused about it 😅 I am in looooove with drawing and waterpainting.
0 likesYou sound like a rlly nice person ;3 Like one of those people who can just get along with literally everyone.
Being bi isn’t a bad thing and always remember that Giannah!
You just have a rlly big heart that loves every gender c;
Thats how I think about it.
Keep being brave x
Love from Australia UwU
Giannah Noelle giannah, you are so strong and we all believe in you. i know everything will turn out alright, and i know it'll be soon 💖 stay strong.
0 likesHeyo! I am Mariah, though I go by Distant online, I like all people, and being non-binary is nice :)
0 likesI’m really late but I wanted you to know. I’m 15 recently came out as bi to about five of my friends and i felt as though it was going to change everything but my friends don’t really talk about it after our initial conversation and my best friend just made jokes the entire time because she “knew”. I didn’t feel myself holding back before I came out but the release of it being known to even five people who were loving and supportive allowed me to be bi and to fully embrace it rather than tell myself it was a phase.
0 likesThis is the sweetest thing I’ve ever read and someday I hope you feel confident enough (in your surroundings and in yourself) to come out, if you decide that’s what you want!
1 likeGiannah Noelle Hiii!! I’m Willa, I’m 15, and I’m bi. I don’t feel the need to come out at all (honestly the closet is fine by me) but some of my friends know or have figured out because I constantly talk about hOW CUTE THIS GIRL IS or hOW BEAUTIFUL THIS BOY IS and yeah. Life is good. I hope it’s going good for you too.
0 likesman this reply thread is beautiful! i'd like to add my own bit to it too if that's ok :3
1 likeso i'm ava, a twelve year old girl in the philippines currently questioning (but i think i'm bi). i'm closeted and i hope and pray my parents and my sister or just any of my family don't see this bc they're homophobic lol. i like to sing (although i don't think i sound very nice) and play the ukulele! my dad caught me watching she one time while i was scrolling through the comment section and asked me why i was doing that. i said "doing what?" he replied with smth abt supporting lgbt ppl and told me to stop watching that sort of stuff (it didn't work lol). i asked him what he thought abt bi ppl and he asked me what bi ppl are. i told him and he said that they were probably confused. evee since then i have been scared to come out and i think i'm going to do it when i'm old enough to move out of the house bc honestly they're probably going to disown me once they find out (yay me amirite) and this reply thread makes me really happy! i'm going to come back here to help stick through the long years i have to wait so i hope this video doesn't get taken down or anything like that! good luck to all the closeted ppl out there!
@Ava Lenore hey my names Ava too! It's not important I just wanted to say that lol
1 likeThis is honestly one of the most beautiful comment chains I’ve ever come across. That you all for being such amazing people.
0 likesHi Giannah ^^
0 likesIt has been a year, and I guess you're seventeen now. And I very dearly hope things have changed, and you have found enough courage to show people, who you can be, an bisexual easily blushing, singing in her bedroom girl, you seem so lovely💛
"My heart races and my eyes tear up from the pressure I am building" You say yourself it's the pressure YOU are building in your own mind. Your insecurities are yours and yours alone. Don't hate on other people because of your insecurities. No one cares if you are bisexual. literally no one.
0 likesSo just be bisexual? I don't go around telling people i'm straight. :/
0 likesI'm bi and also in Colorado... Crazy. Hello friend!
0 likesI'm a year late to seeing your comment and I've never related to someone more if you actually do see this thank you for being brave enough to make this comment 💕😭
0 likesA year ago I read this comment and it made me cry because I was (and still am) in a very similar situation. I did come out to my mom and sister, but still have trouble with my social anxiety and telling anyone else. I don't know if you'll see this, but I was just genuinely wondering how you are currently doing, because you seem sweet and very relatable to me. Have you come out to anyone yet?
0 likesOmg that with adhd (and sexuality and gender and gender expresion [sorry for all the ands im exited])
0 likes@Nkem Ani awwwwwwwww icant
1 likePLEASE PLEASE release this on Spotify, please i need this song in my ears constantly xx
5 likesI know it’s almost been a year since this song came out but I just wanted to say as a person who is in the closet with unsupportive parents, this song means more to me than anything.
6 likesthis came at the time when i needed it, thank you for being my rainbow in the middle of the rain
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n idk why this comment just made me start crying
2 likeswhy does this feel like the perfect song from a musical and the main character confesses to their parents about their sexuality. like something like words fail combined with Simon coming out to his dad.
8 likes"how can I be proud of what a million people shout at me I'm not?" is an exact description of being non-binary. The amount of times I've been told there are only two genders is so many, I don't even mention it online anymore. I never thought to put it so simply. thanks, dodie.
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offbeat kiki putting yourself out there when it seems like so many people are against you is a scary and brave thing to do. I AM PROUD OF YOU AND WHO YOU ARE!!! So many people feel the same way as you. Some may not be able to talk about it, and some do and face the same challenges you have. Remember that for every person who has ever tried to make you feel like you aren’t valid, there are thousands marching beside you who will be there to support you <333
37 likesI’m non-binary too and I’ve had one of my very close friends say to my face that I don’t exist. I understand and that line really does describe it exactly.
25 likesI think the reason people get confused is because physically, you either have a hot dog or a bun (lol), and then there is spiritual gender, or the gender we feel we truly are. You cannot change your physical gender, but your spiritual gender is up to the way you feel. So if you feel you have no gender or both genders or 100 genders, but you only have one penis or vag you have to understand how it confuses people. I'm sorry if this is offensive or rude I'm not good at explaining things :/ <3
13 likesoffbeat kiki biologically speaking there are only two genders. But hey, you do you.
15 likesYou are so valid that Valid is now your middle name.
18 likesi been told im not bi
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1 likeI remember being at school and to my face, a kid looked me right in the eyes and said
7 likes"Not to offend anyone or anything, but there's only two genders". It took so much not to break down right there.
I’m also non-binary and the struggle for others to understand is real
8 likesIt's sad that people do that to all of you here, but I'm proud of you for never denying this part of yourselves, even if you don't mention it. Stay strong
5 likespeople have told me the past year and a half that there is only two genders. that i’m disgusting....dodies always helped me i’m glad i’m not the only ome
6 likesAs a trans girl, I feel you. Stay strong pal!
4 likesMiles Hamm there really are two genders...people keep confusing gender with gender expression
1 likeBut i dont think ur disgusting tho
1 likeJanna kyu no, there are two sexes, three including intersex. There is a difference between sex and gender
10 likesproud of u
0 likesYou are whoever you want to be. You are valid. You exist. And you rock! I fully support you!
0 likesI’m non-binary too and everyone I’ve told doesn’t believe me except like 2 people
2 likesGender isn’t biological. Your sex is. There’s a difference
3 likesI have a friend who's non binary and too scared to come out to their parents. They wear thick jumpers to bind and we're in the middle of a heat wave, so they're wearing skirts and shirts to keep cool and I feel so so sorry for them. But they're amazing and so are you.
4 likesoffbeat kiki as nb pal myself i feel this so hard
1 likeoffbeat kiki Let’s have a civil discussion, I believe there are only two genders and that those are interchangeable - change my mind.
1 likeIt's really sad that cis people feel the need to invalidate non binary gender identities. I'm non-binary also and attracted to lots of people so this song meant the world to me
2 likesWhiteheat073 and the Slime Bros. ...just tryna share info here...i stand in where there are two genders which are masculine and feminine, sex is female and male...regarding lesbians and gays(i dont really know much of the terms hope i dont offend) people can be female but masculine which explains lesbians and so on...but im not forcing my opinion to anyone, just trying to elaborate.
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0 likesWhiteheat073 and the Slime Bros. Regarding the intersex, i believe its a inborn defect and usually there is a majority of one of the sexes and the gender again depends on the person...just an opinion 😅
0 likesRowan Art the amount of times I explain this is unbelievable. In my science class I explained it bc everyone was making fun of me
0 likesWow, I didn't expect anyone to even read this comment. Thank you for all the positive responses. I want to make a video about being non binary soon. I know I'll get some people telling me I can't be myself but it's time
3 likes+R Antares screw that, valid is now their first, middle and last name!
4 likesMe too. I almost never talk about it online, there's always someone jumping to tell me that I'm wrong. I only talk about it with close online friends who I know accept me. But in real life? Never. The concept of there being more than two genders is always just a joke at school. And I know if anyone were to know about me, that I'd be the joke to them. Nobody would take me seriously, not even my closest friends. But this song is so nice, makes me remember that there are places I'll be accepted, even if it's only small online communities.
2 likesi have it shoved in my face that i’m a “girl” constantly. i can completely pass until someone opens their mouth. my hair is short, my crappy binder works well enough, i have broader shoulders, but the moment my mom, or my teacher, or my friend opens their mouth and starts talking about me, i loose all of that. it kills me inside. i even sorta came out to my past crush, but if anything they became even more obsessed with the fact they liked a “girl”.
1 likeHey okay so I see people are sharing there coming out stories so I’m gonna share mine
6 likesI fell in love with a girl and it felt right, and I have always noticed that women were gorgeous, but I forced myself to always like boys because I was too scared to admit to myself I was attracted to girls. Then one day I started asking a lot of questions about the lgbtq+ community to my family and friends because my older sister had recently came out and one day my oldest sister said “if another one of you (me or my siblings) were gay, or trans, I would be happy because I just want my siblings to know that I’m okay because I want my little siblings to be happy and have someone there.” I bursted into tears and I basically flat out said through tears that I’m bi and my sister just held me and told me “I know and it’s okay, I would never hate you for loving someone” I later came out my family and friends and I’ve never felt happier in my life.
This is gorgeous. My crush on Dodie has intensified
20 likesI need this to get through the month w the pridefall threats and my local parade being cancelled 😭
4 likes"so please step inside my soul
8 likesi'd love to watch you gasp.
you'd understand in minutes,
and i'd like to think you'd miss it
cause so would i"
every line in this song is so powerful but this one in particular echos with me. i wish that people who grew up being told they were 'normal' could see things how i do. i wish they could see how beautiful everyone around me is and how hard i struggled to see myself as beautiful too.
thank you for making me feel heard, dodie.
did anyone else's heart drop when they got this notification?
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Yes
1 likeYes so much
0 likesAshley YES! I literally spammed my friend on Twitter like NEW DODIE SONG NEW DODIE SONG ALERT ALERT!!
0 likesMine
0 likesAshley me
0 likesI literally screamed
0 likesyes
0 likesMe 😄🙂
0 likesYess
0 likesAshley sweetie that's an understatement
0 likesLmao yes
0 likesI squealed like a pig
0 likesit didnt drop, thats an expression that means something really bad happened doesnt it?
0 likesi love coming back to the original after listening to the new version!
4 likesI still come back to this song and I just cry. This song hits hard. Have a nice pride month y'all. And remember you're valid.
4 likesHearing this live is an out of body experience
4 likesHAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE!! YOU’RE SO LOVED!❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍🤎
4 likeswelp that chorus is going on my wall as a quote
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No. 1 Fander me too
5 likesSame 🙂🌈
2 likesNo. 1 Fander love ur profile pic
3 likesHI THERE I KNOW YOU FROM QUOTEV
1 likeVirgil in ur pfp looks wonderful
3 likesNo. 1 Fander same
1 likeahhh I think that was on purpose, contrast of the wrong and right. Beautiful lyrics x
2 likesNo. 1 Fander same tho
0 likesSame :))
0 likesYeees~
0 likesCame back to this after the teaser on insta
7 likesi really felt the map not being made for me part. i keep comparing everybody’s journey with sexuality to mine and it’s ripping apart. there’s too much time to think about it over quarantine.
4 likesi'm a trans bi girl with a very queerphobic family and i relate to this song so much. it's gotten me through so many sleepless nights and i'll never be able to explain how much this song means to me. thank you dodie for existing and writing this song and for being a role model for me. i hope to get the lyrics "so please step inside my soul" tattooed on me with your handwriting one day.
5 likesfaith <3
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claire miller ❤️❤️❤️
0 likesLiterally sitting in bed doing calculus homework, listening to this song, with a rainstorm in the background gives me a very nice soothing feeling
14 likesI found out I was bisexual when I was around eleven and the first person I came out to was my mum at age twelve, asking her if she would support me or not. I didn't have a proper reason as to why I felt this way, but I knew I had an intense liking to the same sex. So when she asked me why I asked, I said I liked girls more than I should. She told my dad, and in which he said "no you're not, I'm having grand kids," which honestly confused me? I didn't understand his reasoning... My brother was in denial, as well, saying "no you're not" to every time I would say I was bi around the house. Then I became a tad bit older and had an argument with my mom because she said I was too young to even think about this. The most emotional thing I've ever said to her was "If I had a choice, I wouldn't be this way." I even thought of doing absolutely awful things to myself; but eventually, after years to come, I finally succeeded in my fight for love and support from my family. My mom looked at me with the most loving eyes ever during a song about lgbtq+ at a concert, my dad got me a "why is straight the default?" Shirt, and my brother even talks about cute girls with me. I'm not out to most people because honestly, I'm afraid I have to go through this emotional angst. I'm afraid that once I'm out my title will be "confused girl." I know I like girls, I know I love girls. Just as much as I love everyone else. I hope if someone reads this they know that, even if their parents aren't as open to this idea, it gets easier. There are people you will meet or know that will love, appreciate, and accept you!! Also, I know this is a very long and personal story I'm sharing on the YouTube comment section, but I feel very connected to this song and I'm grateful one was created about this topic. I'm also very emotional rn
2478 likesedit: wow, I didn't believe I would receive this much support, but I thank you guys so so much. It really makes my days and nights reading these comments.
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Hi :) I'm proud of you! I'm 24 and once when I was like 8 I tearfully told my mom I thought I was gay and she laughed and said I wasn't because I had always liked boys. I didn't know bi was even a thing for a really long time. Since my mom told me I wasn't, and as I grew up I saw so much homophobia around me, I struggled and thought something was just wrong with me. After a reeeaaallly long time, I finally realized that that really is a part of me, and isn't anything wrong. I'm in a committed relationship with a man now (who knows I'm bi), so I don't really think I'll ever end up coming out to my family. I think it's awesome you did and your family finally understood.
46 likesI am so, so, proud of you. I know it's really hard to figure yourself out and you managed to, which I think is inspiring! I'm also very sorry to hear about your experiences, that must be awful..But I believe that you are so strong and people are going to love and support you, because you deserve so much more. I'm very happy for you, and the man you're with is very lucky :)
25 likesYou’re the sweetest. Thank you ❤️
5 likesScribble Scrabble this actually brought me to happy tears
7 likesStay proud❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💗🏳️🌈
13 likesThank you so much for sharing, that was so incredible of you. I'd like to share my own story, if that's alright.
27 likesMy brother has been out as pansexual to my family for two years. Everyone in my family but me. He would've come out to me too, but my mom stopped him. Even though my mom calls herself an ally, she didn't want me to know because she was worried he would "taint" me. Well, sometime about a year ago, around when he came out to me, I discovered that I was bisexual. His pansexuality didn't affect me in any way, I know it's just who I am. I'm only out to a few close friends and terrified to come out to my mom. I know she would eventually accept me, but probably not at first. She thinks kids shouldn't know about lgbtq+ stuff and even though I'm 14, she'd probably think I'm too young to know. I know I'll have to face my fears some day, but I don't see it anytime soon.
Your story inspired me and hopefully, if she doesn't fully accept me at first, she'll come around.
Natalia Valencia thank you, I'm so glad :) it was very emotional for me throughout the years but I'm so so grateful
5 likesLouisa D. Thank you so much :)
3 likesLeah R-G I know how hard it must be, for a parent to not properly understand; but I believe you and your brother are so strong and you most definitely will receive support from someone, even if it's not your mother(which I seriously hope she does support you)! I'm so happy my experience did something to help and I hope you to stay strong through it when you do decide to come out to your mum. I know I don't know you personally but I wish for the best things to happen to you and every other good person that has some sort of struggle in their life because they deserve what's good in the world. I'm so proud of you, and I wish the best of luck to you.
6 likeswow im twelve and i can't come out or i'll be very unsafe. so congrats to you! 🌈 ❤
7 likesand the we wee-wee sneeze I hope you'll be able to do it eventually :)) I'm proud of you!
4 likesScribble Scrabble you just wrote my life story as well as your own, do not listen to what they say. You are you. No one can tell you otherwise. I'm rooting for you💕
3 likesi'm so happy for you!! i'm still exploring my identity, but i know my parents are homophobic so i'm worried that if i find out i'm bi they won't approve of me.
8 likesRory yeah I came out at school and my whole grade knew I was gay. home was very different
3 likesScribble Scrabble aw thank you!
3 likesRory As long as she's supportive, that's great. I'm super happy for you and I know it's a wonderful feeling to figure yourself out. Also, I am so sorry for the late reply haha
2 likesa dumpster Thank you so much, that means the world to me :))
3 likesxXTheHowlingWolfXx Thank you, seriously. That makes me very grateful someone knows what I'm going through, and I really do root for you too.
3 likesLast First Hey, it's going to be okay whether they support you or not...There will be times where it hurts, but then there will be times where you can realize that there are so many more people on this Earth who root for you and will be there with you every step of the way. I support you if you're in the LGBTQ+ community or not.
5 likesScribble Scrabble thank you, that comment really made my day.
3 likesThis made me cry
2 likesBe strong💪
2 likesIm Bi too, and I feel you, actually, I am not out to my parents because i am scared of their reactions. But i am really proud of you to fight for who you are. And im proud of myself for being out to my friends. I hope you have a good day!
6 likesLove <3
Aww, girlie! You do you! <3
2 likesDodie helped me realize I'm bi
3 likesbi too! found out what i was as young as you. haven't come out since my parents are homophobic and i am scared they'll kick me out or tell me it's a phase + i dont have a plan B. hopefully your family gets more supportive by the day! x
4 likesScribble Scrabble I'm so happy for you that your family accepted you for who you are. that story made me smile. hope you're having an awesome day, whoever you are :)
2 likesMy mom doesn't support me being bi, so it's heartwarming to read your comment. I appreciate your story so much. I hope that one day my mom will be alright with that part of me, or hopefully even be supportive like your parents support you. I'm beyond happy for you. :)
3 likesNo matter what happens if you come out or not always remember you are you, to come out so early is so brave of you, no matter what what people say ignore them, yo are beautiful and no one will ever change that about you. Stay bright as confident in who you are
2 likes- a random person who is the B in lgbtq+
Scribble Scrabble wow that is very powerful I feel so sorry for you and I have a message which is don't be afraid to be who you are inside you are beautiful and all you need is the right person to see that
2 likesKeilianah De'Marie stay strong I came out as lesbian and I was terrified to tell anyone but I promise once you do you will feel so much better and so much more proud to be yourself. Good luck
2 likesKeilianah De'Marie also stay strong you are beautiful inside
2 likeswow this is amazing, i'm so glad you finally got acceptance from your family
3 likesawww I'm so happy for u, good for u 💞💞💞 also omg I relate to this so much because I found out I was bi when I was eleven and I came out to my mum when I was twelve!! (I still am twelve tho lol yes imma fetus) I love this story 💞💞
2 likesScribble Scrabble omg this is so cute I’m so glad it was all fine for u in the end 😩❤️
2 likesI am 11 now
2 likesO wow I named myself a croissant
I found out that I am bisexual too this year :)
Scribble Scrabble reading this comment and listening to the song simultaneously is absolutely beautiful and emotional
2 likesThe title "Confused girl" that you mentioned really speaks to me. I don't say anything about my sexuality except to my very close friends because I feel like if anyone knew, they would see my label, not who I am, and I would change in their eyes. So not even my family knows... but you're story really has helped me, so thank you.
3 likesWe both can do this :)
Also found out I was bi when I was 11! ( still 11 tho... ) us bisexual fam must stick together! 🌈🌈🌈🌈
3 likesSilvermoon YT Haha I’m actually pan, but yes, we must stick together :)
3 likes🌈💛💛💛💛
2 likesI'm happy for you that this is making your nights, but please sleep.
1 likethis made me so happy omg. so happy for you. :)
2 likescoolio hannah I’m around the same age, and pretty sure (again, pretty sure) I’m straight, but I hope one day you can be yourself and come out 💖
1 likeThank you for sharing and providing some hope. I've come out to my mom 4 times as bisexual and each time she has simply refused, I feel trapped and I usually have a very strong relationship with her so it just really hurts. Thank you, a million times over for just your bravery sharing and your kindness to be helping others now. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. I hope you day is spectacular and just, thank you. I'm currently in a hidden lgbt relationship and both me and my girlfriend needed this.
3 likesYou made me cry. Thanks for sharing your story🥰
1 like@Aspen Adams omg lol but yes!!!!!
1 likethis is so heartwarming
1 likeThis is exactly how my life went (except I have no siblings) and is going even now! Same age at the time and everything! Just went to a dodie concert and am reliving all of her songs again, this being one of them, and knowing how my parents reacted to rainbow and she. Love is beautiful when it's done right, lgbt+, family, friends... love is love right?
0 likesI think they're beginning to finally understand, I'm pushing through til they fully realise. I've got a PATD concert coming up too, hopefully girls/girls/boys will break through enough? :)
Ok, who's cutting onions again?
0 likesScribble Scrabble my mom won’t accept that I’m bi. She tells me that I’m straight cuz I’m in a straight passing relationship, and she says that “yeah well when you date a girl you can be gay. You don’t need a fancy fucking word for it” and She’s implied that I’m confused.
1 likeif you have a girlfriend/ boyfriend and can't have kids but want to you can adopt thumbs up (i cant do emojis)
1 likeim tearing up im so happy for u
1 likeI figured it out pretty late that I'm pansexual... (Just last year, at 19) I'm out to my friends and kinda my parents, but that last bit didn't go too smoothly... They love me anyway, but made me kinda make a deal with them to not date girls or trans-people.... Because "why can't you just choose to be with cis boys since you like them too?". They are less open-minded than they (and I) thought they were, and in addition they are afraid that me coming out as queer would create issues with other parts of the familiy... Like my grandparents or my (sadly) quite homophobic and transphobic big brother...
2 likesAt least my friends don't care and I can talk about it with them and also I can go to the pride parade and stuff with the excuse of being an ally to my queer friends.
(Also kissing some cute girl at a party or smth shouldn't be any problem since what they don't know won't hurt 'em :P And that'd be like the couple of casual hookups I've had with boys before).
This made me cry a little harder than the song did haha. I myself am bi, and it was really hard coming out to my family and friends, and I went through a very emotional time. I had support from everyone except myself at one point.
2 likesYou have such an inspiring story 🙂
This is so pure. I tried coming out to my mum at 12 but she said "You're to young, It's a trend, you blush around boys." She said I wasn't aloud to talk about anything to do with "the gays" and if I did I'd get in trouble. So that's fun.
0 likesMy story is kinda like ur but mine didn't have a happy ending my parents are still saying that I am not a lesbian,but I listen to this song to make me happy but what really makes me happy is that I see people with happy ending of coming out it makes me feel happy that they are not hurting like me
0 likesBut I have a supportive friends with me :)
same! i feel like when i came out to my mom, which didn't go well at all, i didn't have any proper reasons to give her other than things i was too embarrassed to say, ya know? like i felt so lost for words at the question "why do you think you're gay" because its like lol because i'm like attracted to girls. and the like "proof" was not something i felt comfortable sharing, especially because my coming out was not on my terms or a good situation.
0 likesthis made my cry
0 likesi really needed to hear something like this
thank you so much
@Leah Im 14 too and im into girls and coming out to my family was terrifying im very happy other people are finding acception. I have only been treated like scum by people ive dated so its hard for me to trust anyone anymore, but when I came out to my mom its cause she found a letter to a girl at my school, telling her I liked her
0 likesreading my old message on here is so strange. I'm out to my mom now, it went fine, I'm out to my siblings too (one of whom came out as trans recently!).
0 likes@Leah thats great!
0 likesaww, im so proud <3
0 likesthe first time I listened to this I thought it was such a cute song. now, when I sing it... I cried. this song has so much feeling in it that I can't even put it into words. what I can say though is, Thank you. Thank you Dodie, for existing in this world to bring such beautiful music like this. You are truly a gift.
5 likesI just came out today after 21 years of being in denial. This song helped me a lot through the process, thank you Dodie x
3 likesHey Dodie, you probably won't see this in all the comments, but I'd just like to thank you for always being a huge inspiration for the music that I create. Every time I listen to one of your songs, I always get in the mood to write, and I always look forward to your wordplay. Thanks for being you.
11 likesWhat I'm wondering is, why in the world is this not on Spotify?
4 likesIT’S ON THE ALBUM BABEY
7 likesit’s crazy to think that this was a year ago!! happy pride 2020 everyone 💕 stay safe
3 likes“To say that im a rainbow”
7 likes“To tell me that I’m bright”
“When I’m so used to feeling wrong”
“Well it makes me feel right”
I might cry this hits home so hard. I’m so used to hear my family talk about gay people like they are some kind of plight when I’m in the closet myself and its kind of been drilled into me, but i also have a strong sense of pride for who i am and I’m always conflicted and confused. But when i see rainbows or the flag i get reminded that i am a beautiful messy cacophony of colours and even though I’m confused and kind of scared, that’s ok. God this song is so perfect.
this is such a beautiful and heartwarming song. thank you.
10 likesidk if you will ever even see this, but you and your music are the reason i came out as bi today... some people were super accepting but there were some people that were, um, not accepting. so i came back here and listened to your music and it helped me and i love you sm thank you for helping me through❤️
10 likesI remember sobbing with the release of this video & here I am over a year later doing the same thing,, this song just really hits That Spot in my soul
4 likesbut to say that i’m a 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗯𝗼𝘄
3 likesto tell me that i’m 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁
when i’m so used to feeling wrong
well it makes me feel 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁
🌈✨
“How can I be proud of, what a million people shout at me I’m not?”
2 likesWow.... That really stabbed me. Thank you for this beautiful song, Dodie. ❤️
i've never gotten this emotional over a song during pride.
4 likesThis is the next single isn't it
6 likesI am just very confused and spooked, I've had really severe girl crushes, but I can't imagine myself dating a girl. auuaghegehgugghhhhhhh I don't know what to call myself, to quote my all time favourite vine "smash that like button if you're gay but not gay enough"
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Noodle Arms I mean it’s ok to not fully understand yet I’m so confused as to what I am because iv liked boys but can never stay liking them for long,while I also imagine myself dating a girl but have never actually experienced that type of relationship but I can relate i feel kinda gay but not gay enough to be considered gay
32 likesayy we can be confused together
16 likesNoodle Arms yesss we can be confused little gay beans together
12 likesNoodle Arms you don’t have to label yourself if that’s not comfortable for you! If you want to come out, just come out as you, not your label.
16 likesHey that's ok! Maybe what you're looking for is something-romantic? That means that you are attracted to someone but not in a sexual way, and sorry I'm not that good at explaining but there are so many websites that you can search it up on! And always remember that you don't have to even give yourself a label because they can get confusing at times haha
11 likesI totally understand you, that’s how I thought when I was first beginning to question my sexuality. Now I would rather date a girl tho, so just wait a bit and things might figure themselves out (I’m bi btw)
4 likesNoodle Arms bi-romantic in the words of dodie 🤪
1 likeI'm autistic and a lot in this song speaks to me as well, one of the symbols for autism is a rainbow infinity sign, so I just wanted to say your song touched more than the lgbtq+ community, thank you.
10 likeslast day of pride and we ending with a banger from our bi icon
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12 likesI was beat to the pun darnit.
1 likeBICON
1 likeBoop AHAHAHAH
0 likesDodie this is such a powerful piece of music you have written. Thank you. You should be so, so, so proud of this!
8 likesthis just shows how perfectly dodie is able to write about her feelings in such a beautiful way! i'm so proud to support such a talented person <3
2 likeswho's here after the teaser was released😭 the moment is finally here guys were getting a studio version🌈
2 likes“but my title just talks over me, i never even asked to be this way.” god, i wish more people understood that.
4 likes“When I’m so used to feeling wrong but it makes me feel alright” ya okay it’s only 7pm and my gay ass is crying in my room thanks
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Lyndsey B snap, im crying in my room at 1:54 am
8 likesMe too 9:07
3 likesLyndsey B a big mood
1 likeYou are not alone lol
1 likeLyndsey B same lmao
1 likeMe but it's literally 3:45am
0 likesMe too 1:37
0 likesI don’t know why (maybe I’m just extra depressed tonight) but I’ve listened to this a million times now and tonight I’m sobbing like a baby. I love you so much dodie and just know that these are happy tears! Keep being a great person because you totally are!!
6 likesThis is relatable in every way possible to me
4 likesthis song speaks to me on an emotional level
3 likescatch me cryin in my room to this song aNY TIME
dodie just KNOWS how to convey empathy in all of her music; it’s beautiful.
❤️💜💙 DODIE I FUCKING LOVE YOU IM HOMOROMANTIC AND ASEXUAL YASSS IM SO HAPPY THAT YOURE IN THE CONMUNITY❤️💜💙
2 likesLast night was Dodie's show in Paris.
5 likesI was there, singing songs that I loved with people that finally knew Dodie as well as me, and we all sang the lyrics together, in harmony...
She said she wasn't feeling well that night, that's why she took some time before coming on stage : it hit me, to realize that even her knowing we came for her couldn't erase her bad times and feeling low...
She sang 6/10, and we could tell she was meaning every word in it.
I couldn't stand it, I had to do something. So at the end of the song, we all clapped, and there was a moment before she started to speak again. I shouted with all my heart "WE LOVE YOU !!!!!!", and I heard her sweet laughter, that meant she heard me and was touched by the gesture. And right after that, the whole crowd shouted "YEAH WE LOVE YOU !!!!!" and she smiled and smiled.
I was so releaved to see her smile, and happy that other people were feeling the same way...
I'm not saying that we healed her bad mental state that night, but at least we had a chance to say that we were supporting her no matter what, and we would always love her.
i just want to say i've listened to this song a million times and i know it's about the lbgtq community but i can say i relate to it with depression. this is a beautiful song and your voice is amazing. thank you for this song.
5 likesYeah this song was very supportive so I told my friends I'm pan which is good thank you for this and making people positive
5 likesMe and my girlfriend vibe and cry to this together, bonding over the difficulty of being gay (I'm not able to come out to my family)
2 likesI'm so glad she's there for me and I love her a lot <3
i need a single version of this so i can repeat it over and over on spotify D;
2 likes‘How could I be proud of what a million people shout at me I’m not’ is something that crosses my mind way too often.
2 likes‘But to say that I’m a rainbow’ always follows closely behind❤️
Seeing this song live was such an experience. People holding up pride flags. Everyone quiet for a moment, and the vibe at that moment immediately changed. It wasn’t as upbeat, but we were just all soaking in the goddamn gayness right before She. And damn man
3 likesPlease put this on your next album I’m just listening on repeat and cry
3 likesWhen I’m so used to feeling wrong,
842 likeswell it makes me feel alright
I love this and its definitely helping me try and tell my parents that im a fellow bisexual
2 likeshere after she announced the version of rainbow for her new album... when i first listened to this song i didnt realize just how gay i really were, and i still very much saw myself as "just an ally".... i am so excited that i get to listen to this song as a revamped version while being true to myself about my sexuality... thank you, dodie.🌈🌈🌈
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Have you SEEN the new video? I love when we see her facing her reflection in the cars window,spattered with rain
0 likesThat was so beautiful. You have a wonderful voice
3 likes“i was brought up in a line” really hits me because i was raised mormon and for so long i felt wrong and sinful because of this part of who i am
3 likesAs pride month comes to a close, we're blessed by this lovely song by our lovely Dodie ❤️❤️❤️🏳️🌈
185 likesHappy Pride Month ,my love
You're amazing and a beautiful rainbow🌈🌈🌈❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I had to defend my friend the other day because I was talking about her girlfriend and then my mum said something like 'but this is probably just a phase, because everyone goes through them' and I explained to her how she was gay and has been since year 6 and I truly believe this isn't 'just a phase'. My mum is very supportive of LGBT though I think she's just not used to people this young coming out.
4 likes"Its getting hard to navigate, when every map was never made for me" How my life feels sometimes. Where in the world is my piece of gold?
3 likesThis song gave me chills all over I love dodie so much
2 likescoming back to this after reading that two Supreme Court judges called for taking away marriage equality. I am hoping things will be okay
3 likes“my title just talks over me” hits me SO HARD. i’ve stopped using labels recently bc i’ve been going through a lot of identity troubles and changed the way i think about myself, as well as the words I used to convey that identity. one friend in particular (who i wouldn’t consider myself friends with anymore and who has never been especially supportive) has been giving me shit about “changing my sexuality” and essentially blaming me for lying about it. she’s told me things like “i never believed you were asexual anyway” (despite us having several conversations abt it and me still identifying somewhere on the ace spectrum), “you have to have had a crush on a girl to be bisexual”, and “i think you’re just confused”, as well as outing me and saying things I had told her in confidence to people i was still becoming friends with. I’ve felt for a little while now that she always saw me through the lens of whatever I had told her instead of viewing my sexuality for what it was—a growing, changing, fluid identity—and her telling others about it almost immediately after i had started to become friends with them made me feel like I wasn’t being given a chance to show them my personality before my sexuality. my title just talked over me.
375 likesto everyone struggling with an identity, to everyone who doesn’t like labels, to everyone who knows what it feels like to have their sexuality seen before themselves—happy pride. June may be over, but pride never ends.
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Natalie
4 likesJeez, your comment hit me harder than the song itself and brought out some little feelings I often think about but push away.
I personally identify as abrosexual. Mostly because it's more acceptable to have a far out label than none at all. I don't feel it should be that way though... I just want to be able to be in love without having to slap a "hello my name is ____" sticker on my gender and sexuality.
JustBeingCelinda oh I didn't take it as rude at all don't worry!
4 likesabrosexualty is (and don't take my explanation as the correct one- Ash hardell made a video that explained it much better than I'm about to.) when someone can feel straight one day and then ace the next and then really really gay the next. And there's different intensities of feeling romantic as well. Like, right now I'm just kind of low key gay but sometimes I'm really really homosexual.
Sorry for the horrid explanation >∆<
youre so good happy pride
2 likesi love the "june may be over, but pride never ends"
3 likes(also, be strong💗 and this friend is definitely not the kind of person you want to be friends with... i'm so sorry)
Natalie thank you for this xxx
1 likeNatalie I relate to this so much. I'm extremely confused w my sexuality, and I used to be pretty confident about it a year ago or so..but recently I have no idea if I'm attracted to girls or boys or both or other and I'm struggling so much w that atm. I say that I'm gay, but I'm honestly just scared that if I say that I'm attracted to girls, etc then I'll get hate for it and wouldn't be viewed the same way I was when everyone knew me as gay. I'm so post within my identity at the moment, and it really makes me anxious and mad at myself bc I want to figure it out. I want to be sure. I want to know who I am and what I like..I feel like everyone will drop a hate bomb automatically if I say that I don't I'm gay anymore bc I don't wanna be that person that changes their sexuality every 5 minutes.. I've changed my sexuality like 272827827 times already, I just want to find myself and it's extremely hard for me..so I just decide not to label myself at all and just be attracted to whoever I find attractive ig. Idk what the point of this was but y e a h
3 likesThat lyric hit me hard too. People want to know what I call myself so they can put me in a box. It makes it really hard to articulate my experience.
2 likesNatalie Your comment is heartbreaking T.T. Love to everyone ❤️💙
1 likeholy shit, you guys. i never expected this to resonate with so many people. thank you for the outpouring of support and know that I’m always out here, supporting you too. if you’re dealing with a situation like mine, i can promise that it does get better. I found friends who genuinely love and support me and who accept me as i am, fluid identity and all. stay strong and stay proud.
1 likeits so nice to see the original video after the songs been released <33
3 likesIt reminds me of one of those wonderful Disney songs, without the excessive orchestral work. Like Coco’s ‘remember me’ .Very beautiful❤️.
1 likePlease put this in your Spotify soon because WiFi is spotty! I love you a lot
4 likesthank you. thank you for this. I didn’t know I needed this until I heard it.
2 likesshe bacc
584 likesshe a snacc
but most importantly
she made me cry ily dodie ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
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3 likesPizzaPopper aww this is so sweet <3
3 likesInés Santamarina learnt from the best @doodleoodle
1 likePhil's Matching Socks m e
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1 likeHow can this song manage to make me cry multiple times
2 likesChords.. kinda
21 likesSo Dodie has it tuned differently, which I just found by ear, so I don't know what it's tuned to since I'm no proffesional. The chords (once tuned differently) are G, Em, and then you slide your ring finger down two phrets (idk that chord)
So basically, the progression is to slide your fingers up and down the second string 2 phrets apart.
Hope that was sort of helpful?
I just did all this by ear and watching her fingers.
this was posted in the summer. summer was so nice. summer was so beautiful. i always wish i could go back. that’s one thing me and dodie have in common.
2 likesI love reading the comments on these videos. There's just so much love and support 💕🏳️🌈
1 likeWhen I was 9 years old, I had my first crush. I didn't realize it at first, because it was on my best friend who was female. I remember fawning over her and following her everywhere, and it took me so long to realize I saw her in a different light than everyone else.
183 likesWhen I was 10 years old, I texted my best friend, whilst crying, telling her I was bi. She told me she would still be my friend and that she always wanted a bi friend.
When I was 11 years old, I was hit with the first slur ever. "Fag," I was called on the bus. I cried myself to sleep that night, refusing to tell my parents what happened.
When I was 12 years old, I realized I never had real crushes on boys and that they were all faked because I liked to fit in with my friends. Whenever they had a crush on someone, I had a "crush" on them too.
When I was 13 years old, I told my friend the reason why I wasn't going to prom was because I was gay and had no one to go with. She offered to go with me, and since then we're best friends.
Now I'm 14 years old, and I'm going to come out to my parents tomorrow before I leave for camp. I've withheld this secret for 5 years and I can't keep it in any longer. I know they will love me for who I am, but it just means so much to me that they'll see me the same way the next day. Wish me luck 💕🏳️🌈
Edit: Thank you all for your kind words💕 All of your comments mean so much to me, and I managed to build up enough strength to come out to my mother before leaving. I asked her if I could tell her a secret while hugging her goodbye, she said sure, and I said "I like girls." She smiled and said "okay." I'm numb with happiness, and once my dad drops me off I'm going to come out to him too. Once I come back from camp I'll comment what he said for those curious. I love you all so much and I wish you have a good day💕💕💕
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good luck with coming out, it can be really hard sometimes and it's really brave of you to finally think it's time to tell them. I know I'm just a stranger on youtube, but you have my full support 💛💛💛💛 also wow a lot of your comment is v relatable
13 likeswow so proud of you
5 likesGood luck and i am happy for you!
5 likesgood luck honey, we're all here for you 🌈💕💕
5 likesim so proud of you! i hope all goes well hun 💕
4 likesYour story made me cry oml I give you so so much luck. Have all of it.
3 likesHope it goes well for you <3
3 likesGITD Stars Good luck hope everything goes well ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
3 likesYou got this! We believe in you!
3 likesGood luck 💓💌 i'm proud of you
3 likesGITD Stars you go girl! I know it’s hard coming out so we’re proud of you! 🏳️🌈
3 likesYou are a rainbow, we believe in you!
3 likesGood luck hun! It’s a very brave thing to do! Love ya
3 likesGood luck ❤❤❤
3 likesWow I'm so proud of you! You're so brave, best of luck sweetie! 💜💛💚💙❤
3 likesGITD Stars You can do it!!!! You're so brave
3 likesYou beautiful soul! Best wishes for everything. You're not alone ❤️💛💚💙💜
2 likesGood luck! You are brave and you shouldn't have to hide a part of your identity from your parents. I hope they support you completely. 🏳️🌈
2 likesGirl, i complete understand. You are so strong and don't you EVER take shit from nobody because you have an entire community behind you. Even if your parents do not accept you, that is their problem, and not yours.
2 likesI wish you luck :)
2 likesThank you all for your kind words💕 All of your comments mean so much to me, and I managed to build up enough strength to come out to my mother before leaving. I asked her if I could tell her a secret while hugging her goodbye, she said sure, and I said "I like girls." She smiled and said "okay." I'm numb with happiness, and once my dad drops me off I'm going to come out to him too. Once I come back from camp I'll comment what he said for those curious. I love you all so much and I wish you have a good day💕💕💕
1 likeyou go girl, you have an awesome time at camp :)
0 likesSuch a beautiful song. Tears came and so did goosebumps. You're one talented human ❤️
1 likeThis is an amazing song and i can relate so much! Also 'i was brought up in a line'...LYRICAL GENIUS
1 likeIs it possible to get through this song without crying?
1 likeThank you so much for this song dodie <3 it means a lot
Thank you Dodie.
2 likesI'll definitely listen to this on my "coming to terms" playlist for days when I feel unnatural and wrong. It'll get me through a lot of nights
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xWarriorOfLegendx a “coming to terms” playlist is such a good idea and this song fits right into it! I’m just gonna steal your idea if that’s fine.
0 likesA perfect song doesn’t exist—
525 likeslistens to this song
cries in gay
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Brielle Anuario “cries in gay” best thing i’ve heard all week lmaoo
8 likessobs in gay
8 likeswhat a mood.
7 likescries in norwegian 😀...alt är love ❤
1 likeokay who else is pretty sure this is the song getting released on friday :o
5 likesWaiting for dodie to post a new video for pride month but honestly I’d listen to this song forever and feel pride for myself and for everyone else
2 likesAs a lesbian who is in a relationship, this song hit me so hard. It brought me back to walking in the hallway holding my girlfriend’s hand and hearing guys shout harassing comments at us, and seeing people lean over to each other and whisper about us. I’ll post stuff on my social media about how proud I am of my sexuality, and then I get shot down by some homophobic kid that goes to my school who doesn’t think I have the right to live. Thank you for this song, because it perfectly sums up what it’s like to be lgbtq+.
4 likesI’m bisexual. And I am so, so, so lucky. I have a family who supports me 100%. I have friends who love me for who I am. I know some people go through horrible times, so I very grateful for the amount of support I receive.
2 likesI demand to marry this song
337 likesFor real though dodie, the message of this song is so important, the lyrics are beautiful and your voice sounds amazing with this. I'm crying but also so happy that you're bringing attention to such an important topic through this FANTASTIC song
Thank you
When I’m so used to feeling wrong, it makes me feel all right”. YES. THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING HOW IMPORTANT PRIDE IS
1 likeThis is amazing!! I really love the lyrics and the ukulele is awesome! Thank you so much for writing this, Dodie <3
6 likesI’m a straight ally, this song is beautiful and I’m not a rainbow but I’ll be the sky to hold the rainbow up when needed❤️❤️ 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
2 likesthis song makes me feel good bc a lot of the time i forget that being me is a good thing so hearing you say it abt yourself reminds me to be good to myself
1 likeFirst two lines got me grinning with tears in my eyes
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Ugh same 🙏❤️
1 likeAnna Woods dodie does that to you man
1 likeThis crushed my heart, I don't know how you do it every time dodie but jezz I could listen to your songs for eternity🌈💕 you're such a precious human
1 likei just told my parents i'm bi... i'm feeling kinda numb, but this song makes me happy that i no longer have secrets to hide from them
1 likePeople who are here after seeing this on the new album so proud
4 likes"How can i be proud of what a million people shout at me im not" Geez that hits hard
2 likesi’m not a part of the lgbtq+ community (well i’m an ally) but this song made me cry. i hate that people feel so hopeless and disregarded just because they found who they are. no one deserves that. you are you. be proud of it. i admire all of your strength and it is never time to give up💜💜
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alissa Same, all my friends are gay, and in a way I feel like I'm on the journey with them. I'm always there for comfort and support all the time, and that's the best I can do for them.
10 likesno one deserves to feel dirty because of who they love. i’m so proud of everyone in the lgbtq+ community!! the world just needs more love. 💕🌈
11 likesa couple of my friends, and even my brother (trans girl-boy) are lgbtq in some way...i cant outright fight for them, much to my dismay, but i know i can do little things that could help them in the future.
6 likesMy sis is bi. I love her with all my heart. It hurts me that she has to hide her secret from certain people. That's not right. Things need to change. This is coming from a straight white guy.
4 likesI love this, I can relate to this, and Dodie Clark is one of my favorite humans and there are only 5 of those
1 likeDodie i hope you know how incredible important this song is for me and so many people of the community love u
1 likewhen u know what the teaser is 😌i feel proud
4 likesomg omg omg wait... I see what you did! hello everyone from the new version of this song! I hope you are all doing well🌈🥺✨
1 likeIm gonna get this whole song tattooed on me i swear to god.
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Savannah Rain same
2 likesSame 🌈
2 likessame 😅❤
1 likeHow is this ukulele tuned? This sounds beautiful❤️
1 likeIt's been two years, but i still come back to this regularly and just cry
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it's been almost 4 years and I am still crying
0 likesthis deserves to be on Spotify!!! I listen to it at least once a day <3
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IT WILL BE
4 likes@Janne Decresson WHAT HOW WHEN
0 likesItsLikeAwesome BUILD A PROBLEM! We have to wait until March 5th though :(
3 likesShe feel
1 likeShe strong
She make us feel like we belong
dodie. You are amazing. Tears are STREAMING right now. I relate to this song in a VERY deep way. I am truly touched by your words I love you dearly.
108 likesGeez, that just touched me in a way I can't describe. I'll be falling a sleeping to this tonight, thank you.
1 likePs. I hope you are ok.
you, dodie, are the most beautiful and brightest rainbow <3
1 likeWonderful, I love the song❤️
2 likesthis song always makes me cry
2 likes❤️❤️❤️
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we love legends supporting legends
11 likesHi cool lady!
2 likesHi Tessa I love your song Crush☺
1 likeThe beginning sounds like a song that I cannot remember; regardless, this song is beautiful
1 like"I never even asked to be this way."
3 likes"When I'm so used to feeling wrong, well it makes me feel alright."
This song hit me right in the chest, growing up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where being gay is a sin. When I realized that I'm bisexual, I cried for hours. I struggled for months to try to talk myself into just ignoring it, and pretending to be the perfect straight girl I'm expected to be. I came out to my parents, sister, and aunt, and only my aunt fully supported me. My 10 year old sister told me that she thinks it's wrong and gross, and if I date a girl she won't ever talk to her. Even I didn't fully believe that being gay is not a sin, even though I know logically it wouldn't be. I'm finally starting to realize how beautiful life is when you accept yourself, and this song really captured my feelings so well. Learning to accept my feelings and treat them as a blessing rather than a curse is the hardest thing I've ever done, but it's also the happiest I've ever been.
Anyone back here after being reminded by the new version❤️❤️❤️
3 likesyou have helped me so much more than you could ever realize.
1 likewe stan *slams table* 🏳️🌈
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rat boi WE STAN slams table ❤️
1 likerat boi hell yeah😂
2 likesYAASSSSSSS WE STAN 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
2 likesyes kween
3 likesI was outed by my aunt to my dad. I had already experienced so much in the summer of sixth grade, and I was going to church camp, and to be honest, I had never been so scared. I’m still not sure of my sexuality, but I will find my way.
2 likesThis is like the 80th time I've listened to this and it still blows my mind
1 likeAbout a year ago coming out felt so easy. Now it feels so difficult and im so confused all the time
2 likesI need this on Spotify now
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same
0 likesI keep crying my heart out to this song. Happy pride 2019 💓
0 likesyou and your music are a blessing. i can't wait to see you live march 2019 catch me crYinG !!!!!!!!!!
0 likesEven as a lesbian, i relate to this song in a non-lgbt way, which makes me even more upset than my homophobic parents.
2 likesAt school we have a very accepting community and I can be who I am without real judgement (obviously friends are going to tease but they don't mean it) and 80-90% of my friend group is LGBT, we have 2 openly LGBT teacher and the rest are hella supportive and they'd never say the gay things i do to me parents because they know the situation. So i feel very welcome and accepted for who I am by my (chosen) family.
However, there are things I can't even fake not having issues with and are just very embarrassing for me to share, even if they aren't the worst things in the world. I have breakdowns over just the fact that I can't just be normal. But I do have a few people in my life who make it feel ok. Less inhuman. More normal. So I really really to this song that way.
I love you so much dodie ❤️❤️ what a beautiful song, my dear❤️❤️
1 like"i was brought up in a line"
874 likesdodie is a lyrical genius
edit: btw this is up for interpretation! im not saying my interpretation is the correct one
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jophysstuff "straight" lmaooo
17 likesjophysstuff not all lines are straigh
1 likewell
16 likesIn geometry a line: • is straight (no curves), • has no thickness, and. • extends in both directions without end (infinitely).
I think she meant she was raised to be straight but went her own path
3 likesAs a non binary person this song is conected so much with me
2 likesOn the first day of 7th grade I got up and sang this infront of my entire choir class, at the time all I really had was my cousin. I sang the first verse and the chorus, I was shaking the entire time. When I looked up I saw my cousin sitting in her chair crying her eyes out. She's always believed in me and we don't see her cry much. But that day I saw her so proud of me that she cried. That moment I realized that someone really did care about me, even if it was just my cousin. I'm a freshman now, but I still look back on that moment and see just how much it changed me as a person.
3 likesSo thank you Dodie, for making this song and all your music. I don't know where I would be without any of it.
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OMG I TEARED UP READING THIS THATS SO SWEET
1 likeAll the people here are so nice...
1 likeYou guys are really cool <3
I'm a rainbow 🌈
4 likesWhat a way to end the Pride Month. This song really speaks a thousand colorful words and every second of it is just beautiful. We love you so much, Dodie. Hope we're doing a good job of reminding you that everyday ❤
33 likes❤️ Love u your music is Amazingly sweet love is love nobody can change it though people disagree with that we still love and support you
1 likeHey y’all, this song is about to be two years old soon!
1 likeAnd it will also have been two years since I’ve been in the closet about being trans lmao-
thank you for this beautiful song my queen.
1 likesomeone needs to put this on spotify. please :(
1 likedodie, you make every closeted lgbtq+ a little less alone and we are all so grateful for that. people went emotional from this video, i cried, even you did, but sometimes crying is the best way of coping. thank you, dodie. you're truly a blessing.
31 likesI stumbled upon this song again after a while and listening to it now after I've started to really understand and love myself despite my sexuality was truly a beautiful feeling. Thank you for such an amazing feeling
1 like“But my title just talks over me
2 likesI never even asked to be this way”
You’re literally singing the emotions I’ve been experiencing in the past month, and I’m crying on the inside
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It's good to see you here,old friend.😊
0 likes@Meag Neff I’m sorry?
0 likesJust saying that it's good to see Dodies fans that have been around since the skittles needed US all to color 'em
0 likesso please step inside my soul
2 likesI'd Love to watch you gasp
This doesn't just hit me with my sexuality but with all my problems and how people still think I'm the sassy carefree girl i have to play to hide my thoughts.
My closeted-bi heart 😭
4 likesIf this year is 20-gay-teen, does that mean next year is 20-bi-teen?
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MehMonster As a bi person, I would very much like this to be a thing
36 likesoh my god yes !!
3 likesLet’s storm tumblr, make it happen
16 likesYES
3 likesYasss
2 likesYes, definitely, this is a thing now
3 likesMehMonster MY GOD PLEASE YES
2 likesif hayley kiyoko is queen this year, does that mean that dodie will be the queen of next year??
4 likesAnnabelle Dionisio dodie is the queen every year
3 likesthank you for putting this into words. this song comforted me so much when i was just starting to figure out my sexuality and i am just so grateful for you and your pride videos. now i’ve been out as a lesbian for a while and i am so happy i had people like you who made me feel like i had a community that i could relate to.
1 likeI heard this at Manchester last night, it was beautiful
1 likeI love this so freaking much
1 likeThis hits dead center home. My parents accept me and love me and joke around and talk about girls and feed into my weird love for rainbows and the colors pink blue and purple together in some stripes. But... I always feel in the middle. I like to understand things but I never fit the examples or relate to the metaphors. "I thought it would feel good to know why I'm different" feels so good because it's the only thing that fits. I'm so different from everyone else that I have no clue what's normal and what isn't or how to deal with things in the best way for me because I always fall somewhere in the middle. I started to notice everything and now I feel alone and distant and separated from everyone. Like, looking out the glass. I've been told before that bi doesn't exist. Its one or the other. I heard it on a show. It hurt. I was told that I don't belong. And I mean all my life I've known that I don't fit in anywhere cause I'm a special little blob and I'm happy this way but its starting to feel like everything is backwards. I want somewhere I belong. Somewhere I feel that this is where I can be everything at once and not hold back parts of myself amd only show the other parts. It's like being depressed. You feel like you sometimes laugh but never truly. Never fully.
3 likesIm actually crying rn. Ive had these exact feelings bottled up inside me for so long. Im a bit of a quiet gay (internalized homophobia and all that) and sometimes pride in and of itself feels a little inaccessible to me. It really means a lot that you took the time to put words to this experience. I dont feel half as wrong after listening to this.
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A quiet gay
3 likesMe
First published here 2 years ago, now on the new album (released yesterday) 🥺❤️
1 likeThis song gives me full body chills
1 likeI recently discovered I’m a lesbian and this song has never hit harder. While I was happy pretending to be straight, happy to pretend to fit in, I am not who I thought i was. I am a lesbian. This makes life difficult. More difficult than I thought. But I’m proud that I chose what I wanted over what the world wanted for me. Thank you Dodie, I’ve watched you since 2017, and “she” is one of my favourite songs as that’s what I listened to when I fell in love with my straight best friend lol, thank you for everything <3
2 likesthis made me weep. dodie, you’re so incredibly talented and i appreciate you so much. you inspire me so much and i want to thank you for that. much love. 💖
0 likesI finally came out to one of my close friend of 9 years earlier this month and she told her parents who said they’d hide it from mine and have been more than accepting. Being raised in a homophobic home and having someone so close to me be accepting has meant the world to me thank you dodie for a wonderful song and hope you have a wonderful last day of pride❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
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I'm sorry about your home situation, but extremely happy that you've got people like your friend's family to be there for you.
3 likesWell done, one of my friends came out to her parents yesterday and I feel so happy for her!
0 likes<3 all the luck, love and best positive wishes <3
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1 likesorry about your family but sounds like you foound a better one in your friend x
0 likesI wish I had ANYONE but I don’t 🤐
0 likesI’m glad someone accepts you! I’m in a similar situation but my friends parents told my mom so now she knows. She thinks it’s a phase but I didn’t loose my house so it’s ok
0 likesDodieee this was so perfect! You put the way so many people feel into words. You are such a bright light in so many people’s lives. Speaking for the dodie fans thank you so much. We love you and are amazed by you every time we see you.
1 likeI love this song. I'm straight, but I have a lot of LGBTQ+ friends and listening to this song helps me understand what they see and feel. I love you Dodie, keep doing what you're doing.
1 likei don't understand why Dodie's lyrics aren't world-famous
2 likesDodie made me cry! This was so beautiful! I needed to hear this today!
0 likesOh gosh 💖
135 likesI'm a rainbow and you make me feel alright! 💕 it's amazing 💕
1 likeOh wow this is so beautiful! It really got to me even though I'm not even a rainbow myself. Amazing
0 likesYou are special and incredible and I care about you so much <3
1 likewhen i first heard this song i didn’t think much of it, but fast forward two years and after learning a whole lot about myself i listened to this song again for the first time in a while and FUCK this song has me EMOTIONAL!!!
1 likeSooo I’m asexual I think. No I don’t think I know.
45 likesI’ve been battling for years about my sexuality and this past pride month with so much love and support, I felt I was getting closer and closer to knowing. And this, this has come at the perfect moment dodie. So dodie, or anyone who reads this, let you be the first to know, I am asexual. And one day I will become strong and brave enough to own it 😊
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Hey me too !! :D
2 likesMe too! Welcome to the asexual community, where we have lots of cake, bad puns and cool people who understand exactly how you feel 💜
6 likesMe too! Hello!
1 likeCan someone tell me what being asexual is, because I feel like I am asexual, but I don’t know what a person who actually is one feels like.
0 likesi would totally recommend checking out AVEN; it's a site for asexuals and even people who aren't asexuals and just want to learn about asexuality! really great place to be- everyone's super loving and kind :)
4 likes@Sasha it’s when you don’t feel sexually attracted to anyone (though there is grey asexual where you feel slight attraction!) while Ive been struggling I thought I was bisexual as I find both men and women equally attractive but the more I explored and researched I realised that this equal attraction was more based on not being interested in either rather than both. I hope this helps and good luck finding who you are!
0 likeshoney lavender bakery I’ll definitely check it out, thank you! At the moment I’ve only been using tumblr and YouTube 😂
0 likesthis one really hits the feels
1 likei love this with all my heart and soul
4 likesThis gives me chills every time. Thank you, Dodie, for being so amazing.
0 likesthis is so amazing omg I wish I could write songs like this
0 likesI relate so personally to this song especially 1:20
You are such a beautiful soul dodie clark
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Caleb Twombly if I could heart react this comment I would ❤️
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0 likesI’m kinda sad because I don’t know my sexuality, I know there’s no rush to figure it out but I think I might be pansexual. This song is so beautiful!
1 likethis is absolutely beautiful, every part of it. I love the message. to the the lgbtq+ people, I support you with all my heart! you are valid! love you dodie 🌈
0 likesThroughout this pride month i have realised how damn lucky I am to have the people I do in my life. I feel like I don't need the support of pride that so many others do and I am so greatful for that. To all of my friends and everyone on the internet who have helped me so much, I love you, Thank you xx
1 likeso cool this was officially released today!
1 like"How can I be proud of what a million people shout at me I'm not"
111 likesThis is so heartbreakingly relatable, thank you so much for putting it into such beautiful words
Thank you Dodie. I am still figuring myself out, but all I know is that I love women. This song has given me hope and strength in the scariest, most confusing, and most daunting times in my life. Your words even gave me enough courage to come out to a close friend of mine yesterday and he told me how proud he was of me for trying to find myself and who I am. I still have my entire family, friends, and even myself to truly come-out to but thanks to wonderful lgbtq+ icons like you, I know many others on confusing and difficult home situations can find the strength in ourselves. With all the hate and shame my family puts on this wonderful community, I'm still not scared of who I am and who I love. That is all I could ever ask for. Even if it takes me years to tell them, this song will be the reason why.
1 likeThank you for this gift. Thank you for this confidence. Thank you for this love. Thank you for everything.
I love how subtle but so strong and clear this song is. ❤️
0 likesListened to this 50+ 💛
3 likesI wish this song was on spotify
1 likeThis is so beautiful. Although I'm not part of the LGBTQ+ community, I'll be here supporting everyone who is. ☺🏳️🌈
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I think everyone should be part of it as we are all equal/we should be ❤️
4 likesdead kpop inside joke Ikr people need to support them because it's like what if being straight was seen as gay or bi like they need to jndertand that not everyone is perfect and nobody is the same
1 likeMe too! ☺️🏳️🌈
2 likesI've got to say you're the best rainbow
1 likeThis is beautiful💗🌈 the lyrics and the soft music are so perfect together
0 likesthis song makes me cry almost every time I come back and watch it. it's perfect.
0 likesTwo years later and I still love you for this, Dodie. Thank you for my heart.
0 likesOf course it's dodie who closes Pride Month with an original ❤️
29 likesThis is making me tear up because it touches my heart ♥️ Dodie your sooooo special just like a rainbow
0 likesWhere do I even start! These lyrics are so beautiful, you’re voice is outstanding, the meaning is heart warming! I really admire your work!💞🙏
0 likesThis is a beautiful song and it made me cry, I didn't know how much I needed this.
0 likesaweee I'm gonna cry ;-; This is such a beautiful song!!
0 likes“It’s getting hard to navigate when every map was never made for me” I have no words this was so amazingly written I love this line and I love this song
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Clara R :3 I have no words
1 likeNo words that can heal
All that is broken
😂😉
Well this is the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard
0 likesDodie you're a rainbow and bright and beautiful and inspiring! ❤️🌈
0 likesugh sometimes I just rewatch this because I feel it in the depths of my soul and it’s so beautiful
0 likesI didnt know how much i needed this until know, im actually sobbing this is so amazing
0 likes❤️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜
827 likesmy fave lines:
So please step inside my soul
I’d love to watch you gasp
You’d understand in minutes
❤️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜
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Jera Sky YESSSS🌈❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
1 likeOMG HI
1 likeThe fuck is that trim
0 likesI dont ever remember coming out to my friends, all my friends are apart of the lgbtq community. I came out to my therapist first. She accepted me, and i talked about my relationship with my girlfriend Kat. This friday im coming out to my mom, and asking for a gay flag..
1 likewish me luck <3
i 👏🏼 love 👏🏼 this
0 likesTHIS IS AWESOME SHSJSKSHSK ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
that's my favourite song so far! shivers evey time :')
0 likesI love the sound of the chords. They sound so pretty
0 likesWho else came back here after hearing the album version?
2 likeswhat a pretty, sweet and lovely person.. 😭❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ i hope she finds nothing but happiness 💗💗💗💗
0 likes"How can I be proud of what a million people shout at me? I'm not." damn
4 likesTava com saudade ❤️
0 likesThis was the perfect ending to my first pride month being out.
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Awe congrats! I mean I'm not out yet but this is an awesome way to end it lol
1 likeMe too but im not allowed to express my gayness tbh but stilll
1 likeBananaPhoneCrazy me too.
1 likeproud of u!
1 likeI hope you young, beautiful queers had a wonderful pride, and that you have many more.
2 likesproud of you! this is my first pride month being out as trans and it's incredible 🏳️🌈
1 likeSuch a beautiful song! I hope this can inspire many to live the life they want to live and make the most out of everyday :)
1 likeAlso a lot of Kudos Dodie, making original songs are hard lol, that's why when I do it, they're only around 10 seconds long xD
Every time I listen to this I get goosebumps! So beautiful and genuinely heartfelt!
0 likesI’m so excited to see her oh my gosh
1 likePLEASE put this on Spotify !!!! I want to listen to this EVERYDAY !!! <3
0 likesi have never clicked a notification so fast
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Same I was so happy 😁🌈
0 likesJuliette Marzio omg same I freaked out
0 likesMe too
0 likesThis song makes me so happy, I love you Dodie.
0 likesAnd also just beautiful melody and chords! 🙌😮💙 so many goosebumps!
0 likesI don't know why, but as soon as I heard the chorus I started bawling my eyes out...
0 likesThank you, Dodes.
....just as I was debating whether or not to come out as gay...... thank you for giving me the courage I needed for this
1 likeIM A LESBIAN AND IN HIGH SCHOOL I HATED THAT WORD AND WOULD NOT IDENTIFY AS IT BUT NOW IM SO PROUD OF WHERE I AM AND THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!
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why is this exactly my story too wow
1 likeim proud of u and i hope u make it through high school alright
1 likeJulia Dempsey oh hahah thank you!!!! I’ve actually already graduated! 💖💖💖💖🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
1 likeFor a long time, I never liked the same guys as all the other girls, I felt different and left out, they would talk about how they would love for a guy to “give them good sex” and the subject always kinda made me a little uncomfortable. I always thought guys and girls were cute. I felt different then all the other girls and they made fun of me for it.
3 likesBut I did some research and learned that I am a biromantic asexual (a person who does not have sexual attractions towards others, biromantic means I like more than one gender) and I’ve had so many people tell me I’m wrong or I’m trying to get attention, and my parents have even told me I’m going to hell. This song made me feel better.
Thank you
I am sobbing.Than you dodie <3.You've just summed up how I've been feeling for some time.Love you
0 likesShe's beautiful
2 likesI loooovvveeee this song considering I'm Pansexual and my pansexual body feels satisfied
1 likedodie your songs are my safe space
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Ina Louise same
0 likesme too :)
0 likeseverything you do and everything you are is beautiful ❤️
0 likesI feel like you just bathed my soul in rose water. this is beautiful
0 likesPlease put this song on Amazon music!!! It's so incredibly beautiful!!!!
0 likesYou’re songs always make me emotional even if they aren’t sad they make me want to cry.
0 likesthe most iconic end to pride month🌈
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•rueruels• don’t you mean BIconic hahaha
8 likesThat’s my cue to leave
Stay proud❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💗🏳️🌈
3 likesThis song is just incredible in so many ways. 💓
0 likesI’m questioning and every time I hear this song, I cry. I cry because I feel it hits very close to home, but I scream at myself that I’m not gay and I don’t deserve to listen and feel something when I hear this song. I sob because I don’t know who I am and I’m so lost on how I should feel. I don’t even know where to start or how to end.
2 likesI’ve told my mom that I’m questioning, and after a day or two, she came to the conclusion she doesn’t mind. She told me I don’t need to rush to find a label. It felt amazing when she said that, but as of now, I can’t stop thinking about labels, and which one belongs to me.
I’ve built up so much pressure when it comes to sexuality that whenever someone brings it up I tense and my face gets red. Sometimes my eyes water.
I tell myself I’m not gay, and I don’t deserve beautiful songs like this. I don’t deserve to get that special validation when someone accepts you for your sexuality, because I’m the normal, straight.
I don’t know who I am, but I know that whatever I end up being, my mom will be there for me.
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Whoever you are, whatever you feel, I promise it’ll make sense one day. You don’t need a label or to even know for sure. Go with what feels right and everything will eventually click into place and you might not even realise it. Stay strong, whoever you are 💖
1 likeSo nice and sweet voice, love how you play your uku on this beautiful original song, beautiful choirs and backing vocals ! LOVE IT :D
0 likesAhh hit me in the feels. Love this song
0 likesTo anyone reading this: YOU ARE A BEAUTIFUL VIBRANT RAINBOW!!!
93 likesdon't click read more unless you're prepared for a paragraph
Okay.
So this pride month, I saw all of these beautiful people talking about their experiences and how much they love pride. It is astonishingly beautiful. I really really really want to be a part of it. I'm not sure where I stand yet though. I have a lot of LGBTQ+ friends, and they introduced me to a side of the world I'd never seen. A few things clicked for me. I don't want to label myself yet, though. I guess I haven't really accepted it, or come out to myself yet. Bisexual feels right. Demisexual feels right. Queer fells right. Asexual feels right. But what I'm afraid of is that, by assigning myself a label, I'll work too hard to make it true. Does that make any sense? Probably not. Anyway, what I'm really asking for is some advice, and I guess some help. Thank you so much. I LOVE PRIDE
Alright let's UPDATE: I came out to some friends as bisexual over text and I will figure it out from there. Thank you so so much for your words repliers.
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I totally get what your saying. There’s no need to assign yourself a label too quickly. We’re all just working it out. Best of luck. ❤️❤️❤️
7 likesThat’s tough, and it’s difficult to have something that you can’t quite name. But you don’t have to label yourself right away, many people never do. You’re you and whichever label you choose doesn’t change that. :) good luck, you got this 💜💜🏳️🌈
9 likesBest way to find yourself, for me at least, was to let go of the labels and just grow and learn at my own pace. Labels can be tricky and weird, since everyone is at least a little bit different and experiences love and attraction in their own ways. I went from straight, to no label, to bi, to pan, and that feels the most right now. I still fall somewhere tricky on the asexual and demisexual spectrum though, and I guess I’ll learn where I am on that whenever I get into my first relationship, or heck, even after that. Have a good pride regardless of who you are.
6 likesRyn Thomas I feel you, I've been thinkin the same things for a couple of months now.
4 likesAHA I FEEL THE EXACT SAME WAY it’s fine just give it time it’ll settle out eventually (at least, that’s what I’m hoping 😂)
3 likesJust say your not straight, but you don’t fit in a box. And that’s ok. It’s ok to be unlabeled!
2 likesRyn Thomas What you describe really hits me hard honestly, because I felt like that for so long (yet I didn't have half your understanding and capability to put it into words.) Take your time, explore your feelings. Your emotions are valid, and it's so incredibly mature of you to notice them.
4 likesUnderstanding your sexuality is a journey, and I sure wish you a great one ^^
I feel the same way, wondering if I’m bi, demi, or just pushing labels on myself. I think people’s comments are right, that we can figure it out and we don’t have to use labels right away!
3 likesRyn Thomas I totally get it and what matters is that you are comfortable. No need to push a label onto yourself. You are loved and validated and I hope you realize that too.
2 likesThat's how I feel exactly (and have been for at least a year). I've decided to just go with 'probably not straight kinda demisexual' which is not as catchy as I would like it to be but otherwise feels just right. So do whatever feels right to you. Take no label, Take ALL THE LABELS, make up your own, just pick whatever you're comfortable with and change it if you want. I wish you a very nice day, good bye :)
2 likesI'm still working it out too and I'm glad to see someone else like me. I told some one I was questioning my sexuality the other day and she said I was too young to be thinking about that, despite the fact she herself has a boyfriend! It made me feel really downhearted that no one believes that I could be LGBTQ+ when I think I am.
1 likeYouTube must be glitching because it never told me that so many people saw this and responded. It was a lovely surprise to see all of these amazing people telling me about their journeys and tell me it's okay what I'm feeling, that I'm special for seeing them and interpreting them. I'm so incredibly touched. I wish you knew how much your words meant to me, how I feel like crying because I've found some wonderful people. *HUGS*
2 likesGosh I love how brutally honest this is 😷😍
0 likesYou amazing and I can’t explain how amazing you are. you have inspired me to play the ukulele and not only that to be more comfortable in my voice. ❤️
0 likesThis song makes me cry every time. I'm not even joking. I still love it so much. Thank you for that beautiful piece of art.
0 likesAhhh Dodie this is amazing!! I fell in love with the song inmediatly 💖💖
0 likesbest way to end pride month
38 likes❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
I need this on Spotify so I can listen to it every day of my liiiffffeeeeeeeeeeeee
0 likestoday i discovered just how different my cousin and i are..
2 likesit all started when he brought up his opinion that there are only two genders
from there i learned that he is homophobic, transphobic, pro-life, and pro trump (not even the whole of it)
i asked why he was against people's happiness, their freedom to live and be themselves
no matter what i said, he would simply not hear me out
he repeatedly told me that we should not allow this to affect our relationship
what he didn't know is that it had already been hurting me for maybe a year now
i always suspected we differed in views, but i never thought it would be this extreme
i don't know what to do
i don't know what to say
but i would like to thank the entire community, as well as this video, for showing me that there are amazing people out there
a rainbow must always come with a storm
i know i'll get through his hatred
i was just so taken aback
but we will carry on with strength, as we do
I just can't
0 likesHow can a person be so great and perfect?!😍
I just want you to know that you made me love myself. Thank you!
I heard this for the first time live 10/10
1 likeAll my favorite songs are from you. You've helped me so much with self awareness and self acceptance. I could never thank you enough. Shine on Dodie ❤🌈
0 likesThis song makes me want to come out to everyone I WISH I COULD
0 likesi love this song so much like every time I hear it I just cry
0 likesI love, love, love this. Such a great song!
0 likesThank you, Dodie.
0 likesYou make me feel wanted
You make me feel accepted
And this song gives me all the feels! I can relate
whenever i have a bad day and feeling so lost this song remind me that it’s alright and yes sometimes my title will be louder then my words and I will get ignored because of that and the stigmas and stereotypes behind it and even though it sucks it’s ok because I am becoming myself and feeling more confident and comfortable everyday and I think that’s what I should pay attention to more then other people and there sometimes harmful and ignorant opinions
1 likeoh my god i’m cRYING!!! WHY MUST YOU WRITE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL BUT HEART-WENCHING SONG, DODIE?!
0 likesLOVE THIS! GAVE ME GOOSEBUMPS
0 likesThank you dodie. I'm 14 and just came out to my parents and it didn't go ideally to say the least. They don't think I can actually be bi because I'm too young and that I can't label it because it's just me asking for "unnecessary attention" but every time I watch one of your LGBT videos, I'm proud again. Thank you. I'll never be able to tell you how much you've helped me. Another amazing song. 💙💙
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MaryBerry15 man I’m sorry about your parents you can never be too young I’ve known since I was 10 or 11 yknow why are straight kids not too young to be classed as straight, I hope you’r parents come around and accept you. It will all be okay
14 likesHon, that’s literally exactly what my parents said when I first came out to them. It hurt a lot and I began to go into a drop of depression but I’m doing better now. And here I am, one year after coming out and my parents are so much more supportive than they use to be. So if you are ever feeling down just know how much I love you❤️
4 likesBradie Goaler thank you so much. I know this channel is always a place full of safe and supportive people
3 likesMaryBerry15 I was 16 when I told my mom I’m asexual, and she refused to believe it for the same reason... she thought since I hadn’t dated much that I couldn’t “possibly know.” When I came out, I hadn’t even had my first kiss.... but I’m with someone now and my mom asked me if he knows my sexual orientation is asexual... and I smiled as I said yes. She admitted it. It DOES get better.
1 likeIt’s now been a year since I told my mom, and although it took a while for us to get past it, she accepts me. She even bought me a black ace ring and refers to it as “my ring” or “my ace ring” as it’s normal for me.
3 likesI identified from the age of 15, and my 3rd year anniversary is September 18. You’ll get past this and think “Wow.... that was a lot easier than I thought.”
You exactly described what I'm going through rn, except I'm 16. Gl to you, I hope your parents come around and accept you uvu ‹3
1 likeyou 👏 are 👏 never 👏 too 👏 young 👏
1 likeyou really truly have a gift dodie <3
0 likesDodie i love you so much, your song inspired me to come out to two of my best of friends, thank you so much ❤❤
0 likeslove this song
1 likeYou are too pure for this world, a wee bright light in the darkness thank you ❤️💛💚💙💜
0 likesWHERE ARE MY BI-BIES AT
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Rebecca Ogden 🙋🏻♀️
1 likeRebecca Ogden YAAA!!!!
1 like💖💜💙
1 likeI remember hearing this song when it came out. I was at a Christian Retreat, coming to terms with my sexual orientation and realizing the weight of it. At the same time, I was falling in love with someone who's now my boyfriend. This couldn't have been released at a more surreal time and I remember sobbing listening to it because of everything that was going on and how much it hit close to home for me. So thank you dodie for changing my life in the ways that you do.
1 likeI love this so much!! Your voice is so beautiful Dodie!!
0 likesThis is beautiful
1 likeyou just made me cry
0 likesyou're my favorite rainbow
HOW CUTE AND PERFECT IS SHE?!?!!??
33 likesThank you for bring out this song it means so much for myself 🌈🏳️🌈 and please put this on iTunes and Spotify such a beautiful song
0 likesYou and your voice are beautiful and I've loved watching you since I was like 13 and I'm 17 now and I love you're still creating music and being incredible 💖
0 likesDodie. You're my rainbow after every rain in my mind. Thank You!!!
6 likesI listen to this every time I doubt who I am, thank you Dodie x
0 likesI'm in so much physical pain right now because of my disability and I listened to this and just started crying. Not tears of sadness, but you made me forget about my physical pain through your music. Thank you for that.
272 likesEDIT: Thank you for all the kind comments. I am disabled (still undiagnosed, presumably autoimmune & major depression and anxiety) and bi. :)
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tallasianchick I hope you feel better soon, not sure what disability you may be but I hope your pain gets better 💜
4 likesgoing through physical and mental disabilities atm and can relate!! <3
1 likeBallinger101 we have the same color as our prof pic <3
2 likestallasianchick stay strong I have CP and trust me it gets better❤️😊
1 likei keep listening to this song and every time i do
0 likesi end up crying
it's such a beautiful song
youre a perfect human, this song makes me feel good youre the cutest ever.
0 likesdodie putting words to my feelings once again, thank you <3
0 likesI’m Pan and this song made me very happy. The lyrics are beautiful and the melody is amazing. Well done dodie, this is gorgeous. <33
0 likesdo you ever hear a lyric and think "one day that will be tattooed on my body"
75 likesThis deserves way more views
1 likeEvery time I feel dysphoria or am feeling like a “fraud” in the community, I come back to this video. thank you Dodie
0 likesOmg I love this so much. It’s so inspiring. I like to think I’m not confused I’m bisexual🌈😭
0 likesThis is so beautifull
1 likeI was sad that pride month is over, but then dodie posts this
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bish pride can be ERYDAY
16 likesit’s 20gayteen every month is pride month. it’s pride year :)
4 likesEveryday is pride if you want it to be 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈😄🌈
1 likeThis is absolutely beautiful, you inspire me! 😍 I love your messages. They are so authentic and deep. 👍
0 likesBeautiful work! It warms my heart to know we have such amazing people like you in this world~~
0 likesThis is GORGEOUS, thank you so much for sharing your words and your voice!! Your music changed my life and I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels that way :D
0 likesThis song is just really amazing, it really helps with accepting something you have just been trying to push to the back of your head but in the end you can't ignore it forever. 💗
0 likeshappy pride everyone 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
359 likesThis song really touched me and my soul. I thank Dodie for sharing her beautiful talent with the world because it's songs like this that make me feel not so alone.
0 likesIT'S PRIDE MONTH AGAIN!!
3 likesThis has such beauty.❤
0 likesim watching a playlist of your songs and its helping my headache so much oml
0 likesI'm screaming, that was so beautiful and the best way to end June 💖💜💙
144 likesI know songs take time to make, but sometimes I wish you would upload more ❤️
0 likesThis is beautiful dodie ❤ I love this so much x
0 likesI’m actually crying omg. I might learn this and casually play it to my mum :’’’)
0 likesThis is my first time listening to your music and I'm so glad I discovered this channel. This is now my favorite song it's so beautiful and sweet. I hope it reaches people everywhere and shines some peace and acceptance on an otherwise dim world.
0 likesMuch love.
i went to my first pride parade today and went to a pride themed disco with bishadow (bi colored eyeshadow)
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ellaisnotok this is the best thing in the world 😂❤️❤️❤️❤️🏳️🌈 "bishadow" hahaha I love that with all of my heart
7 likesI WENT TO MY FIRST PRIDE TODAY TOO!!!!
1 likeellaisnotok snap. My first pride parade was in Dublin today and it was so special and magical
0 likesellaisnotok also loving 'bishadow'
0 likeswhy has this brightened my day so much ❤️ thank you x
0 likesThis song is so beautiful, I love it❤
0 likesThis is brilliant what did we do to deserve you wowww 😭
0 likesthis makes me feel accepted with who i am <3 thank you
0 likesDodie, you’re so talented! “You’re a rainbow.”
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you're
2 likesemma thank you for the correction! I will edit my comment!
4 likesDIY SJ The correct grammar/spelling is "dodie, you're so talented" not your. When you tell someone they're talented, you use you're which would be short for you are. Just to remind you as I see you've been corrected, but the full mistake does not appear to be fixed. 😉
2 likesWhoCares IDo thanks for the correction!
2 likeswhen i came out to my mum she said she had been in a lesbian relationship once and the girl was extremely jealous and insecure about her significant other being around men. according to her, because that was her first and only experience, every single lesbian relationship automatically is jealousy and insecurity with zero trust. so, now she thinks i'm just going through a phase. it hurts knowing she thinks i'll be a jealous insecure person because i love a girl. she refuses to acknowledge my attraction to girls completely and only ever focuses on finding me a boyfriend or husband. it really, really sucks. this song still helps me get through some of the harder days....so thank you. really, thank you so much.
2 likesWhy do I play dodie's playlist when I'm trying to get ready? I CAN'T DO MY MAKEUP IF IM CRYING 😭
0 likes❤️💛💚💙💜 this song has been on repeat for me! Love it, and captures how I feel ❤️💛💚💙💜
0 likesThis is amazing!!! You’re such a great singer and I love your music, keep up the great work! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
0 likesI love how calm you sound 💛🌈
0 likesSo beautiful. Thank you for blessing my ears
0 likesHow are you so talented?!? I just love you and your music to pieces!!!❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🏳️🌈😁😍
0 likesDodie, you're an incredible song-writer. You captured this experience so perfectly. thank you <3
0 likesLiterally beautiful,almost brought me to tears!I'm straight but I support whatever anyone feels they are,it doesn't even have to have a name:you're whoever you feel like,whatever you feel like and you can love whoever you want.We should accept it no matter what because we all praise truth and want to live with it and that's the peoples' truth.💗
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ChVP * this comment made me very happy
10 likeshi you're great and I thank you for this comment :)
10 likesI agree with you wholeheartedly. Although I'm straight, I fully support LGBTQ+. Thank you so much for writing this comment.
6 likesY'all are the best! Thanks for being supportive. Us LGBTQ+ folk really appreciate it :D
8 likesCan we get an amen because you are 100% true
1 likeopinions are usually not at a point of right or wrong, but, YOUR OPINION IS SO CORRECT OMG.
1 likeI’m straight too but I understand what she’s talking about. These words go out is far beyond sexuality. I feel like it’s similar with mental illness or abnormalities. You wrap yourself in a label like a suit of armor sometimes but then it traps you and you can’t get out. You become the armor. You’re not you anymore. And there are still those who don’t see why you need the armor and think you’re faking a weakness, or what can feel like a weakness.
0 likesWhole heartedly agree, but also, this song (although originally about the LGBT community) can be for everyone I think, we all have struggles where we’re told we’re wrong and I think that it is helpful to everyone!!
0 likesIn love, in so many many ways x
1 likeI love this so much Dodie! Thank you so much for being you and for doing what you do <333
0 likesim crying this is so amazing :,)
0 likesi love queer! its so amazing! people dont think that they are "queer" when everyone truly is. people shouldnt get hate for it, its truly amazing! <3
0 likesthe guitar chords remind me of sick of losing soulmates a little, it makes the song seem familiar and i loove it
87 likesthese lyrics... are amazing, dodie hit me once again
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0 likeswonderful splendid gorgeous beautiful this song made me a lil teary eyed smiley despite pride month being over
IM SO INLOVE ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ you make amazing songs and omfg your voice, your lyrics, your instrument playing gahahdidvdidbd A M A Z I N G 😭⭐️❤️
0 likesYou have something so, so special ❤️
0 likesThank you. I'm a panromantic asexual, and I've always been told that something is wrong with me, by homophobes and the lgbt community itself.
45 likesBut you've reminded me that I'm part of a rainbow and now I sort of feel alright :)
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Afraid Of Trees <3
0 likesAfraid Of Trees I'm asexual panromantic too
0 likesi relate 💛😭
0 likesI’m a demiromantic pansexual. I get not feeling right
0 likesI’m Panro Ace too :)
0 likesI’m ace too :DDD
0 likesi love the way dodie sings you make me feel like a rainbow
0 likesDodie, you are so beautiful. Thank you for being there. If I could send love in an envelope, I would, but I cant, so here's a comment. I love you! Stay lovely!
0 likesi just want to say thank you to my friend for sending us this at 12am on june 1st
1 likeI actually cried while listening to this because it’s the embodiment of everything I feel as a trans person and I’m so thankful to you for making this
1 like"I was brought up in a line but I seem to walk in circles"
114 likesThat is just so accurate, not just for my sexuality but my general personality and perspective and hopes for life are so different than what they are of everyone else in my family
the chords are beautiful ur voice is outstanding the lyrics are so heart felt im inlove
0 likesI’ll never regret listening to your music. This is so cute
0 likesI'm proud to be a rainbow 🏳🌈
1 likeOMG THIS IS TRULY BEAUTIFUL!!!!
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243 likesDodie you are so wonderful. This song gave me CHILLS. It makes me feel so... KNOWN. Understood. You’ve helped me sooo much with coming to terms with my bisexuality. I used to think I was a freak stuck in what’s “supposed to be a phase” and seeing your talks about sexuality (the first and then the official coming out both) were so very very helpful to me at the time, and still are today. 💙💜💗
This is so so beautiful and emotional literally about to cry.
0 likesI'm tearing up. Thank you, Dodie
0 likesStunning. <3
1 likeDodie, my heart is yours <3
0 likes'How can i be proud of what a million people tell me that im not' damn thats such a good lyric, i relate ❤
128 likesWow! I'm speechless!
0 likesSuch a lovely song, so heartfelt, and so beautiful. Thank you for gifting us with your music, it means a lot.
I appreciate this greatly! It really does touch me
0 likesthis was absolutely beautiful. thankyou for this wonderful piece of music.
0 likesOne of my best friends had come out as pansexual and leaning towards females, and I acted very okay with it. However, for a good month or two, I didn't feel nearly as comfortable to sleep over at her house, platonically hold hands with her, pretend to be gay in public with for laughs, as I had before. Especially after she had come out to me as having a crush on me, someone straight and only having platonic feelings for said friend. Everything was fine, but it took me a shamefully long time to realize that none of that changed anything. Maybe she liked me, and maybe she liked females, but this was still the same girl I had spent countless hours adoring for her laugh and odd bits of her personality. She was the same person, just a little more honest with herself now. She still doesn't know how I felt for that short time, and I don't intend to tell her, but I still can't believe that I even considered her to be any different than the amazing person I had always known her to be.
2 likesI never even asked to bi this way
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ATHAN 😂 officially my favorite comment because I mean same🏳️🌈
5 likesLmaooooo
3 likesyesssssssss
This made me giggle
4 likeshehe but it's true :(
2 likesYessss dodie thank you this is beautiful ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🌈🌈🌈
0 likesThis is soooo beautiful, I'm in tears
0 likesThis makes me cry every single time I here it. My body gets all heavy but my head feels so light
0 likesi used this song as part of coming out to my sister so thank you <33
0 likesdodie posted a video
11 likesGUYS DODIE POSTED A VIDEO IM CRYING YES OMG IVE BEEN BLESSED
we need a tutorial because this👏was👏so👏good
0 likesthank you dodie you never fail to disappoint me 💕💞💓💗💗💖💘💝💟
Your voice makes me almost fall in love, but more than that, the way you look as you sing, makes me wish I was young again.
0 likesYou're amazing.
this song has never been able to not make me cry. I’m sitting here at one in the morning sobbing. ugh dodieeeee
0 likesI know they'll accept me, but I also know it will put an uncomfortable film on our relationship forever 😔
2 likes'my title talks over me' i came out to one of my bestest friends recently and im so scared she'll see me as 'my lesbian friend' rather than a friend who has had her back for two years now. rather than someone she has gone through shit with. im scared she'll never look at me the same. im scared she's hiding her discomfort and secretly wants me gone bc it feels weird for her. im so scared.
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6 likesdodieatthedisco you have nothing to be afraid of because if she is your best friend she will understand that you are her best friend because no title should ever change that bond between the two of you I know it can be scary since I came out to my best friend too and he was very understanding and it feels like me and him are closer then ever before.
5 likesi feel this. im exactly where you are. all of my friends know that im a lesbian but i dont know how to navigate not making it my whole identity or making them uncomfortable. trust me, i understand what youre going through and im so sorry bc ik how much it sucks
3 likesdoddleoddle i love you so much ❤
0 likesjacob fuentes i really appreciate this, thank you :)
0 likesava harvest we can get through this 💗 i believe in u pal :)
0 likesthank you for this.
0 likesthis song is absolutely beautiful
I am nonbinary and this song hits me so hard because it puts words to things that I have never been able to explain. Thank you so much for sharing this song with all of us, Dodie. It really means the world :'D
1 likeThis is beautiful oh my god I can’t
0 likesThe official song is going to have clarinets I'm so excited ahhhhhhhh
0 likesI'm crying this is beautiful I love you omg
0 likesi’m so excited if this is the one on friday ahhhh
2 likescongrats for that amazing song !
0 likesplays this song on repeat for the rest of my existence
0 likesI’m not crying you’re crying
as a lesbian, i approve every word and every note in this song and i'm crying and i don't know if it is from sadness or happiness but i hope to be alright someday
19 likesHOLY SHIT YOU ARE AMAZING💙
0 likesI LOVE THIS, THANK YOU DODIE
0 likesDODIE IS RECORDING THIS IN A STUDIO AT THIS MOMENT I CANT WAIT TO HEAR THE STUDIO VERSION
0 likesThis song is so beautiful. The chords are so pretty to listen to and the lyrics really hit home for me. Thank you so much for this song dodie it's absolutely stunning.
0 likesTime to listen to the song and watch the video over 1000 times to try and figure out how to play this lol
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Savannah Rain its actually quite easy the picking pattern is just 432 over and over again and chords are easy to see from the video but keep in mind she plays it on a baritone uke
4 likesAthanasia Taousiani Ohh. That is really easy lol. Thank you sm
2 likesdoes anyone know what chords shes playing? i dont have a baritone uke unfortunately
0 likesEvie Fable idk the chord names, i just learned them by watching her
0 likesbeautiful song as usual, you are amazing❤️❤️❤️ ilysm
0 likesOMG ALL THESE GAY SONGS ARE GIVING ME LIFE 😭😭❣️
0 likesthis is just so amazing!
0 likesDodie thank u for this it makes me calm and happy as does all ur music especially when things are the worst
0 likesA true bicon, my gay heart is happy here ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
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Lara Anderson omg I'm sorry but you're sooo pretty
5 likesLara Anderson same
1 likeEmma Parker aw thank you so much hun, you're beautiful too ❤️😊
3 likesEmma Parker Lara Anderson I second that for both of you.
1 likeBICON
2 likesI thought you said bitcoin
1 likePhangirl___ Damn everyone is so sweet on here, I need to come to the comment section more often 😂❤️
2 likesCHORDS PLEASE THIS SONG IS A BLESSING TO MY EARS
0 likeswow going back to this version after hearing the version that dropped today....WOWIE many tears were/are being shed
0 likesWhat a lovely human you are. So very beautiful 💕 thank you for sharing this with the world.
0 likes<3 Best ending to pride month! Thanks dodie x <3
0 likesOh man when those harmonies kicked in. Right in the feels. Gorgeous 💖 to all my LGBTQ+ Lovelies out there, I stand with you. As a Christian, I know the church has hurt so many of you. And on behalf of them, I am so, so, so, so sorry. I hope that if you are needing that apology, (whoever reads this) that it brings you warmth. I love you all, you beautiful rainbows 💕
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thank you so so much for this comment, as a gay Christian I'm always worried about the opinions from both sides and so this really made me feel nice 💛💛💛💛
6 likesI wish more lovely humans like you existed oh gosh. This comment made me tear up a bit tbh
3 likesThank you so much, as a pansexual catholic, I cannot tell you how meaningful this is. I'd been told that people who. like the same gender are confused, especially those who like multiple genders, and others will question why I am so deeply rooted in my faith. Thank you for being so kind
4 likesThank you. A lot. My parents are Christian and aren’t very accepting so to know there are people who understand, is very warming❤️
2 likesthank you. i was raised in a Christian household and lost so many friends when i came out and not once have i heard an apology from my church "family", so thank you, for truly being family 💕
2 likesThank you. As a catholic girl who’s still figuring herself out, it’s nice to know that there are people, even people far away on the internet, who understand and sympathise and accept
2 likesThis makes my little bi Christian heart swell, thank you!
2 likesalittlelost omg I wish I could hug you 💕 smile beautiful one!
0 likesMildly Majestic you are so welcome darling 💕 may God bless you
1 likeMJMarie you are so very welcome. May God be with your Spirit precious one 💕
0 likesKristen Hall I am so glad that I could be that apology for you sweetie. May God bless you 💕
0 likesThat Little Badger the world may be dark and scary, but God is so much bigger and His love is so much stronger 💕 always remember that He wants your questions just as much as your faith because He just wants you to come to Him. May you be blessed sweet heart 💜
0 likesOstrichJocelyne you are so welcome honey! I hope you smile today 💕
0 likesThis made me cry. I am still new to knowing I am genderfluid and I am so scarred to come out and to be out because much of society doesn't believe genderfluid people exist. I was going through a really tough part in my life trying to except who I am (still working on it) and had to be homeschooled. I feel guilty for not just powering through and being out to spread awareness that I and others exist. My dad doesn't really care and sort of just tolerates people and my mom is accepting though doesn't get it but my brother hates anyone in the LGBTQ+ community who isn't just a cis gay. And I don't know what my friends would feel about it. I wish I could just be myself.
1 likeBeautiful words, and a beautiful song from a beautiful soul.
0 likeswow, i cannot put in words how beautiful this song is.
0 likesthank you dodie for making us feel understood and brightening up our lives with your oh so wonderful music
this gives me so much courage. thank you <3
0 likeswow.
290 likesi’m crying.
this is absolutely beautiful💗🌈
This is what I needed in a time of my life where my family doesn’t understand how much I’ve fallen into a hole that I will never get out of.
0 likesi can't believe this is turning 2 years old soon. i still remember when this was first uploaded, i was in rough times and this became my comfort song. oh wow. hmm...this song definitely holds a special place my heart.
0 likesAfter a day (nearly every) of emotionally painful moments covered up with punk and rock music, I love to come back here and remember who I am.
0 likesAnd cry a lot.
this song owns my whole heart
0 likesThis helped me because today my family was all like “oh your future HUSBAND” “do you have a BOYFRIEND” etc and I didn’t have the courage to say that I’m not into boys, I like girls. I LIKE GIRLS!!! (Sorry boys You’re adorable) so thank you :)
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It will be okay . Good luck for when you come out . Dont feel like you need to either if you want just randomly show up with a girlfriend one day .
1 likeWould love to have it on my spotify Playlist
0 likesthis song always makes me cry ♡♡♡♡♡ big love
0 likesHi, I don’t know where else to say this because I’m comfortable telling anyone. I’m bisexual and I love it. I love the feeling of holding a girls hand and how soft it is and I love girls kindness and genuine love for everyone.
1 likeI also love boys and there strong muscular arms and having banter and thinking of kissing there small petite lips that look so intriguing.
I’m bisexual and I’m fucking proud of it. People can tell me I’m not but I’m the only one who knows how I feel ❤️🏳️🌈
How do I go about covering this for a short film I’m making?
1 likeIs there copyright issues??
came out to my parents and sister yesterday💓 they were quite positive about it and now almost everyone knows, to everyone who's still closeted, good luck, I hope coming out goes well for you 💗 ily and i'm proud of you
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congratulations!!❤️🏳️🌈🌈
1 likemontserrat den daas congrats
1 likeHonestly amazing. I don't understand how I connect with your music so much
0 likesoh god this is powerful and so pretty. thank you <3
0 likesI love love love this song!!!
0 likesI wish this song was released. It helps me so much.
0 likesThis song is so inspiring and relatable.
210 likesI've always known i wasn't straight, but i've always been told that girls could only marry boys, and that what i felt was just a big friendship.
Last year i came out to my parents, and while my dad was fully supportive and even made some jokes about it that really made me laugh, i could see my mom wasn't truly ok with it. She wanted to be supportive, but she didn't knew how. Whenever i go out with a girl (even if it's just a friend), she tells me to be careful with my affection in public, because she worries a lot about what other people may think.
My family from my mother's side is VERY homophobic, even tho it has 3 queer people. My cousin is living with his boyfriend, and my family still calls the boy his "friend", bc they refuse to admit that he likes boys.
My whole life i've been told by my grandmother that god made men and women to reproduce, that being gay is wrong, she even tried to make me come out saying that my (dead) cousin once told her he was gay. But he never admited it to anyone that wasn't my parents and his brothers. The family found out when he died of AIDS in the 90's.
So it's always been hard for me to be proud of myself or to admit my sexuality.
Yesterday an amazing friend gave me a pan pride bracelet, and now i'm wearing it in the family party that's happening today, while i listen to this song over and over on my head. That's giving me strenght to go trough this day, knowing that as usual my grandma will probably try to bring me down.
These are such simple things, but make my heart warm of joy and pride. Thank you Dodie, for another song that helps me trought the day and makes me feel less alone and more loved. Seriously, thank you
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Luísa Luz unrelated but I loVE YOUR PROFILE PIC
0 likesJulia Calvet thank you! It was made by BestOfPJO on twitter! They also have an Magnus Chase in brazillian style icon.
1 likeFirst of all OH MY GOD MAGNUS YES I LOVE HIM THANK YOU FOR INFORMING ME OF THIS lol
0 likessecond: about not being straight, all I have to say is that you’re strong and unique and amazing the way you are!
Julia Calvet thank you so much 💙. Your coment rlly made me smile rn. Coments like yours really help.
0 likesAlso, i love magnus too dkkdkd. I think there are other icons on the twitter page i mentioned, but i think percy's and magnus' were the best
Luísa Luz the whole thing about gay marriage being “wrong” because you are unable to produce a child is so stupid? Like, it’s a completely invalid reason and I hate when “Christians” bring it up because,,,,there are straight couples that can’t reproduce, and they’re still allowed to get married. I always bring that up, and it leaves people dumbfounded because they realize how stupid their argument is. I wish you the best of luck with being who you are, and with your family coming to terms with it. You are brave for coming out to a family who has a history of homophobia, and I hope I’ll be able to do that one day too.
3 likes💓💛💙
Miranda Perez i'm gonna use that argument when someone tells me i can't marry a girl bc we can't reproduce.
1 likeAlso, thank you so much for the support. I hope you can come out to your family and find support too 💙 we all deserve to be happy
Força, Luísa.
0 likesRichard Jeremias valeu, cara 💙
1 likeNada ^^ <3 Btw, teu sobrenome é demais. I wish you show them how much you're bright.
0 likesLuísa Luz I'm so sorry you have to deal with that side of Christianity. I believe God made you exactly how you are and he loves you how he made you. He wants you to show the world how much love you have. Love isn't about reproduction, it's not just about sex, it's about two people accepting each other for who they are, exactly how they are, and helping them to be the best them they can be. If being gay is a sin, who's to say having ADHD or depression isn't a sin? So show the world your love. And if it means anything to you I'm praying for you.
1 likeRichard Jeremias valeu. Eu tenho 4 sobrenomes, mas esse é o único que eu uso, exatamente por isso. É uma coisa bem simples mas que me anima. Volta e meia quando eu to mal meus amigos fazem trocadilhos com o Luz. Isso ajuda mt.
0 likesI hope you can show people how you're bright too.
Khonsu the Core thank you, it's people like you that make me truly belive there's good in people and in religion. I've studied my whole life in a catholic school, hearing about love but only seeing hate. Last year was even worse. There were casses of abuse, homophobia, sexism, racism... and no one did anything. They belived they were safe bc they prayed, and that what they did was okay according to religion. This year has been way better, i changed classes, became class president and have been only seeing support in my class. The school is still hateful, but at least i've met people that like you belive that religion is about lovig others, not hating them and calling the way they are sins. Thank you for being like that 💙 it truly helps people like me
1 likeLuísa Luz I'm crying a bit now. Thank you for letting me help, to quote the Beatles "All you need is love."
0 likesKhonsu the Core oh, i'm so sorry that made you cry! That was not my intention.
0 likesI'm the one that should be thanking you. Actually, thanking everyone im this coment session. You all are amazing people, who don't even know me but showed your support. I'll always be grateful for that 💙
(Also, great quote)
Luísa Luz no, issa happy cry. The best cry I've had in a while. It happens during dodie's videos all the time. Get out there and share the love!
0 likesKhonsu the Core that's the vibe dodie leaves in us, isn't it? This woman is a blessing
0 likesLuísa Luz your story made me tear up.
0 likesStan Sadiebaby i truly hope it was in a good way. I had no intention of making people cry or tear up, just in sharing my story to thank dodie and to perhaps help someone going trough the same thing
0 likesLuísa Luz Oh no it was happy tears. It was so beautiful
0 likesStan Sadiebaby ok, now i'm the one who's tearing up, haha
1 likecoming back to this and wow im just so glad this is on apple music now holy crap youre amazing
0 likesI think it’s truly precious how in her description she says “some helplines if this song hurts a lot”. Excuse me while I cry.
0 likesthis is so pretty I almost cried
0 likesWOW, you are amazing! I subscribed after you sang the first word
0 likesI can´t stop replaying this... It is so relatable... "I never asked to be this way", but I am, and I love it. I recently came out to my parents and it went pretty well, and this song says just everything I felt before telling them and what I feel about telling other members of my family.
131 likesThanks Dodie, for your talent, for your comforting lyrics and for being so real.
I love dodies music so much that I actually dreamt about being her and wearing her clothes!
0 likeshow are you just gonna make me cry like this
1 likeoh god this is so what i needed x love you dodie !!!!!!!!!!
0 likesI love this.... Thank you Dodie
0 likesdodie this means so much to me, for some reason these pasts weeks the bi struggles have really been hitting me hard and ive felt pretty shitty about the state of the world (and in some ways the state of the community) And ive been loving pride and have been joining in all the queer activities but its just so nice to have your voice, a bi voice, singing out, and with such a beautiful song. some people will never understand the constant, vague underlying feeling of not being welcome, and my own internalized bi-phobia doesn't help, so every bit of validation from people like you being visible and sharing my feelings means a whole lot xxx
23 likesThis is soooo sweet <3
0 likesThe chord progression is beautiful
0 likesI have goosebumps from it being so cold in my room, but this gave my goosebumps goosebumps, especially at 0:40 and 1:49
0 likesIncredible 😍❤️
0 likesits 2am in my country and i was just trying to calm down listening to your asmr videos after p bad panick attack, you have no idea how much it helps, love you dodie💓
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I hope you feel alright soon <3 everything will be okay
6 likesremember it all gets brighter in the end, and there are a hundred people who will listen to you cry
2 likesthank you guys 💗, i love how everyone in the comments under dodie's videos are so sweet and supportive
0 likesLove ya Dodie,
1 likeThe song title reminded me of Rainbow by Kacey Musgraves! Love you guys both so much and I love all the support 💖💖💖
0 likesI literally listened to this as I put the final touches on my pride month drawing....
0 likesi seriously happy cry every single time i hear this song. so thank you for this wonderful piece of art. i know that it means so much to so many people, and i'm so incredibly happy to be part of such a beautiful community of strong and loving people.
0 likesOkay SO! As someone who is discovering their own sexuality, this meant the world especially the lines “my title just talks over me, I never even asked to be this way” because it’s my greatest fear to only be SEEN as my attraction, but this whole community and the idea of being a bright rainbow makes it so much easier. Thank you Dodie
16 likesI really needed this
1 likei have these lyrics on a t shirt and i feel so blessed
0 likesI love this so much 😫💗
0 likes"So please step inside my soul
0 likesI'd love to watch you gasp"
Hits very close to home man
I'm so glad creators like you, YouTube and music artists alike, can use their work to reach out too people of all ages and backgrounds. I feel like your songs talk about stuff a lot of people are afraid of taking about, which really opens up conversations and gives people comfort in themselves. Thank you for inspiring so many people....gosh darn it I didn't mean to sound cheesy but I wanted to you to know that <3
29 likesGod that last chorus with the harmonies 😭😭😭😭 I can't describe the feeling in my soul when I hear it
0 likesActual chills. Thank you for existing the way that you do
0 likesThank you that's all I can say about this song is thank you Dodie I really needed to hear this
0 likesI was crying the whole way through, and I don't think I ever cried because of a song before.
1 likeThis is the closest I’ll ever get to a religious experience
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Sam Scott I laughed way to hard over this
0 likesI full on cried at this I love it so much
0 likesamazing talent 💗
0 likesI neeeeeed this on spotify <3
0 likesthe harmonies are amazing I love youuu
0 likesHappy pride all, and here’s to pride 2019 ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜✨
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This year was twenty gay-teen. Next year should be twenty bi-teen!! 💗💜💙
1 likeDodie!!! Cant wait for another album!! When will its coming out? God bless you! Stay healthy and be positive 😘😘💕💕😉😉
0 likesAm I the only one that thinks that she sings that line “how can I be proud of“ so incredibly beautifully? I just replayed this part like 20 times and I'm like YES GURL
0 likesthis means so much to me. Im pan and ace spec. I just came out to myself about the ace spec part and im still getting used to it. I think I've known for quite a bit, but I've been in denial saying to myself "thats not right, whats wrong with you" well now I've accepted it and im growing. so this song really helps, thanks dodie
0 likesDAMN DODIE, you are awesome. <3
0 likesThis is equivalent to the slight pitter patter of rain during a slightly sunny afternoon
15 likesi come back to this so often, it’s one of the only songs that gives me full comfort in my sexuality. sobbing dodie.
0 likesI love this song so I keep listening to it. But it makes me cry every goddam time and I need help.
0 likesI love the fact that lyrics never say something LBTQ literally but it still so powerfull
0 likesa beautiful and comforting go to gay song
0 likesperfect for coming out day :)
I colored my nails rainbow this summer for pride because me me big Ally, I'm not necessary IN the community but I would like to think of myself as a part of it. I support so much, and originally my rainbow nails were just a fun little thing for pride to support, but you know what, I'm going to keep my rainbow nails, all of the summer because Everyone should show pride and HAVE pride EVERY SINGLE DAY. You are all beautiful no matter who or what you are, whether your certain of who you are, or your uncertain, or you don't know. You are amazing, you are accepted, and YOU ARE LOVED. By me and so many other people
87 likesEdit: alright so turns out I’m actually bi 👀 HHAHAHA
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perso Nathalie this made me son
3 likessob*
3 likesz I thought you were calling me son 😂 but hey, I support you no matter what -3- , son
3 likesperso Nathalie you're so sweet!! do you have any social media? 💕
2 likesi would love to talk to you somewhere else than here!
2 likesme me Biiiiiig ally i'm screaming what a reference wow
6 likesperso Nathalie Heck yeah, that sounds awesome. Allies are amazing, and so are you!
3 likesHey my dude, simply being a person who is breathing and alive and willing to support others makes you a part of the community, regardless of what you identify as. Have a good pride month 💗💛💙
6 likesIs this a jacksfilms reference in a comment about pride? Respect levels are out of the fucking roof!
3 likesLmao so turns out I’m actually bi,, HAHAHA
0 likesthe bicon we deserve. i love this and you, thanks for everything.
0 likesHi Dodie! I've been subscribed for so long, and I always adore all your work! I would love to hear a Dodie rendition of a GOT classic, The Bear and the Maiden Fair!
0 likesSo gorgeous. When are you going to release more music on iTunes/Spotify/etc. ??
0 likesyou’re a rainbow dodes❤️❤️🌈🌈
0 likescrying alone in my room because this month has been (and not to be annoying) really hard for me as a writer and an artist. I haven’t drawn or written anything all month which has made me feel really crap about myself. But this song just brought me to tears because it gave me inspiration again, and I haven’t felt that feeling, a rush of ideas, feeling like you can create again, in a really long time. Thank you for making me my creative gay self again.
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it gets better♥️🌈
2 likesomg that's you best song. still hearing it mostly everyday.
0 likesWatching all of your videos from recent to old... it’s like going back in time to when I first found you, and then before that. It reminds me of when my life was okay, when things were normal. But the girl who showed you to me... I wouldn’t go back to before I had her for the world.
0 likesMe and my gf needed this right now..
1 likeI need the chords for this omg
0 likesBut my title just walks over me, I never asked to be this way. IM IN ACTUAL TEARS DODIE YOU BEAUTIFUL SOUL
55 likesIf my spirit could reach across the span of the sea
1 likeI would send my heart and a hug to meet yours
Your soul is beautiful even when there is rain
In your happiest moments you gleam brighter than the sunniest day
Never let the things you dream about be sullied by the storms
Just like a rose life is full of pain and hurdles to climb
But there is always something truly beautiful waiting at the end
I could never thank you enough for your songs, your sincerity, your cute little face and for what you bring me everytime I listen to your voice. Really, we never say it too much: thank you so so much, little rainbow ❤️
0 likesYou are the most incredible person i know. I love you with all my heart. You changed my life and i feel good when "i'm with you" through your videos and your songs. Also please make more videos on doddlevloggle, i miss you! xoxo <3
0 likesI know we didnt see it much in this video, but you have a beautiful smile!
0 likesI'm gay and this song made me double gay
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bethany lee gay squared
2 likesRissy Kline I’m sorry I’m gay I don’t understand math? Dhajshdhjdjdjdjsb
0 likesThis makes me feel so much for the LGBTQ+ community and even tho I'm not part of it I'm in full support of it
0 likeshappy pride month 2019 everyone!!!
0 likesto all the people who are in the place i was this time 6 months ago, sitting and listening to this song and realising what i’d been scared to admit for so so long: you are beautiful, you are brave, and here you are loved a million times over. you are a rainbow. that is more than okay.
1 likelove from another rainbow girl :)
this is so cute and lovely omg
0 likesGET THIS ON SPOTIFY ASAP
15 likeshah its one in the morning and im crying because I relate to every lyric in this song and I can feel my soul breaking a bit and putting itself back together
0 likesI am crying. Want to know the story behind this. Dodie... just... thank you so much. *HUGS*
0 likesThank youDodie ❤️
0 likesSuch a lovely song performed beautifully. I've recorded some original songs myself so please take a look if you can spare a minute as I would appreciate your feedback. Thank you.
0 likesthis is really beautiful and almost had me crying, thank you so much for making this.
28 likes"it's getting hard to navigate when every map was never made for me." I know this song is about your experience as a bi person but as a non-binary person I really relate to this whole song but this line in particular made me tear up because we live in such a binary world and I feel like I can't be myself. But people like you inspire me to keep going and be myself. Thank you Dodie...
0 likesThis song perfectly describes how I felt about being trans for so long. "How can I be proud of what a million people shout at me I'm not?"
0 likesI needed this <3
0 likesdodie, my love, you’ve done it again
0 likesRead past the label. Read the heart. Read the mind. Read the soul. That’s the only way to find someone’s true person.
24 likesSincerely,
A rainbow... <3
Actually crying this is so beautiful
0 likesThank you for this dodie.
0 likesHey dodie, you are a rainbow ❤️
0 likes“I’m so used to feeling wrong”- I am crying, this rings true for me and so many others, so true it hurts
0 likesthis makes me so happy because i want everyone to hear it and sad because so many people who are a part of the LGBTQ+ community don't get accepted and i just want to say that this is beautiful and i'm sobbing
148 likeschanging my life more and more with every video I watch.
0 likesand rainbow is coming this friyay 😭🌈
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rainbow is here omG
0 likesWhen I first heard this song, I thought it was about being neurodiverse, which I am, it made me feel a bit more ok about being neurodiverse. 🍄🖤
0 likesI want this on spotifyyyy ughhhhh 😭😭
0 likesThis song is so needed and is honestly so beautiful
0 likesI know this is big bisexual, and I'm pansexual/demisexual but I want to do this or another dodie song for the talent show my school is having because I feel like it would really be something I can express myself through and communicate with through dance
1 likeThis song gives me so much joy. Dodie, hope you can do a Canada tour one day!
0 likesCan you pleaseeeeeee put this on iTunes and Spotify!!!!
0 likesI'm gonna go tattoo that chorus on my forehead, bye
32 likesI love this!!! :((
0 likesstraight ally here! Love this and you!!!!
0 likesI love this song!!!! Woowww!!
0 likesI need a tutorial of this omg
0 likesHappy last day of pride everyone! :(:
9 likespowerful, beautiful, thank you.
0 likesi’m so in love with this
0 likesSingers like you are very rare and beautiful 🌻☀⛅🌟⭐
0 likesOmg.. thank you for this!!
0 likesI love all your songs, but as someone currently struggling with their sexual orientation, how I feel about it, how I feel talking about it, interacting with others, friends, family, and etc, this song is specifically hitting me real hard. Love you dodie.❤️
23 likesso cuteeeeee I love it so muchhhhhh
1 likeTo watch her song the original after she has actually released it feels so cool and amazing.
0 likesThis song is the one thing I come back to when I'm suffering from some kind of anxious or depressed phase after being unable to truly be me at home, in public or in school and it really helps to calm me down. It reminds me that I'm part of something bigger, that one day people will realise and hopefully either accept who I am or embrace it, Dodie we're blessed to have you as part of the community and I hope you know how much you mean to all of us, giving many of us a voice when we personally can't speak to anyone.
0 likesA little dedicated note to anyone in the situation I'm in where you can't be who you want to be in certain places, you'll find many people who'll accept and love you no matter what even in those dark places, they'll call you by your preferred pronouns and talk to you about who you love and listen to you gush with a look of pure joy because they know you're happy. You'll never alone in this community and it'll always be that way, believe me when I say you'll find many other bright colours who will help you be the brightest rainbow you've ever been. ♡♡♡
You're songs help me do much. I can fall asleep to them so easily, feel relief from my mental illnesses listening to them because music in general helps but your songs.... They are special. They're magic. Thank you for having a passion for this and putting your songs out here for us. I don't know what i would do if i couldn't hear your music. Thank you so much Dodie
0 likesThis song hits me so hard. I am a pansexual girl with one foot out of the closet. The biggest reason why I haven’t fully come out is because I’m not ready for people to convince out of something I know I am. So the song helping me come to terms with that possibility. Thank you so much Dodie!
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WillowCake I'm pansexual too and I can tell you to be confident in who you are before you come out of the closet, to be sure no words can possibly sway you, because everyone won't be your friend but as long as you stay yourself it'll all be fine
1 likeI like your songs and music!!!! You have talent
0 likesI love you so. This song is perfect
0 likes🏳️🌈❤️
2 likesCasually crying within the first 30 seconds
1 likeI was wondering where I’d heard it before
3 likesHappy Pride Dodie <3
0 likesi got so lost in how beautiful dodies ukulele playing sounds that i literally had to go back and listen to the lyrics
0 likesAll i have to say is, Thank You Dodie
0 likesYour the reason why I'm still alive. I love you!!
0 likesI cry every time I listen to this.
0 likesi added a tab of just rain sounds and i lowered the volume while playing this and im in love
0 likes*gay crying*
2 likesi knew deep in my heart that I wasn’t bi myself
You're back!
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Justin Y. please leave dodie alone, YOU'RE EVEYEWHERE ELSE
5 likes👋 I'm gonna wave everytime I see you
0 likesCongrats on 50,000!!!
2 likesMarmite Is here AWAY MARMITE
0 likesyou're fuckin here
0 likespfft. as if you actually watch her.
1 likeJoe Wong NEVER
0 likesHello, I'm so glad you enjoy dodie content too
0 likesJustin Y.
0 likesAnd you’re back!!!
this song literally gives me chills
0 likesthis song is the most perfect thing i have ever heard
0 likesOMG! I think that's all I really need to say. Isn't it!! Ok. I'll elaborate. Beautiful.
0 likesyou're beautiful❤
0 likesyou are my rainbow 🌈🌈
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Mackenzie Frecloud i swear you’re everywhere omg
0 likeshomie bob I was about to say that
0 likes"HELLO!"I'm calling out to you from the year 2021...and WoW-Doidies New video for this is Amazing🤩😍🤩ALL of her new videos are. Way to Go,and Keep up all this Great work!
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P.s.did anyone else buy the 'colorless'skittles that she was promoting So well? I kinda think those would make everyone think twice about race in these times,as well
0 likesYour voice is so beautiful and this song is so inspiring
0 likesi started listening to this while i was doing homework and im crying
0 likesthe greatest end to pride month there ever could be✨🏳️🌈
0 likesThis is so cute (*´꒳`*)
0 likes"How can I be proud of what a million people shout at me I'm not."
1 likeThere may be a million people shout at you, but 6.999 billion shout back at them.
WOW I'M SO DUMB I DIDN'T EVEN FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS WAS ABOUT UNTIL I SAW THE COMMENTS NOW I'M CRYING MORE THAN BEFORE. BEAUTIFUL
0 likesOooooh the goosebumps. they're real.
0 likesI've been listening to this all day long and also happened to pick up your book and read it today on a plane trip. Yeah I know, ooop took me forever to read, but I genuinely learnt so much about you, and life in general from it. Thanks dodie ❤️
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Nikoletta may i know what book is it.. ?
0 likesRahul Gupta Secrets for the mad
1 likeThank you so much, she is such a true & kind hearted person.
1 likeI hope i learn something from her from the book.
I do recommend it! It's beautifully written and put together ❤️
0 likesI remember when my friends would just call me gay and I'd just say ok. I never remember saying no to that, and they were right
0 likesI'm crying right now.. thank you dodie. thank you
0 likesyour voice cures my aching soul. Thank you.
0 likesGreat songg love it
0 likes“how can i proud of what a million people shout at me i’m not” i felt that on a spiritual level, actual chills, so true (edit for capitalization, i obsess)
16 likesGorgeous 💜💜💜
0 likesWhat does the part "id like to think you'd miss it cause so would i" mean?
0 likesA magnificent song btw ❤️
I wish I could sing like you
0 likesWho’s here after the announcement!!
7 likesYou know she’s important when I leave a John Mulaney video to watch the Dodes
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a big mood
2 likesVery nice♡
0 likesI give you my love, I give you my hope, i give you my soul. Thank you
0 likesEvery time I listen to this I cry
0 likesYour voice is absolutely beautiful...
0 likes'But my title just talks over me
17 likesI never even asked to be this way'
Oh my god this is perfect.
i have never related to something more in my life jesus
0 likesdodie you cant do this to me
im not a part of the lgbtq community but this is so beautiful 💞💞
0 likesi don't listen to this song a lot but the lyrics just pop in my mind at random times and I love it
0 likesyou probably won’t see this but i’d love to know which uke you play! i absolutely love you and everything you do ❤️
0 likesThis gave me something to feel on a day of numbness and depression regarding my queerness. thank you for lovely music and message <3
56 likesInterestingly enough, I got a completely different meaning from this when I heard it. I completely understand how this could tie into the LGBT thing. It also fits those of us who spent our lives not realizing that we had something to offer to a partner, but desperate for the connection. When someone comes along who truly gets us, and even points out the bright parts who who we are that maybe we're to critical to see ourselves... At least that's the way I feel. I was lucky enough to meet an amazing woman who saw the good in me and helped show me that there is more to me than the parts of myself that I hate. Whatever your sexuality or whatever, if you're overly critical of yourself and you know that it masks the things that are good about yourself, I hope someone comes along and recognizes where you're "bright" and tells you so.
0 likesBeautiful... <3
0 likesthis gives me beatles vibes!!!!!! this is so beautiful!!! ahhh!!!!
0 likesthe other night I freaked out about my on going frustration with accepting myself as a gender non conforming person. I listened to this on repeat and sobbed and cried and wrote. Because that’s what we do, feel pain, listen to art and make more.
0 likesWow, I was looking for dodie songs to put in my “things to get me through being depressed lol” playlist and i might just have found something to add
16 likesDODIE I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE A BICON
0 likesI'm a rainbow to dodie❤️
0 likesI still really want this to be on Spotify ;_;
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it will be soon!
1 likeIT'S ON SPOTIFY 😍
0 likesholy shit dodie this is actually so, so amazing.
0 likes12 seconds in and I’m already in love
38 likesthis song describes things i could never put into words myself, it hits so close to home and it’s so beautiful :)
1 likeyou never cease to amaze me
0 likesi came out to my therapist today, i’m lesbian. she’s the only one that knows other than my best friend. i was feeling really anxious about it, but this song made me feel better. don’t know why i’m only just now seeing it, but i’m glad i am seeing it. it’s beautiful and sweet and soft and i love it. thanks, love you dodie. ❤️
1 likeThis song is AMAZING. ITS HONEST. IT SPEAKS.
0 likesThis is so beautiful 💓shine bright 🌈 ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 - had me screaming “AWWW this is so cute !! 😭💫” with my girlfriend beside me.
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Birgitta Denver what’s the ‘i’?
0 likesThis comment is so wholesome 🧡
3 likesThe i stands for intersex (people born with genitals that are not strictly biologically male or female, eg. someone with a vagina and internal testicles, or someone with a penis and ovaries, etc).
0 likespentatroyephan but i thought lgbtq+ was sexuality and not sex or gender
0 likesWell... the t stands for trans, which is about gender and not sexuality, so I think it’s both. I’ve always thought the community includes everyone who isn’t heterosexual and/or cisgender?
3 likespentatroyephan so anyone that isn’t the norm (talking statistics wise, not meaning as an insult) thanks for clearing that up for me
0 likesMy parents think that lgbtqia+ is just something that is put into young people's head by the American government to decrease the world's population.... I think they have a problem
2 likesWhy are the lgbti & a's necessary? The Q- Queer- is already a collective term for them all, making everything else redundant. Or ye could ditch the Q instead, but I prefer Queer as it's less exclusive- the + does mean other identities, but there's still pain in not having yer own specific one represented in the main tag- and if ye made the main tag include the whole rainbow of identities it'd be too long. Queer, overall, is better.
2 likesIntersex ppl have said before that they don't want to be part of lgbtq. And cis asexual are not part of lgbtq either since they have never been abused because of their sexuality, since they just don't want sex. (That is what asexuality is) I mean, no one's come out as asexual and then got kicked out of their house have they
2 likesaurora likes lemons some asexuals have but most asexuals just get ignored and the people around them don't believe them so it's still a struggle. asexuals do have to come out and face rejection from their family and friends. although asexuals have not had to fight the same battles as the lgbt part of the community (which btw we are very thankful they did), they still struggle and I personally think you shouldn't just ignore the fact that they aren't widely accepted and that they too fight battles for awareness and acceptance of their identity. I do respect you opinion and if something I said was incorrect or disrespectful please tell me.
6 likesAlso, I know intersex peeps who very much do want to be part of the Queer community, and in facts have been marginalized out of it due to it not necessarily being visible (Unless ye want to flash yer private parts at complete strangers)
2 likesSo mate, don't gatekeep. Just don't
This brought me to tears my poor gay heart has exploded into a million pieces ;;~;; this is so beautiful❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💗
0 likesI'm just going to keep checking your channel every day until the music video with KickthePJ comes out. You two are some of my very favorite creators and I literally yelped when I heard you were making a music video together.
0 likesthe entire first verse is so hard hitting dodie you’re a genius
0 likes“i never even asked to be this way” hits HARD every time
0 likesI really am so proud of Dodie, her song writing is so inspirational, and I’m so happy that her work is paying off. Ilyyyy❤️❤️❤️
62 likesI would love to pursue making songs even if I’m 90. If dodie did that, I would look up to her as a role model - it’s so adorable.
0 likesHAPPY PRIDE MONTH !!!
0 likestears to my eyes and then your rainbow made me feel all right
0 likesAfter the lyrics in the description, Dodie wrote: some helplines if this song hurts a lot: (links to lgbt helplines)
2 likesAnd my stupid self thought they were advice on how to play it on the uke if it’s too hard and hurts your fingers. Then I read "lgbt" in the links and went "wow, I didn’t know there was an lgbt ukulele website". Was not what I expected when I clicked 🤦♀️
Yep, I’m an idiot. An idiot who has to suffer through playing 4 fret chords 😂
I just want to clarify that I’m aware of the importance of the link and the issues some people are dealing with. If you’re dealing with hard stuff rn, I strongly encourage you to click on the links too, or talk to someone you trust, even me if you’re not sure who you can trust. I just wanted to share my brain fart because I thought it’s funny
I’m a lesbian, and I’ve known that as long as I can remember. I spent so many years telling the world that I was bi, or pan, just because I’ve been told I was too young to know or because being straight-up GAY was this insurmountable thing that nobody understood yet everyone dictated. It took me so long to admit the truth, and this song made me so so happy that I did. I love this, I love you, thank you so much.
29 likesthis feels like a ton of bricks on my chest. so many actual tears (happy and sad) :'( cannot wait to see u in september:)
0 likesthe first line is so gorgeous
0 likesI'm late to this song but I love this!
0 likesMy heart felt this sm.
0 likesSomeone I was crushing on said “pride month is pointless” and I like him a bit less now. This song is an amazing way to sum up why we need pride- not just pride month but pride.
14 likesI’m proud to be bisexual, even if no one else is proud of me ❤️💜💙
every original song of yours puts me in tears. you're so talented. i hope you see this comment and know that you saved me from suicide and self harm. i love you. so much.
0 likeshits different now 🥺
2 likesThis so pretty <3333333
0 likesneeded this, thank you
0 likesUsually I'm totally fine during these, but this one hit close to home, and I'll admit, some tears were shed.
0 likessomeone send help, I've been crying over this for 20 minutes and I'm not even in the lgbtq+
0 likesPlease put this on Spotify !!!!!!!
0 likesPlease put this on spotify!!!!!!
0 likesImmediately tries to learn the ukulele chords
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Lava Lyra sAME
0 likesSame ffs
0 likesTHE CUTEST SOMG IM WHEEZING AND CRYING I LOVE YOU UKU MOM
0 likesDodie you are a rainbow and you are very bright. Everyone in the lgbtq+ community is and I'm so proud to be a part of it
1 likeTo be honest, Dodie, you are the reason I know I'm bi. I remember swooning over your voice and when I got your book it brought me to tears and I just felt like this isn't normal admiration for a singer. I guess what I'm trying to say is, thank you. Thank you for helping me realize that me thinking about loving a girl as more than a friend isn't a straight thing and that's okay. 😊
0 likesgosh this is so good i love you so much
0 likesso cute
78 likesWhat's up with Dodie's look today?😂 But despite- DAT GUR CAN SANG!!! 😂😂😂
1 likeim sat her with tears in my eyes, this so fucken beautiful dodie ily
0 likesagh this is so beautiful
0 likesthis is so beautiful
0 likesalso what type of ukulele do you have? I’m in the market to replace mine
This song really inspires me and honestly i cant listen to it without crying a little. Ive already decided when I’m 18 I’m am going to get the lyrics ‘
0 likesto say that I’m a rainbow,
To tell me that I’m bright,
When I’m so used to feeling wrong,
Well it makes me feel alright’
These lyrics are so powerful
omg pleeeease release this song it made me cry and it really resonates with me
0 likesGod I love this
0 likesMakes me cry every time
0 likesluv u angel
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margo roth spiegelman I love your username
2 likesYou. Are. So. Precious and this is amazing. i love you bye
0 likesI really wanna learn this song on my uke anybody know the cords?
0 likesi love this so mcuhhh!!!!!!!!!!
0 likesHomophobia levels after this song: 📉📉📉📉
4 likes(I know this isn't true but it should be)
Before watching: Yay a new song!
66 likesAfter watching: *crying* This is beautiful
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Samantha62 Chew62 literally me after every Dodie song 😂
1 likeRegan George I always love Dodie's songs, but this one made me especially emotional
0 likesLove it
0 likesI needed this ❤️
0 likesthose harmonies were heaven tho 👌🏻
This song is the first one that i cried with the first i fully relate to
0 likesWow this song actually made me bawl I was not expecting this
0 likesAahhhhhh I’m in love with this. I hope she makes a uke tutorial. That would make my life. ❤️❤️
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- dodolandie - got all you need right there in this video.
3 likesOs 76 yes I think I can figure out the fingering - do you think the strumming pattern is just C - EA C - EA in a 6/8 pattern?
2 likesShe has
0 likesDodie, you are simply too precious and adorable for this world
0 likesi love you dodie 😭😭
0 likesI played this out loud in the car once with my mom which she doesnt even know I'm a lgbtq but she listened to the whole thing and said to my face. Hey this song sounds like you❤🧡💛💚💙💜
0 likesI've been in an amazing relationship for over 4 years with an amazing person. They've come out. I haven't. I don't want to. I don't want to ruin everything.
0 likessO I'LL JUST SIT HERE AND CRy itS FINE I LOve yoU DODIE
i am bi but haven’t come out yet... I know that i will be supported by my friends and family but there is a bit of doubt and fear that stays with me when I think of coming out. I know I’m not straight and i guess i’m fine with it but i’m scared to let people know that... it took me a long time to tell my sister and it’ll take me longer to tell my family and friends.. but I guess i’m not still questioning wether or not i’m bi
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Julianna P thank you love:)
0 likesme 2 sister 💜
0 likesi really love that a lot of your songs are short little songettes. it makes me quite happy.
0 likesUgh this song still makes me so happy
0 likesDodie i am bisexual too and I identified so much with this song. Thank you so much for being you and for making me feel ok
0 likesso beautiful. love your voice and song.
0 likesi’m watching this on a church youth trip after being told today (once again) that being gay is a sin and gross and blah blah blah and it left me feeling really lousy. what a terrible end to pride month, right? well, I listened to this 6 minutes before the end of june, and am now leaving pride month with a smile on my face, reminded that there are so many others like me and that my feelings are valid. thank you, dodie, so very much for this :)
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cam this is lovely. How you feel is OKAY and IMPORTANT. Don’t let anyone convince you otherwise. Best of luck on your journey. ❤️❤️
3 likesJulianna P thank you so much! <3
0 likesyou go girl!!!!!!
0 likesThis song really helps me feel more accepted about coming out as bisexual. I'm very scared of what my friends and family would think of me when I do but for now I'll just have to figure out a way to tell them.
0 likesbeautiful 😭😭😭
0 likesThis speaks to me on so many levels
0 likesI CLICKED SO FAST YAAAAS QUEEN WE LOVE YOU ❤️❤️❤️
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light and rebellion same!
1 like“I’d like to think you’d miss it
0 likes‘cause so would I”
D O D I E
i’m crying. i don’t know i’m feeling i’m useless i almost cry like everyday and no one understand me, i’m feeling stress. but ty dodie you inspired me💓
0 likesI legitimately cannot make it through this video without crying. This is so beautiful.
0 likesThank you Dodie thank you so much
0 likesDodie is angelic.
10 likesThe soft, beautiful tune of her voice and the way her fingers dance along the uke strings could bring tears to the toughest of people.
oh. dudeeeee. i fucking miss dodie songs that feel like playing your guitar in the rain in the fall I love you dodie
0 likesAHHHH I CAN'T FIND THIS ON SPOTIFY HELPPP
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its on her upcoming album!
1 like@faith Oh cool thanks! Can't waittt
1 likeCan you release this on Spotify?
0 likesi was brought up in a line
0 likesbut i seem to walk in circles
as a proud pansexual, all i wanna say is YES
So I'm almost half way in and I love it. Please tell the invisible people around me to stop cutting onions. It's giving me vibes of human and sick of losing soul mates. I love both of those songs so I'm excited to learn the lyrics to this song. I'm so proud of you with how you have come with your voice/songs and you as a person. I can't wait to see what the future holds for you, dodie. ❤❤
15 likesaaaah i love it!!!!
0 likesi always come back to this and cry
0 likesHappy pride
2 likesLol, I'm pretty sure I was commenting when this first came out saying I was straight but that I wanted to support everyone but now I've found out I'm bi, happy birthday day everyone.
0 likesive got chills now. so talented and pretty
0 likesi remember finding a voice memo of me crying on my phone saying "i wish i wasnt gay!" and while that was true at one time or another, now i love how i have changed and how i love myself, i love how free i feel to be myself. i love my mother, who changed her mind. i love my friends who do not care, and i love the songs that clutch me to their chests and say hush. lovely lyrics, lovely melody, this song is simply a triumph.
0 likesthis song is beautiful. i’m part of the lgbtq+ community and i’ve experienced my fair share of biphobia. i consider myself lucky though as more often i experience positivity towards my sexuality which i’m incredibly grateful for. it’s masterpieces like this that help spread awareness and make being different better accepted. dodie you’re changing the world for the better. thank you.
0 likeswow I really needed this
0 likesas a panromantic kid in east tennessee, this really helps so much and relates to me and so many other kids and adults in so many ways. i love you so much, you inspirational goddess 💛🏳️🌈
13 likesI cried ❤️💜💛💚💙
0 likesAre those metal strings?? Your singing is the best by the way!!
0 likesIt's wonderful. Just wow.
0 likesThis is so amazing. As a Bi person, these lyrics speak to me on an even deeper level (although they apply to everyone, bi people experience a certain kind of erasure that others don't. I am in no way saying I have it harder than anyone else, I'm just saying it hits even closer to home than expected. Pain is relative, all of you are lovely, yada yada) than I thought it would. This makes me cry!
0 likesThis song. Wow. I think this song would finally help people understand what I feel. Make people realise that it’s not just for attention and it’s not just to seem ‘cool’. Because it’s not ‘cool’ where I’m from. Everyday, I have people harassing me and no one does anything about it. I got told to kill myself a lot of times and it put me in a really bad state.
45 likesBut I came back stronger. I’ve got 5 friends who are with me through everything and I came out to my mum. She’s way more supportive than I thought she’d be! So, I’m lesbian! AND IM PROUD! 😌
Thank you for making all of this possible. YOU gave me the courage to come out, Dodie. YOU helped me through everything. And I will forever be in your favour. Thank you. Lots of love.
A rainbow... <3
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this one made me emotional
1 likeJulianna P thank you 😌 knowing I’m not alone in any of this is very comforting 😊💘
1 likedon’t mind me crying to this song for the 1000th time
0 likesMy emotions are now as straight as I am
0 likes(Like a strand of cooked spaghetti)
Ohmygods????? Please put this on Spotify!!!
0 likesHey. You're a rainbow.
4 likesThe first time I listened to this, I burst into tears. I can't even explain how much this song makes me ache inside, how much I understand every line. Homophobia makes me so angry and emotional and this is the first time I've listened to a song about being LGBTQ+ that has really captured how much it hurts to be told that you are not what you are by somebody who doesn't know your mind. This is my new favourite song, thank you for writing this Dodie, you're a complete icon and role model for our community.
51 likesWhen im so used to feeling wrong well it makes me feel alright
0 likesMy bi heart hurt when you said " It was getting hard to navigate when every map was never made for me". It's hard being told I'm selfish or a step back for the community sometimes for liking girls and boys. But I've always found refuge in you and your music dodie. Thank you x.
0 likesThank you Dodie
0 likesWhat are the chords to this?! I wanna learn on uke.
0 likesMy trans self is crying at 2am 💛💛 “I’d like to think you’d miss it / cause so would I” hit me SO HARD gah
7 likesBeautiful.
0 likesim so glad i found this
0 likesyou don't upload anymore :( plz make more music like this <3
0 likessomeone please make an instrumental!!
0 likesIs this a game you are playing? The "Let's try to impress a bi teen and make him cry over his boring/heteronormative life" game.
11 likesJokes aside, you really did something special with this masterpiece. It's 2:43 in Italy, keep an ear on the window so you can hear my tears of joy and sadness. Love you from the bottom of my heart
i’m crying wow
1 likeThis hurts.
0 likes"Its getting hard to navigate when every map was never made for me."
I'm not bi.
I'm not questioning my sexuality.
Its my gender. And this line made me cry.
That was incredible.
0 likesY'all i actually broke the replay button 😂
0 likesI kept starting it over so I could draw to it and YouTube legit closed out on me 😂
Oh my god thanks for understanding Dodie like especially during pride month the lgbt community received a lot of hate and I was just dumbfounded at how awful people can be. Keep making great music, I love you >v<
7 likesI can't believe u only have over a million subs u deserve so ooooooooooooooooooooo much more! I love ur channel!!! ❤💛💚💙💜
0 likeswish i could get youre music on a vinyl =O
0 likesi love this song so much
0 likesI love the Fact that my school has a Pride Party at the start of July every year, so its not during pride month. I just love this Idea especially as if your not open or confident about your sexuality you can bring a Heterosexual friend and no one needs to know which one is what and its just a full out fun time
0 likesyou’re such an inspiration to me dodie <3 I’m Bisexual as well and I was too scared to come out to my parents. But after watching your videos I finally got up the courage to tell them. They took it well and accepted me :)
10 likesthis is just so beautiful and profound and important
0 likesDodie lately I have been SO into rainbows and I am SO into you and THIS is the best thing that has happened to me all week and- thank you :)
0 likesjune has been pretty bad for me and you make it all worth while
I love this song
0 likesI can’t stop listening to this, Ilysfm dodie if I ever see you in person I would cry and smile for months 💗✨✨💗💗💗✨✨💗✨💗✨✨💗✨💗✨✨💗💗💗
0 likes2:28 am
44 likesMe: Welp, I think that's it for now, I should probs sleep I'll just refresh yt real quick
Me sees this
Me: ...
Me: ......
Me: clicks
Me: Anything for you Dodie Clark
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Blackcat101 ME
0 likesME THO
0 likesThe chorus literally has me in tears. It explains perfectly why pride is important.
0 likes“But to say that I’m a rainbow. To tell me that I’m bright. When I’m so used to feeling wrong. Well it makes me feel alright” ☺️
You should submit this song to Grace Vanderwaal's contest!!!
0 likesi relate to the lyric so much and i'm even straight.
0 likes❤️🏳️🌈
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1 likeHi Dodie, i just want to say thanks a million for sharing your video and thought. You don't know how much it helps me get through my difficult days dived in my depression (i'm an asexual and you can imagine how hard it is) To think that i'm not the only one who would feel that way and your heart-touching songs always reach my feeling and cheer me up. if you are feeling down, please cheer up! You are great and you are worth to receive love from everyone!
0 likesLove ya
dodie i love you
1 likeawe this is so good
1 likeI'm still confused with my sexuallity. I'm not sure if I'm demi bisexual or asexual and biromantic. I told my mom and two of my friends I'm demi bisexual but I'm still not sure and I think I came out too early. I also feel like I don't really fit in. I'm a teenager and I feel like a lot of people are getting into relationships and kissing and cuddling and I'm just kinda confused. I feel like I should be sexually attracted to people but I'm not. And I know that's ok but I still feel misplaced.
231 likesThank you for this lovely song Dodie!
I always listen to your songs if I'm sad. You make everything easier.
Thank you.
❤️💛💚💙💜
Update: I wrote this a week ago and today I read the comments. Thank you. Thank you all so so much. Reading your lovely, supportive comments while listning to dodies calming voice made me cry. I wish I could meet you all and just sit down and drink te and talk. Talk about life, love, everything that we're going through. Giving eachother advice. I want to hug all of you and the fact that I can't kinda hurts. You made me realise that I'm not alone, and I don't have to know everything now. I'll figure it out someday. Until then, I'm gonna live my life doing the things that I love.
Thank you❤️🏳️🌈
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I can't fit all my fandoms into one name! Don't push yourself too hard. You will figure it out with time and there is no need to do things you don't want to. I am also a teenager and in my class everyone has or had a relationship. Meanwhile I am there as a bisexual who has never had a relationship nor do I feel attracted to anyone there. That doesn't stop me from doing my best and living my life to the fullest ( well as much as school allows it XD ). What I am trying to say is that you shouldn't feel obligated to do or feel things that you don't want to do or don't have. Just be you and be proud of who you are because you are valid and loved no matter your sexuality, race, gender or religion.
7 likesIt can definitely be tough to be in that situation, but I'm glad you know that there's nothing wrong with any of it -- with being bi or ace or uncertain or any of it. There's nothing wrong with taking a label that feels like it fits even if you're not sure, and there's nothing wrong with changing that label if you later find it doesn't fit. You weren't faking or lying or going through a phase; you were in the process of learning more about yourself.
9 likesPersonally, I identified as demiheterosexual for several years, but now I mostly identify as "¯\_(ツ)_/¯ who the fuck knows." I thought I was probably straight (though I had always kind of wondered about the girls I'd admired so intensely, if those were actually ~crushes) and then I started getting feelings for a close female friend (at least, I think I have feelings for her? It's hard to tell because I've never been in a proper relationship, and it feels so different from the other crushes I've had). Maybe I'm ace and something-romantic, maybe I'm demi, maybe I'm cupio, I don't know, and I've found a lot of strength in being okay with that. I hope you can someday find that strength too.
hey—i’m asexual as well, and it’s okay to come out multiple times. if you explain that you were/are still figuring yourself out people understand. sexuality is a hard thing to figure out and i still struggle with mine. and you’re right, it’s okay to not want a relationship but there are people like you out there. it can feel lonely sometimes but i promise you’ll find people like you where you live and you’re not alone :)
6 likesI can't fit all my fandoms into one name! Don't feel like you have to rush the process of 'understanding yourself' because the truth is, it takes a long time, sometimes even infinite time. Don't feel like you have to have a preconceived concrete definition of 'you' to hand out to everyone you meet like business cards. You're complicated. You're beautiful. You're wonderful, and one day you'll understand yourself, and if that day is not today, that's okay ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
5 likesIt's okay to be confused, and it's okay to change your mind! 100%. I know it can be scary because you're still figuring yourself out, but it's okay to not know. You have plenty of time.
5 likesIt takes time to figure yourself out. I have several friends in their twenties who have yet to have their first serious relationships. These days it's challenging, so don't rush yourself or feel pressured to identify with a label.
4 likesGirl don't worry you don't have to label yourself you can just say queer or say nothing love is love
6 likesYou didn't come out too early!You are 100% allowed to change your labels as you see fit, because it is you and you are exploring yourself and you do not need to know yourself 100% yet-or ever really. Your feelings about sexual attraction could change as you get older, or they may stay the same. Don't feel pressured to put a label on yourself at all if you don't want to or don't feel like any label truly defines you- some people (like me) feel better with labels, but there are plenty of people that prefer not to label themselves! DO what's best for you, and forget what everyone else is feelings, and thinking, and wanting. You are an individual and you have your own wants and desires, and whether those wants and desires match up to other people's is not important. It's important that you feel safe and happy with whatever you decide. You can always try to find some people in the ace community online! That might help with the misplaced feeling a little bit. <3
4 likesI came out as lesbian, then I thought I was bi and now I identify as demisexual panromantic. Labels change, you change, and the way you view yourself changes a lot as well. As long as you're being yourself, the label doesn't matter ❤
3 likesDon't rush things. Take as much time as you need, you don't necessarily need labels ❤
1 likeI can't fit all my fandoms into one name! You’ll figure it out! Just remember, you don’t need to put a label too your sexuality. U can just be you.
1 likeI am 22 soon 23 and I have absolutely no idea, but for now I am trying to see if i am simply straight, bi-ace, demi-ace or just, idk, a balloon. Man it is not always easy
1 likeI can't fit all my fandoms into one name! Don't worry, you really don't have to feel sexually attracted to anyone. And even IF you "have come out too early", I feel like if maybe later you feel different and you (want to) identify different, I'm sure that if people accept you for coming out now, they will understand later.
2 likesAs a bisexual I do not know what it's like to not be sexually attracted but I TOTALLY accept everyone and I don't just say that I really do. And this sounds really cheesy but it's true it helped me too, don't try to rush or force it. Just let puberty happen and you'll figure it out. And even if you don't, please don't make TOO big of a deal out of it and accept yourself. Maybe accepting yourself and even be proud of yourself is more difficult than to have other people understand/accept it. I mean if others don't accept you, you can avoid and ignore them. But your own thoughts are always there.
I grew up too quickly I'm only 14 years old lmao
But yeah I'm bi
NOT JUST A PHASE OK I KNOW IT FOR SURE
Me too... pan or bi?? Like I can’t tell...
1 likethis is crazy because what you just said fits perfectly with my own life. I've always struggled with my sexuality, and have hated for years how I seem to have no attraction to people (either for the opposite sex or the same etc) and have always felt as if there is something wrong with me bc of it. Is it because my ideal "perfect partner" is ruined bc of my high expectations from books and films??
3 likesidek.
But anyway, I feel you gal. It's tough. But my friends always tell me that labels do.not.matter. And they really don't. Try not to put yourself into one category and instead let it be and see what happens :))
Don't try to rush it, there's no need to put a label on it. You'll know when you like someone. :)
1 likeYou have all the time on the world to figure it out. Don’t feel like you have to have it all figured out right now.
1 likeY'know, I kind of feel the exact same. I'm questioning asexual aromantic, b/c all my friends and everyone else seems to be havong crushes and kissing and I'm over here in the corner not having a legitimate crush on anyone since like, 2nd grade. I also do not understand sexual desire at all. What is it? What does it feel like? Have I unkoeingly felt it before? But I don't want to confirm anything, because, I'm still quite young actually. When school starts up again I'm going to br a fresshman. Like I said, young. But I also have friends and other people who have their identies figured out, and I'm just confused in the corner. For all I know, I'm actually just straight, but I also cpuld be something else, so, as of now, I'm just letting life run it's course and hoping that it will all figure it's self out one day.
1 likeI’m in the exact same situation! Like literally exact same situation! Remember that somewhere across the world, you’ll always have me your twin! In the exact same dilemma!
1 likeI did the same thing. Years ago, I came out to my family as pansexual, but I still wasn't sure. I thought that maybe I was asexual, too. I had a whole pie chart of my "sexual percentages," even. :) Now, I've come out as lesbian--and that's ok. It's ok to not know or understand your sexuality/gender identity immediately. For some people it hits them on the head, and for others it doesn't. So I just want to let you know that if you come out later as anything else, it's ok. It doesn't mean you lied. It doesn't mean you were pretending. Your orientation is still valid. Sometimes it just takes a while to figure things out.
2 likesI can't fit all my fandoms into one name! I am Demi bi it’s hard to know until you find the right person though 💛
1 likeI can't fit all my fandoms into one name! I am in the same boat, I understand! Good luck figuring yourself out!
1 likeI am literally going through the exact same thing! We’ll get through this. There is no need for us to rush and label ourselves. Be true to you, even if you can’t find a label for it🏳️🌈😊
2 likesso i commented on this earlier but i wanted to reply again because i just read your update and here’s a virtual hug <3 it’s not quite the same as being in person but i wanted to do something haha
1 likeClaire McGuire
1 likeAwww! Thank you! Here's a virtual hug from me <3
Okay wait wait wait. I might actually sing this for my school’s variety show
0 likesYou should put this on spotify
0 likesThis is my new favourite thing
0 likeslove it
0 likesThis is such an amazing song! ♥️🌈
563 likesI need this on itunes tbh
0 likesDODIE HOW DO I PLAY THIS MY QUEEN
0 likesThis song represents me, this song is important. (And tbh this song is cute as heck)
0 likesOne of my goals in life is to make Dodie sing Dying in LA by P!ATD and then i have to do all my other goals until there is no more reason to actually continue this life
0 likesdorothy miranda clark, you are a rainbow. you are bright.
7 likesyou make every single one of /us/ feel alright and don't you ever forget it.
i already learned this on uke hehe ily
1 likeCan you put this on Spotify
0 likesI fucking love this and I love you I am crying
0 likesIt’s bad cause I relate to this so much, my school isn’t the best at LGBTQ stuff but I’m bi so it’s been a lot because I get loads of comments like oh I’m sitting on a fence and I’m half straight and I’m doing it for attention but I love this song so much
2 likesthat chorus is honestly so beautiful and uplifting. i’m not lgbt+ so i have no idea what anyone who is goes through but this song sort of puts me into perspective. your works are sunshine, love you dodie ♥️
29 likeswow it's 1:15 am and im crying good times
1 likeTHIS NEEDS MORE ATTENTION
0 likes...I'm hearing the chords in the verse, and I all I can hear is "This was a triumph... I'm making a note here huge success."
0 likesReal talk though, beautiful song. I had to grab my bass and play along with it :L
THIS IS SO CUTE dodie ily
0 likesdios canta muy lindo
1 likeCan someone tell me the cords?
2 likesAHH MY LITTLE BISEXUAL HEART
0 likesAre you ok?
0 likesYou seem sad, just know we all have your back
This is the source of my restoration of hope for humanity
0 likes❤️💛💚💙💜LOVE LOVE LOVEE!!!!😏
0 likesHow can I be proud of what millions of people shout at me I’m not 😭💔😭
0 likeswell, it makes me feel alright
0 likesa year and a half ago, “secret for the mad” came out and it brought me to tears. the line “itll all make sense again” really hit home bc i was questioning my sexuality and fearing judgement from my parents and the church. i was extremely terrified and my future was so uncertain but that line gave me hope. since then ive found amazing people that loved me and supported me, despite my doubts. fast forward to now, i came out to my parents before the pride parade. it actually went really well. at the parade, seeing all the rainbows and flags and people made me feel so at home, so comforted. im so thankful for the past two yearsish for learning to love myself, finding a supportive community, and feeling accepted by everyone around me. so i thank you dodie for giving me that glimmer of hope a year and a half ago (and look at me now!), and for creating such beautiful music that resonates w so many people so deeply ❤️
13 likesthis is so powerful
0 likes"some helplines if this song hurts a lot" Aw. I love that.
0 likesthose knuckle cracks, but this songggg <3333
0 likesI love you ♡
0 likesI'm so excited to get some lgbtq+ content
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Yesss 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
1 likeI definitely agree also love the profile picture i cant help but think of fronk gerd moikey and raymond when i hear this
1 likeS Allen well hello my fellow killjoy
0 likesHow are you?
0 likesS Allen im nooOOT OKAAAY
0 likesAnastasia Sakharova Omgee me too
1 likeYou are so lovely.
0 likeseven though this is a song for lgbqt. I perceive it for me more of who i am as a person. People always judged me of my personality and just my weirdness and how i see the world. Though finally i have new better people in my life so this song really speaks to me. Thank u Dodie ❤️
0 likesI’m so unsocial that during your tour, I was there and during rainbow, I got a sick feeling from all of the commotion, and had to go outside for a moment and get a breath of fresh air and water. I hate that I missed the song. 😞
0 likesPleeasseeee put this on Spotify
0 likesI’m not gay or bi but this song is so sweet and amazing and I’m amazed at all of the awesome people in the lgbtq+ who are confident in happy with who they are! Y’all rock
0 likesthis song is really uplifting, and puts into words a feeling i couldn’t describe before i heard it. thank you.
0 likesWhen I came out to my mum as bi (I have now found out I’m pan) she said I wasn’t and to name a famous girl I liked. It hurt. She has only now excepted I’m bi (she thinks pansexual isn’t a thing) because I had talked to a girl. And don’t get me started on being gender fluid.
0 likesIm a rainbow and im bright💞💞
0 likesI was brought up in a line
1 likeBut I seem to walk in circles
It's getting hard to navigate
When every map was never made for me
I thought it would feel good
To understand why I was different
But my title just talks over me
I never even asked to be this way
But to say that I'm a rainbow
To tell me that I'm bright
When I'm so used to feeling wrong
Well, it makes me feel all right
I didn't think it fair
I was not to be trusted
How can I be proud of
What a million people shout at me I'm not
So please step inside my soul
I'd love to watch you gasp
You'd understand in minutes
And I'd like to think you'd miss it
Cause so would I
But to say that I'm a rainbow
To tell me that I'm bright
When I'm so used to feeling wrong
Well, it makes me feel all right
So say that I'm a rainbow
And tell me that I'm bright
When I'm so used to feeling wrong
Well, it makes me feel all right
Beautifull😍😍😍😍😍
0 likesWhy are you so talented I'm really really hecking jealous
0 likesDodie's songs just feel like home
0 likesThank you dodie. I’ve gone through this pain, been called names. My title talks over me is so true.
26 likesNo one thinks that i’m a good friend or could be because of my ‘title’, bisexual.
I love this song, and many lgbtq+ can relate, because i know i can. Again, thank you so much dodie.
Could you add this to like itunes and google play and spotify and stuff please? This is amazing and sksknskssksksk i neeed
0 likesutterly wonderful
0 likesIt’s killing me that I can’t buy this song on itunes
0 likesim sobbing
2 likesI knew I was bisexual ever since I liked someone. She was a girl in my class, and she never liked me back, but after a while we managed to be friends again. I fell in love with another girl who was a year older than me, she was going to a new school and I thought I would never see her again. Then in late October, she texted me and said she liked me. A couple months later in February we went on a date. I always felt happy with her but my bisexuality and relationship with her was always a secret with my parents. I could never go to pride. I don't think i ever will.
36 likesI feel so many emotions as I am leaving my school, and the feelings just hit me right here, watching this video. What will happen to the friendships I've made? What will happen to the memories and will I ever see them again?
I feel so closed up and numb that I don't know what to do.
I want to be a rainbow.
I want to be bright.
But thats what I hope to be.
Edit: omg HI this came up in my recommended again and youtube notifs are being mean lmao anyways
I did go on dates with my girlfriend a few times but the whole not being out thing and different schools and such got to me and i kinda lost interest in the relationship shit happens like that, sometimes you dont get the ending you wanted but its ok ^-^ im sad but im happy i experienced love for the first time in my life and im grateful for all of it
Im still not out to my parents, but i learned to embrace my sexuality and be more open about it, and some friendships have been lost but c'est la vie
But after a few years of struggles i can finally say yes,
i am a rainbow and i am bright. I hope you can shine too <3
happy pride everyone🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
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katy2fairy you still have such a long path ahead of you. There is so much time to figure everything out. You will be okay. Much love to you on this journey.
2 likesDon't worry. Just be who you are, and stay around the people that love and accept you. Those are the people that you need to stay with. Coming out to your parents is a huge thing! It takes a lot of stranth (idc if I spelled it wrong) and
1 likecourage! You should never feel pressured into coming out. If they don't agree with it at first, that's okay. Something like this takes a lot of patience.
But they will come around.
Lots of love! 🏳️🌈❤️
~ Michael Lee
I know what wanting to be proud but too scared. I was once told that I shouldn't go to pride bec I wasn't out yet. I'm still not out. It sucks
1 likeTWO YEARS later i didnt even know PEOPLE REPLIED TO THIS hold on its update time
0 likeswe stan a bi legend
0 likesJust beautiful.
0 likesTE AMO DIOSITO
0 likesI’m 13 and I feel like even though I know full well that I like girls i feel like I’m “too young” to be able to say I’m queer and that my age somehow invalidates my sexuality.
0 likeshello all happy pride month! im here to say that if your version of pride month doesnt include cishet aro/aces, youre doing it wrong!
18 likesthis kinda sounds like a beatles song and I love it
0 likesthis song is absolutely gorgeous
0 likesThis is pure genius.
0 likeshappy pride everyone!
0 likesthis video brought me to tears. i love you so much dodie. in 2015 i started to question my sexuality. i’ve been so ashamed of liking girls and boys. i was extremely suicidal because of this and many other reasons. but since then, i’ve been getting less ashamed and more PROUD. especially this month, i’ve worn a rainbow bracelet and because there has been so much positivity, i’ve been coming out to myself and to my friends. next step is to come out to my parents; not ready quite yet. but i will be.
5 likesoh ps i have a baritone uke n
and i’m definitely gonna learn this song ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Julianna P thank you.
1 like❤️🧡💛💚💚💜
This needs to be in a movie
0 likesaww u have such a great ability to simplify the complex
0 likesSo Sweet! I Came Out To My Family On July 1st, And Almost Showed This To Them! They Are Not Proud Of Me Sadly.
0 likesHey Dodie! I love your music! I was wondering... Can you please do a cover of Berlin by RY X? Thank you for spreading your message across the Earth!
1 likewhy do colours of poison look so good?
113 likesthe harmonies are sooo Beatlesy mdnfdss i loveeee this
0 likesAwesome
0 likesIs this available on Spotify because I can’t find it and I’m not sure what to type up x
0 likesomg dodie this is such a emotional inspiring song not to mention your im bi song is my favorite bc i like how much positivity in what you are and that makes me share your music to as many people as i can to spread your message of awareness and self acceptance. :)<3
0 likesI relate to this song and it made me cry hard because we have dodie as a person putting out art like this,, at a time when me and so many need it most. Happy Pride ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
7 likesDodie what angel sent you down to earth because honestly everything about your music is just HEAVENLyyy
0 likesI can’t stop listening
0 likesThank you so much
0 likesi’ve lost count of how many times in a row i’ve watched this by now lmfao
0 likesthe perfect close to pride month <3 ty dodie
17 likesCan you please put this on Apple Music?? I need to be able to listen to it during school and when I’m feeling sad.
0 likesi love your nose. this song makes my gay soul happy.
0 likes"Please step inside my soul." Wow.
0 likesWhat an extraordinary arrangement.
0 likesI relate to this so much. Everything happened to me so fast and I came out to people almost right after I started questioning and my life has changed so quickly while I'm still trying to catch up and understand.
7 likes❤️❤️❤️
0 likesi've been seeing so much ace hate recently and really needed this
0 likesI used her song to come out as bi, but then after a year I realised that I was a lesbian. I've been going out with a once close friend of mine and she said" I love you "on the phone, my mum heard and I have to lie about who I'm going to the shops with because she always speaks to me about my girlfriend like she's dog shit. It breaks my heart to know that even though there is barley any difference between loving men or women, that families can be separated because of LOVE?! It doesn't make any sense that because I happen to love someone who has a vagina, I'm different in a "bad way". I fucking hate society
1 likethank you<33
0 likeslistening to this, i did not even immediately associate it with the lgbtq+ community. i am bi, but it's not the only way i feel different/misunderstood. this song is beautiful, very simple but moving and it says a lot. thank you dodie.
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Same, I'm straight but I have severe ADHD and it feels like nothing was made with me in mind. So I just take that pain and try to use it to understand everyone and their pain.
1 likeemma
1 likeAre you me? Those were my exact feelings until I read the description. (I'm pan though, but I like telling people that I'm bi. Wait that's a lie they all think I'm straight.)
@ khonsu the core: this is a very meaningful expression, "it feels like nothing was made with me in mind". i really like it and i might not be the person who can relate to it the most, but it definitely touches me very deeply; and i think the first verse of the song says the same thing. i hope you're ok, if not right now, someday x
0 likes@ chris: to me and when i first listened to it, (because i don't think there's only one meaning to the song, it depends on the person and the way it touches them) the song reminds me of school. how, not only is school not adapted for everyone, but there is another depth to people, to children, than their ability to learn a lesson and get an A on the test, to do something because they were taught how to. real intelligence is being able to figure out things by yourself. to create, to discover, to see different perspectives. to think out of the box. unfortunately, this is not what school teaches us. but it's what i've always done anyways (= the first verse); along with understanding the school system and doing everything that, according to the system, leads to success. and this is where i find my meaning to the song dodie wrote: i've often been called 'bright' for being able to get perfect scores on tests, when all i'd done was tirelessly revising a history lesson i had no interest in or written a plain, ordinary essay following the methodolgy i learnt. but there is this idea of knowing i can pretend to fit in and have people admire what i'm able to do, and knowing i could do so much, and more than other people realise: i am rainbow. mutlicolour and multiskilled, versatile, resourceful. different, but in a good way.
0 likesi could go on and actually analyse the song and explain the meaning verse by verse, but you might not be interested in that :')
have a nice day! x
I’m not even part of the lgbt+ community (but im a HUGE alli/supporter!!) and this made me tear up :,) dodie, you have such a beautiful way with words 🧡🧡
0 likesI love the way she says in the song that she feels different and wrong and scared but still knows that millions of people feel like this. I just discovered I’m bi, it’s hard to deal with when you feel so alone and you’re surrounded by homophobia. Idk I can relate so much
0 likesThis might sound weird but I’ve been feeling sick for a couple of days now but for some reason this song made me feel better.
0 likesI love this song x thx dodie
0 likesI don't want to be different, I don't want to be weird and have my love be seen as a spectacle, I don't want to have to hide, I don't want to struggle to find a relationship, I want to be fucking normal and it hurts me so badly that I'm not and I can't be
0 likesI had my first girl crush when I was 11-12. Her and I were really close friends and we were open about everything. She came out as bi first to me, and I wasn’t too sure if I was yet. I suddenly realized I wanted her as more than a friend and she was the first person I came out too. Sadly, she moved and our relationship ended. I still think about her and how sweet and kind she was to me, and how her smile was just gorgeous. About 2 years ago we went to the lake together for a week and I swear I fell in love with her all over again. Sadly she had a boyfriend at the time, and after I went back home from the lake we haven’t talked a lot since. We’re both in different relationships now but I still love her even if it’s more friendly feelings now than romantic.
0 likes1 second and I'm obsessed
0 likesI started crying within the first 30 seconds.
0 likesAHHHH DODIE STOP YOUR MAKING ME FEEL FEELINGS I DONT LIKE IT cries in gay
7 likesdodie, I love you
0 likesi am exhausted sitting in a starbucks in arizona and i would just like to say this song is bringing me back to life. i've loved you since social dance
0 likesThe person that I kind of like sang this tonight. Ah okay kind of is an understatement. I REALLY like them and man this song made my heart flutter. When they sang it, I was like, “Ah they're singing a Dodie song!!” And I smiled the whole time while they sang.
0 likes(Edit: corrected pronouns since they have now come out as nonbinary ☺️)
The performance of this in San Diego was breathtaking, helllo?
0 likesim crying i love you so much like wow
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I see you everywhere!!!
0 likesScrubElite Even if she was, what's wrong with that?!?!?
0 likesso i was listening to this in the background of school work and all i heard was
0 likes"and id love to make you gasp"
and i..ok dodie
[Verse 1]
0 likesI was brought up in a line
But I seem to walk in circles
It’s getting hard to navigate
When every map was never made for me
I thought it would feel good
To understand why I was different
But my title just talks over me
I never even asked to be this way
[Chorus]
But to say that I’m a rainbow
To tell me that I’m bright
When I’m so used to feeling wrong
Well, it makes me feel all right
[Verse 2]
I didn’t think it fair
I was not to be trusted
How can I be proud of
What a million people shout at me I’m not
So please step inside my soul
I’d love to watch you gasp
You’d understand in minutes
Oh I’d like to think you’d miss it
Cause so would I
We should have a LGBTTQQIAAP pride year. I feel empty with my LGBTTQQIAAP pride gone for another 11 months.
0 likesEven though I'm LGBT+ as well, I relate to this song more as being autistic
1 likeSo beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time
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Anastasia Sakharova awww.... You've change the direction of the.....YOU PURE SOUL😭
0 likesDove wait sorry what did i change?
0 likesDid I cry?
0 likesI most definitely did.
Use the helpline!!
0 likesI listened to this song without directly connecting it to lgbtq+ struggles. Then I read her description, and I immediately started crying. Iiiii listened to it twice more - whoops!
I have so much internalized shame. Just a couple days ago I watched Love Simon (a good) with my family and it brought up a lot of pent up emotion. I had a long talk with my parents and got the love and reassurance I needed. I’ve felt snippets of self-acceptance over the years, but I’m just beginning to see that pride is a possibility.
Anyway, I’m not in any immediate danger and I have people I can talk to but the links were pulling at me. Sophomore year, I was so close to using resources like that so many times, but I was always too scared. Don’t be. It’s okay. It’s a few minutes on the phone with someone you’ll never speak to again and it won’t do any harm and has the potential to bring about good. So even though I wasn’t in any dire situation, I let myself call the Trevor helpline, and I spent a couple minutes on hold but had a conversation I needed.
Don’t be afraid to surround yourself with support, whatever form that may take for you. Don’t doubt the love you deserve.
I rarely post on videos and I think this is super long and rambly but know that I love you if you are reading this and best of luck to you on your journey!
hihi dodie
0 likesi just finished reading your book secrets for the mad.
as a fourteen year old girl who was recently diagnosed with anxiety and depression, it is p r e c i s e l y what i need
thank you for sharing your stories and experiences :D
I absolutely would love it if you would tour in Detroit💟💟💟 love you so much, dodie
0 likesDodie thank you so much for this song. I recently came out to my mom as a lesbian and she said she was okay with it but then turned around and told my whole family (they’re all Muslim and, sadly, very homophobic) and I’ve felt so alone this past week. Thank you for this wonderful bit of happiness at the end of Pride. Stay strong ♥️ and remember that when Pride month ends, we all continue to be proud of you and how far you’ve come and the wonderful person that you’ve become. So once again, thank you.
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Lexi Clugh you aren’t alone. Be strong. We love you. 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈❤️
3 likesim so sorry you have to go through that. i hope your family supports you some day <3
1 likeWhen you have no one, remember we are all here to listen and lend you a shoulder to lean on ❤️
0 likeshey thanks for writing this
0 likesPleeaasseee put it on spotify
0 likesDODIE YOU SHOULD COVER A BILLIE EILISH SONGGGG
1 likeWhy doesn't dodie write songs for Steven Universe?
2 likes🌈💛
0 likesI know this was for pride month but I took it a bit differently. And it describes me a lot as a person, and instead of being LGBT it's my anxiety. And I like the way I understand it.
0 likesListening to this while reading secrets for the mad is bliss
0 likesI feel this way sometimes
0 likesdodie you have such a beautiful way with writing words and melodies that are touching and express the meaning and emotions of the song, reaching out to your audience. I have been a fan of you and your work for years and absolutely love your development as both a musician and person. I can't wait to see what the future holds for you on your journey. thank you for being such a huge inspiration for me and making me smile. stay true to yourself, love 💕
7 likesdodie, could you tell us the chords to this song?
0 likesWE NEED DODIE TO VOICE THE NEXT DISNEY PRINCESS!!!!!
0 likes♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
0 likesthank you thank you thank you for putting down helplines
0 likesYou are amazing
17 likesYou are beautiful
You are valid
You are accepted
You. Are. Loved.
Please everyone remember this, you all have so many people who care about you. I mean, speak a word to me or just have a one word or conversation with me and I would love you already, because Everyone deserves to be loved, happy, and have confidence in themselves, because you are you, and we love you for that
can’t wait to learn this song
0 likesIt's pride month in 8 mins so crying over this lol
0 likes❤
0 likesim SOBBING
1 likedodie you make me cryyy thank you this helps me a lot since I'm bi
11 likesYOU ARE A RAINBOW DODIE
0 likesinstant shivers oh loooord
0 likesI’m pansexual and agender which are both identities often ignored and I’ve been having troubles with my parents so this song really touched me. Thanks Dodie. ❤️
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Jay Wachtel I’m really sorry if this is offensive/ignorant, but are non-binary and agender the same?
0 likeshappy 2 year anniversary
1 likeHow can you like a video more than once
0 likeswhen does it come on spotify
0 likesSo exited to see you live in Hollywood!!!!!!!😊
0 likesCould someone share the chords ?
0 likesYou’re so cute ahhh
0 likesJUST Thank you
0 likesI love you so so much
0 likesPride month is always because you can always be proud and you should be
0 likesthis is such a beautiful song dodie. i love it to bits. basically every word and lyric was a feeling i had when before i came out and found out who i was. it’s so bittersweet. amazing work 💛💛💛
9 likes💖❤💛💚💙💜
0 likesI should go hang out with my friend next Friday, I'll try to come out to her. I want her to be the first person to know this. Wish me luck....
0 likes<3
0 likes<3
0 likesi really needed one of your videos right now.
15 likesi just found out that all of my “friends” are at a trailer without me that they specifically lied about doing.
thanks
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Rachel Projects I’m so sorry, that always hurts *sends virtual hugs*💛
3 likesRachel Projects girl/boy/non-gender-specific drop your " friends" ASAP. If they all collectively lied right to your face don't stoop to their level and get some new friends. Show them what a fab person you are without them!
3 likes.
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I don't know if this helped my advice is basically exit the friend group and find some better more loyal friends ❤️❤️
Ronni Potts thanks sm, i’ve mostly just given up on friends at this point and am just joining a shit ton of clubs so i don’t have to deal with people
1 likeI AM YOUR FRIEND NOW GET RID OF THE OTHERS ❣️❣️❣️❤️❣️❤️❣️❤️❤️❣️
1 likeRachel Projects np, if that's what helps you then you join as many fricken clubs as u want
1 likeLiza Heck thanks 😊😊
0 likesit sounds like the humming in the new video HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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YES IM SCREAMING
4 likesGuess you were right 😄😄
4 likesHey, If you have a moment and might fancy something arty, I’ve just put up a video where I draw a cover for this song 🙏🙏
0 likesTears everywhere
0 likesOuw my heart
0 likesOmg im crying..
0 likesFrick I love this, this is actually fabulous
115 likesme watching this after 100 times: AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD sob FEeL gOoD sob
1 likethis song explains me so much
0 likesi made a big mistake last weekend and probably ruined a very unique relationship. and i'm trying to find comfort in your music.
0 likes‘You’d understand in minutes, I’d like to think you’d miss it, because so would I.’ 💙💗⚪️💗💙
0 likesMy town doesnt teach us about being anything other than straight. I've tried to speak and scream about more than one option, but every time I try I get silenced. Nobody listens because they don't want to listen. I don't know what I am anymore because I've had one view shoved down my throat for so many years.
24 likesI feel like this song is a home for a lot of people,
I'm glad to say I'm one of them.
Happy pride, everybody. I hope you guys are all okay :)
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Maz Field the same goes for you! i hope you're okay as well ❤💛💚💙💜
2 likesI just cried in the shower for a while about not knowing how I could be proud of being bisexual when everyone around me thinks it’s wrong. I got out and decided to watch some videos and get my mind off of it. I love dodie and just seeing this video and hearing this song made me feel like I shouldn’t be ashamed of who I am. Thank you for the boost in confidence dodie. Thank you for making your channel a safe place for me and so many others.
0 likesi saw this notification and my face lit up
0 likesCan you please make a website with how to play all your songs and mashups. I love them so much and want to play them but can't find many websites with my favorite songs from you
0 likes😍
0 likesLOVE
1 likeim in tears
0 likesto leslie, can I just kiss and love you? you're so smol and your small grins make my heart leap. I love you homie
0 likesThis looks just like present dodie lol
1 likeAHHH! Are you crying? because I'm crying. DODIE THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.
5 likesHELL YES I'M A RAINBOW confetti guns and flower petals
My grandmother sang me this song when I was little, but she died (crying)
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...how? it came out this year
1 like❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
0 likesI need a playback or a karaokê of that's music
0 likesSorry for the english, Hello from brazil❤❤
Today I told a girl, a friend of mine, I love her. She said she knew, because another mine not-so-friend now, that I told some time ago, told it to my almost every friend, so I was exactly the only one who didn't know. And, anyway, the girl I love doesn't have any feelings for me, so... Yeah.
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I'm sorry to hear that, i'm sure you will find someone else, who loves you! :)
2 likesI love this song already oh man. I've been struggling a lot with my sexuality as of late and I don't know I just feel kinda comforted listening to this. It's so beautiful and ugh I've just been listening to it on repeat. Thank you dodie for putting yourself out there and making this lgbtq+ content that so many people need to see and hear
9 likesdose any body else feel like they need a hug after this song
1 likeUgh i love dodie so fucking much
0 likesHow????!!!!........It's to beautiful for this world
0 likes<3
0 likesthis song is such a warm song
7 likesas a straight ally
on behalf of all the straight people
i feel so
so awful
about our history with a beautiful legacy.
excuse me while i cry
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Sophia D this made me smile . Thank you
1 likeYOU'RE A RAINBOW AND YOU'RE BRIGHT
0 likeswell i'm crying now lol
0 likesIM SEEING YOU TONIGHT AAAAAAAH
1 likePETITION FOR DODIE TO VOICE A DISNEY PRINCESS
0 likesAwwwwww💕💕💕 Dodie you just write the most beautiful lyrics ever😭😭😭
6 likesI didnt really come out to my step mom the way I wanted to
0 likesShe asked me one day if i liked boys and i said i didnt knwo ans she proceeded to question me
A few hours later she came into my room and told me that she would accept me and that I should tell my dad
I refused to tell my dad and she walked out
A few minutes later she walked back in and told me that it was wrong to like girls and it was against the bible to do so and made me feel like shit because she wouldnt accept me
Another few hours passed and she told me that she ttold my dad and that he does not accept me either
They got into an argument (unrelated to the topic) and my step mom kept saying "your daughter has a secret that shes keeping from you" although it was true, it was very rude of her to do that and , that's my story of how o came out to my step mom/parents
I'm pretty sure they forget lol
THIS. GIRL. IS. FLAWLESS.
0 likesMissing pride already :(
0 likesWhen is this song comming to spotify?
0 likesthis is absolutely gorgeous. im actually in the process of coming out to my friends and i’m going through a bad mental health period, but this really did lift me up tonight. thank you, dodie ❤️❤️❤️
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kelsey hey fren! youve got this! i know how scary coming out is, but im proud of you for being brave and i believe in you! 💕
0 likesCan this please have 1M views?
0 likesthis is underrated
0 likesit took me so long to understand and admit to myself that i am lesbian. every line of this song i felt but specifically
0 likes“i was brought up in the line, but i seem to walk in circles”
“i thought it would feel good to understand why i was different”
“my title just talks over me, i never even asked to be this way”
“how can i be proud of what a million people shout at me? i’m not”
i went through many different phases of labels thinking that hey at least i’m not fully gay so it’s not as bad, because that was a bad thing in my mind. now i’m happy and comfortable in my life and with the people i’ve chosen to share my sexuality with.
Indiana is a hard state to be gay in. It affects your family, your job, your education, your relationships...
1 likeI just wish my boyfriend and I could hold hands in public or his parents would tell him they loved him again.
another dodie song. Another piece in history.
33 likesCHORDS?! I NEED CHORDS!
0 likesOh god i love you so much it hurts
0 likes"how can I be proud of what a million people shout at me I'm not"
1 likeThis gave me chills not gonna lie
0 likesI wish I mean as much to someone as Dodie means to me...
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Musella There's always someone who will love you and care about you through thick and thin. Even more likely that you're someone's all, and that you mean everything to them. Friends, family, lovers. You're surrounded by people who adore you and never forget it :)
3 likesI've tried to figure the chords out, feel free to correct me😊
0 likesIntro:
D D6 Dmaj7 D6 (2×)
Vers:
D D6 Dmaj7 D6 (2×)
G
D D6 Dmaj7 D6
D D6 Dmaj7 D6 (2×)
G Gm
D D6 Dmaj7 D6
Chorus:
Csus2 G D D7 B7 Em D (2×)
The most expressive eyes ever
0 likesQuite the bop. I’m cry
0 likeswhat ukelele does Dodie use?
0 likesAh, dodie, you never fail to make my heart ache and my eyes water. I haven't known about you for long, but I absolutely adore you and your content.
54 likesDoes anyone know the chords
0 likesThis is such a beautiful song, I'm not part of the LGBTQ+ but I am a supporter. This song is so moving and the chords are so pretty ? (If that's the word to describe it) and Dodie's voice is just 😍. To top it all off, the comment section is just the cutest. It's all peaceful and I love seeing everyone getting along with one another. There may actually be hope in this world 😊
0 likesI'm literally over here crying oh noooooo. ouch just... ouch.
0 likesWhat kind of ukulele is that?luv you💞
0 likescutes, such talent
0 likesthanks i’m crying
0 likesgoosebumps
0 likesThis is beautiful Dodie. I'm a closeted bisexual girl. I told a few people, and I even have a girlfriend, but it's still hard. I ran into someone who wasn't as excepting of LGBTQ a few weeks ago and that's when it really became a reality for me. I hope that one day that I (and other people like me) will feel proud and open of who they are. Love from New York <33
0 likesI discovered when I was 6 or 7 years old so I guess in the future I'd be glad to say I grew up with your music
31 likesWill you please do waving through a window from dear even Hansen?!
0 likeswow i can't believe dodie invented the color spectrum
0 likesI relate to this song mainky bc of my Aspergers and my sexuality but I was wondering what the chords are so I can play it if that's okay👉👈😊
0 likesPUT THIS ON SPOTIFY AND PANDORA!! Nsjshshsjshssbb
2 likesI so wish I could have come out to my mother this month. I wish that I didn't have to be so scared that telling her 'I like girls' would ruin our relationship.
15 likesThank you for the beautiful song. It helped me realise that maybe I should just push past my fear of losing someone so dear to a thing I cant control.
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Abby Crowley i was in the same situation about a year ago and i was terrified of coming out and ruining my relationship with my parents, but i did it, and i believe in you!
0 likesYou don’t need a month you have your whole life . Don’t rush yourself just do it when it feels right . You will know when the time is right :)
0 likesdodie im crying because this is just s o o true.
0 likesThis song is not on Spotify! :(
0 likesGet this on Spotify right now
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please
0 likes🥰🥰
0 likesThank you for this dodie, you taught me to love myself as I am and that it is okay for me to gay🏳️🌈❤️
14 likesI was brought up in the lime
0 likesBut I seem to walk in circles
It's getting hard to navigate
When every map was never made for me
And I thought it would feel good
To understand why I was different
But my title just talks over me
I never even asked to be
This way
But to say that
I'm a rainbow
To tell me that I'm bright
I'm so used to feeling wrong
Well, it makes me feel alright.
I think think it fair
I was not to be trusted
How can I be proud
Of what a million people shout at me
I know
So please step into my soul
I'd love to watch you gasp
You'd understand in minutes
And I'd like to think you'd miss it
Because so would I
But to say that
I'm a rainbow
To tell me that I'm bright
When I'm so used to feeling wrong
well it makes me feel alright
So say that I'm a rainbow
And tell me that I'm bright
When I'm so used to feeling wrong
Well it makes me feel alright
How. Am. I. Just. Finding. Your. Channel.
1 likei'm not lgbtq+ but i have many friends who are. i am in love with this song, its so cute and accepting, and it gives me hope for the world. i just want to say the i am i huge supporter and that i really admire all of you. i'm so sorry that you guys have to be put through so much pain and sorrow just because of who you love. i hope you know that you are loved, and there is someone out there for each and every one of you. i believe that people should love people, not labels or genders. despite all the hate in the world, i am so glad that there is this little corner of happiness that dodie can provide for us. love you all!!!
0 likesI like rainbows, they remind me of lucky charms, which reminds me of milk, which also reminds me of cows. I really like cows 🥣🥛🐮👌🏼
0 likesWith this we declare the month of rainbows and pride etc. continues in July pass it on
9 likesI grew up in a very religious community that wasn't accepting of LGBTQ+ people. I've always told myself I'm straight, even though at around 14 I started having thoughts and feelings that made me question my sexuality. I'm 21 now and only just realized a few months ago that I'm bi.
1 likeI just wanted to thank you so much for being so open about your experiences with coming to terms with being bi. It's been incredibly helpful for me to identify so strongly with someone else because I've had so few people to discuss this with. Because of you I no longer feel so confused and ashamed and alone. This song is absolutely beautiful and has made me cry buckets. You're such a lovely person. Thank you for everything Dodie <3
I love your sad eyes.
0 likesI know the song is intended to be about lgbtq but I cried during this song for a conpleatly difrent reson if you coulnd already tell by my spelling I'm dyslexic and have hdhd I've always felt stupid and so difrent from everyone around me it's always been hard making stilly mistakes with wrighting and spelling I can't hide the fact I wrote that b backwards I've had the rare teachers who called me bright and even tho I know they couldn't say otherwise without getting fired it sticks with me I'm bright I don't have to be dull in everyones eyes theres nothing wrong with me I'm just a pen in a library you can't read me but I can help you create somthing. I know that's probly not what this song was intended for at all but it really made me feel happy about being ok with the brain I was given. thanks for wrighting this beautyful song
3 likesdont mind me crying
0 likesThis past year I came out as trans and this perfectly captured what it felt like to be accepted by friends when my family could never. And going to pride with my new family and wearing my flag proudly.
22 likesthis song is so hard to hear, as someone who's never felt internal shame because of my sexuality. i love my label and i'm so proud of who i am and who i love, that i can hardly bear to hear someone say "i never even asked to be this way". just my take on the song
0 likesi never even asked to be this way
0 likesI cried
0 likeswow the eight line really hits close to home
0 likesThis is amazing, I’m still not out to my parents but I came out to my friends a few months ago. It’s been hard but they have all accepted who I am, this song gives me so much hope💕🏳️🌈 🌈
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Sophie Clarke I believe in you!
0 likesI missed you so omfg
0 likesthe lyrics are beautiful but i felt like this wasn’t your best one dodie. there was something missing unfortunately
0 likesWhat ukulele did you use in this? Xx
0 likesWow I love being gay
0 likesDear Dodie, you may never see this but I just want to say your soul is beautiful and your mind is wonderful. Your lyrics are our homes that shelter us from insults, negativity and numbness. Your music gives us the words we wish to shout out loud. You made me realise to accept myself and to be proud of who I am. Thank you and we.. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH💛
14 likesYour songs and lyrics are always so so pretty, but i really think you should amp up the volume of your uke (or instrumental in general), idk if its just me but i often have a hard time hearing the music in your songs, like in this one it has such pretty chords but i cant hear them well :( and i now its your style but i think that would make everything sound even nicer!
0 likesThis song is so perfect not only to the lgbt+ community but to anyone who feels lost. This song makes me feel because I’m always trying to be be something I can’t I just feel broken. But not because of any reason I can seem so find I’m just always lost and this song makes me feel hopeful which is doming I can’t find in my life anymore...
0 likesI love you Dodie you are my rainbow.
The world needed this song 🏳️🌈🌈
0 likesdoes anyone have tabs?
0 likesIs there anyone here who’s figured out the strumming pattern please you’re not what we deserve but you’re the hero we need
0 likesCould u do a sad version of would you be so kind pleeeeease?
0 likeshugs I can’t say anything to you that will mean anything Dodie, but I just want you to know I’m sending you a hug. For everything you struggle with, and how you use those struggles to make the rest of us feel less alone.
0 likesThis song has had be thinking a lot lately because I usually just don’t even think about my sexuality. Like I know I have things to think about when it comes to that but I’ve been living this very lazy carefree life so far. Avoiding the serious things because I’m afraid and it sucks because I know I need to confront my feelings
1 likeThis is so important, thank you. I always here people complain about pride being ‘unnecessary’ and ‘too much’ and I think this says exactly why it’s so important and cherished by so many people
10 likesI'm crying
0 likesI'm crying
0 likesalso if you dont put this on ur setlist ill cry again
0 likespride is never over 😘🌈🌈
0 likesYou are beautiful and not wrong !!!
0 likesUhm can we go on a date?! ❤️
0 likesDose anybody know what type of ukulele she’s playing? If it is a ukulele I’m not completely sure lol
0 likes:’)
0 likeseverytime you sing a harmony i get so warm inside
18 likesIM NOT CRYING
1 likeThis is truly a brilliant song that you have composed. Not only does it highlight the importance of the pride flag, as said in the description, it also just shows the feeling of not fitting in and feeling different that everyone experiences through in life. Amazing song dodie!!!!
0 likesas a girl who is also bisexual and has been a fan of yours for over two years now, i can say that this is another job well done! you never cease to amaze us <3
0 likesDoes anyone have the chords????
0 likes🏳️🌈
0 likes*crying rainbows*
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Kee Cloude ikr
1 likethis entire song is a big mood
86 likesThese lyrics. Your voice. This song is incredible. There are so many people who feel this way, including myself. Thank you for putting your heart out there.
6 likesI just hope everyone who is a part of this community knows that they're completely valid and that there's nothing wrong with them for being...well, them.
2 likesLove it, you should be proud!
2 likesSee what I did there?
'Please step inside my sould
1 likeI'd love to watch you gasp'
Dodie your lyrics are actually amazing
You're so beautiful. That's just it. Beautiful.
4 likesThis is the best way she could have done a song about pride. I’m so proud of her She is so brave and beautiful. Love you dodie 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
1 likethank you old bi here. made me cry thank you.
3 likesThis song means everything to me.
0 likesSending you a hug from Germany❤️
There's something magical about the sound of your voice in thirds :)
0 likesYou're a beautiful genius and your lyrics seep in to my heart so deeply.
0 likesYou're so talented Dodie! You give me hope and warm my heart
0 likesThis song makes my heart happy ❤️🌈🌻
0 likesI bawled listening to this song. Thank you for this masterpiece.
0 likesI need this in Spotify omg it’s an amazing song 😪😍
0 likesthis song is exactly what I've been thinking recently and it makes me so happy to know that others can relate
0 likesthis actually made me tear up :'3 i loved it!
0 likesDAMN DODIE THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND AAA I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY I LOVE YOU
0 likesMan I wish this was on spotify, I need to listen to this forever
0 likesTHIS IS BEAUTIFUL! ALWAYS KNOW YOU'RE GOLD, DODIE 👌
0 likesI love this, Dodie! It’s so good! I would love to know what editor do you use and tips of how to write songs! Can you please do a video like that?
0 likesdodie this is BEAUTIFUL ❤️😭
0 likesI’m literally sobbing on my bed omg thank you for this 🤟
0 likesThis genuinely put a smile on my face dodie, thank you.
0 likesYou're so strong and smart and talented. I love you! Thank you for teaching us so much! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
0 likesAGHHHHH YOUR BACK!
0 likesPS : love the new song ! 🔆
Tremendously beautiful. I needed this right now. Thank you Dodie.
0 likesThis is such a lovely song! Thank you for creating this!!!!
0 likesYou’d understand in minutes / Oh I’d like to think you’d miss it / Cause so would I." ohhhh this line is my favorite hands down
1 likeAHHHH dodie i LOVE this!!!!❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
0 likesEvery gift you give us Dodie, it helps. Especially for me, it really really really helps. Thank you for Rainbow
0 likesThis song actually made me cry. Thank you, love you dodie <3
0 likesSo simple but so perfect. Good job, girl. ♥️🌈
0 likesThis is beautiful dodie. I love you so much and your music is freaking amazing.
0 likesDodie this made me and my sister cry over how beautiful it is thank you so much😘 your an amazing artist and keep up the good work😙🌈
0 likesThis is so beautiful I need a tutorial !
0 likesI love you!! Thanks for writing a song so many of us can relate to 🌈💜
0 likesI LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH!!!!
0 likesI'm bisexual and me and my girlfriend love your songs!!!!
KEEP SHINING!!!
🌈❤💛💚💙💜🌈
Every time you post a song I feel like I'm in heaven. Your voice is so angelic that it makes me really happy. Thank you for sharing your beautiful voice with the world.
0 likesI love this, just like I love all the other songs that you've written
0 likesThank you dodie!
0 likes-A fellow rainbow
Hey dodie! Welcome back ❤️ love the new song :)
0 likesYou’re so talented wtf I love you so much
0 likesThis is exactly what I needed to hear today 🌈 I adore you dodie you make it seem like there is a light at the end of the tunnel for me 💚
0 likesDodie, will you stop making me cry Jeez. Love the song❤🌈
0 likesThis is so important. Each lyric hit so hard! Love you so much Dodie. Thank you for creating and being beautifully you! It’s such a privilege watching you grow and evolve and I appreciate every second of every video you post. Please keep creating. In whatever way you feel is right, please keep being you and being an artist! You’re darling and amazing! Thank you for everything
0 likesI love you so frickin much words cannot explain how amazing you are :p ❤️
0 likesI really appreciate how you balance your harmony 😁
0 likessongs rarely ever. make me cry...but this one got me
1 likeOmgg this song is so good ❤️Is this on Spotify?
0 likesOmg this is amazing I love it 😍
0 likesI really hope this ends up on an album or EP.
0 likesthis song is so important to me, thank you so much for writing it
0 likesHell of a song. Love the message.
0 likesThis is amazing, dodie! I love you so much! 💕
0 likesdodie you make my heart feel full
0 likesim here for you, we are all here for you dodie, no matter what❤️
0 likesFeel like this song can be related to any situation where you feel like the odd one out or a bit different
0 likesdodie you song writing genius I love u
Beautiful ❤
0 likesI don't know what I am but this song is amazing and I love it soooooooooooooooo much! xx
0 likesYou sent me to goosey bump town ❤️
0 likesAww! Dodie! We love you 💙 :)
0 likesI love it! 😍🌈
0 likesThis made me cry thank you so much dodie
0 likesYou really inspire me so so much in your writing style and I posted my first video of a song I wrote because of how much you inspired me and it would mean the world if u could watch it❤️❤️ you’re absolutely killing it!!! Love ya!
0 likesi really don't know what i am, but this song made me cry.
0 likesso beautiful.
i relate too much honestly and this song has me in tears
0 likesSending love and rainbows 💓🌈🌈
0 likesThis made me cry, it was beautiful dodie xo
0 likesI'm just listening to this strong on repeat and sobbing. I relate to this too much.
0 likesYou are an extremely bright,colourful,beautiful rainbow🌈🌈🏳️🌈
0 likesI want to learn this song! I can't figure out the chords though :/
0 likesI can't get over how amazing you are
0 likesI love it ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💗
0 likesYou never fail to impress me
0 likesDamn it Dodie it's 6:30 in the morning and I'm actually soBBING
0 likesLiterally my idol ugh ❤❤❤
0 likesWhat are the chords for this amazing song?
0 likesi love you, dodie. thank you so much.
0 likesBeautiful🌈
0 likeshow do you do it 😭🏳️🌈
4 likesHey Doddie I hope you are doing alright. We are all here to support you. Your music is amazing. Thank you for all that you do for the community❤
0 likeslistening to this music i fell a little more proud of being gay, I needed this
0 likesThis is beautiful
0 likesThis is beautiful
0 likesSo beautiful. I love you, dodie. You are a rainbow, and a light.
0 likeswelcome back Miss! We missed your warm voice.
0 likesi like how the most pride activity happens at the very end of june as we're trying to hold on to the last strings of pride month
0 likesYES DODIE YES YES YES ANOTHER MASTERPIECE
0 likesThis is such a beautiful song .The way dodie words her songs is really clever and creative . 🙂
0 likesdodie, when can we find this on spotify?
0 likesgorgeous beautiful stunning 😘
0 likesI really appreciate you Dodie
0 likesBeautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
0 likesWe love a talented shistar 😄
0 likesI never thought I’d feel this way about a song. I never thought I’d resonate so much with something so simple. This is what pride is meant to be. It doesn’t have to be this huge show. It’s understated, it’s soft, and it’s refined. Thank you for voicing the feelings I never have been able to.
0 likesI LOVE YOU SO MUCH OMGGG
0 likesi went out on my first (kind of) date with a girl on the day this video was posted, it was the most beautiful day i have experienced for a long long time.
0 likesshe has just made me better in every way possible, better than i thought was even possible.
it's frustrating to know that some people wouldn't even consider what im feling as love even though it pours out of me every time i look at her.
even though this is one comment out of thousands this song is making me feel things and so i have to say
love you sunshine xxx
i love you so much dodie. you are one of the people who helped me come out, you’ve helped so much of us. you’re such a beautiful human being and i can’t even begin to explain how amazing you are. i love you.
0 likesI love it 😭😀😀😀
0 likesPut this on apple music please!!!
0 likesClassic dodie feel :)
0 likesWow my soul. Is replenished. This song is b e a u t i f u l.
0 likesIt’s been two days this song won’t come out of my head but it does make me feel soooo happy, also what ukulele does dodie use because I’ve been looking at ukulele for a while but I LOVE dodie’s. So if anyone know what kind it is please reply it would help a lot!
0 likesShe seems like she might be sick or something and she STILL sounds like an angel!
0 likesI need this song and "She" on studio version
0 likesplease sing "dying in LA" of panic at the disco
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javier Marchant oh hell yeah
0 likesyES
0 likesThis song and these comments have got me all emotional dang
0 likesomfg this is everything xD
0 likesthis is gorgeous. you are gorgeous. it is so nice to see art that is positive towards the lgbt+ community. your songwriting has so many layers of emotion that it makes me cry every time i hear it. this is so beautiful and you deserve the world. thank you dodie.
0 likesDodie, I can't express how much you and this song move me in a YouTube comment... but this is exactly what I needed tonight and exactly the right way to end pride month. You are a star and an inspiration to so many in the community, including myself. Also, I can't wait to see you in Vegas come September! <3
0 likesI know that's not what the song is about, but it applies so perfectly to depression too
0 likesAwesome
1 likeI dont know if its because i relate so much with the lyrics or what but by the 10 listen i started crying . big fan , keep being your awesome self
0 likesI need a tutorial!!!!
0 likesi know for a fact im not the only one listening to this on repeat, im still very quite about the fact that i'm bisexual i've literally only told one person in my life, and hearing this song was just. ugh so good to hear
0 likesAh this is so cute
0 likesI wanna comment but don't know what to say, it touches me very deeply
0 likesthank you dodie
0 likesSo cute and talented
0 likesI love your eyes😍
0 likes❤️❤️❤️
0 likesThe song is amazzeeee! Are you still learning the cello??? Xx
0 likesSo inspirational to the lgbt+ community
0 likes"But my title just talks over me, I never even asked to be this way" and "How can I be proud of what a million people shout at me I'm not" gave me absolute CHILLS. I'm honestly crying. I'm bisexual as hell, have known consciously since I was 21 and unconsciously since I was probably like 13 but I just came out in 2016 and I relate to both of those lines so much. You're a goddess Dodie, you always know just how to express the things I never can find the words to. <3 I love you, thank you for existing!
0 likesI'd love to see her do a collaboration with Alt-j
0 likesi need someone to translate this to portuguese cuz i dont understand a lot of things but love it the same way ♥︎♥︎
0 likesThe only few that I’ve told were my close friends I’ve know for what seems like forever they were 100% supportive I love them so much and then one day I told one of my best friends that I was bi and she told me that she always new I was defective she said that she couldn’t be friends with a freak and that I could no longer talk to her it felt like I had just got shot right in the heart it hurt so much bc I thought she of all people would support me so thank you DODIE for this song thank you ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
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Erin Bear i don’t know how much it matters to you, but there are millions of people who support you, there are lots of people in your place. Wishing so much love on this journey! ❤️❤️
1 likeJulianna P thank you it does matter to me thank you ❤️
0 likesThank you.
0 likesThank you.
0 likesI didn't expect to cry here, but. Thanks Dodie.
0 likesi just came out today! ilysm!
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!
1 like💜💙💚💛
2 likescongrats!!
1 like❤️💛💚💙💜
0 likesThis is absolutely beautiful and I can relate to you on people not understanding how it feels to like someone of the same gender.
0 likesI was going to end it all tonight, and I was looking for something to keep me here. I can hold on another day. Thank you 💜
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Vayuni Ryleigh thank you it actually means so much 💕
2 likesyou can hold on for longer than another day, please stay alive for as long as you possibly can. you're loved and cared about and important and there's so much good in the world even with all the bad, and any problems you're dealing with right now won't last forever. please stay alive for as long as you can, reach out for help when you need it, and remember that you deserve life. 💛💛💛💛💛
2 likeshey hey. Please don't. And I know how fucking annoying those words are. Exactly a year ago I was in the worst place of my life, I was extremely suicidal, I used to self harm, and cry myself to sleep every night. but I hung on, even when I didn't want to. And I promise okay, I promise it will get better just hang in there. It will take time, but that's okay. Like I know what I was going through isn't over, that was temporary but my "happiness" now is also temporary. But it's worth it to hang on to just feel like this again. stay alive, fren, we're all here for you 💕
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1 likehey, ive been there. i know how absolutely annoying "please don't" is, but i mean it genuinely. two years ago i was suicidal and almost never left my house. i refused to accept myself because i thought my family would never accept me. now, im out, happier than ive ever been, and have a friend circle that loves and supports me and i love and support them back. it gets better is cliché, but its true. it gets better. if you're at rock bottom you can only go up. i believe in you, and i love you. it may not mean much from me, but i know it would have meant something to me at that point in my life. if you ever need someone to talk to or someone to rant or scream about kpop to, my insta is @kristen.psd 💕 i love you, fighting!
1 likeWoah this song hit me right in the feelings! I only came out a few months ago so I know how this feels feeling you are wrong for who you are
6 likesWow im so gay dodie so so pretty omg
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I relate too much 😂
1 likeHey babe, you didn’t seem ok? If you ever need anything remember all of us are here for you.
0 likesi just had rainbow sushi rolls....
5 likesCOINCIDENCE??? i think not.
(lovely song though 💛)
I've only come out to a small group of my friends and family because I'm afraid. Out of everything in this world for a 13 year old to be afraid of, mine is my family finding out I'm pan and non binary before I can tell them. I know what it feels like to be laughed at and bullied just because of the difference between my brain and what's between my legs. But somehow Dodie's music can make me forget it all and be happy for at least a few minutes. And for that, thank you Dodie.
0 likes1 minute 2.5k views. You’re amazing dodie. Another amazing song
8 likesSuch a raw song ... and no I’m not crying 😭😭😭
54 likesdodie you are a rainbow and it's the best rainbow i've ever seen
10 likes🌈 🌈 🌈 ❤️ 🧡💛💚💙💜
0 likesYES👏MORE👏LGBT👏SONGS👏FOR👏THE👏PUBLIC
0 likescan't wait for jessie (paege) to hear this
9 likesI feign pride about who I am to make others more comfortable.
14 likesBut sometimes something like this comes along and I start to feel okay
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Pepsii Eilish I’m the same way, I wave my pride around because I have friends who can’t, and I want the world to be ready for them when they do. But hearing all the stories in the media and seeing the sideways glances makes me feel so paranoid sometimes 💗💛💙
1 like❤💛💚💙💜
0 likesDodie you are a beautiful rainbow that’s made up of lots of sunshine but a little bit of rain too. 🌈
0 likesthank you
1 likeI always believed girls were beautiful and i wanted to kiss certain girls. i would make it normal by saying, 'if I was a boy i would have a crush on her.' i knew some people liked the same gender but that could never be me. I like boys! my best friend came out to my mom in middle school, she said it was okay but they're too young to know, they might be confused. afterward we had a chit chat in the car and she asked if I was gay. I wasn't cause I like boys!! i was not lgbt. fast forward a few years and i realize not everyone has urges to kiss girls or thinks they're beautiful. i came out to my friends as pansexual. although i think girls are beautiful and may want to kiss a certain few i still cannot wrap around my head that this is something not everyone feels. i wasn't positively sure about my sexuality or if I even had the right to call myself something other than straight. it's as though I am not valid nor will I ever be. for a few years i felt proud of who i was cause there's so many supportive people out there, but I have now become ashamed of myself because I have to hide myself in front of those who i love. i am keeping secret of this big, important part of who i am. i feel like I don't belong with the community that is so all around prideful neither with people who only like the opposite gender. i am just so scared to be judged and come out with the truth, i don't know if I'll ever be able to reveal this. thank you for giving me a space where i can comment freely and share my thoughts, sorry for talking too much.
0 likesI’m actually crying
0 likesPlease get this on iTunes ASAP 💞😀🏳️🌈
0 likeslistened to this once and loved it, listened to it again and happy cried, listened again and loved the word play in the lyrics (and happy cried), listened again because this song is everything to me now (and happy cried again). thank you dodie for this work of art.
10 likesI needed this song today. I have spent so long thinking I’m awful and vicious and sad and angry. And people ask me how i have so much energy, how I’m so happy. I have no clue what they see but whatever they’re seeing... when they tell me... it makes me feel okay for a moment. So used to feeling wrong, it makes me feel alright.
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Jay Elle I can heavily relate...
0 likesThis is hurting me so bad. I needed this and it’s worth the pain
0 likesSeeing the comments and the impact this has on people is making me tear up. To think, that a single and beautiful song, could change a person’s life, is something extraordinary I don’t see everyday. You’re all incredible. And so is this song.
5 likesnot even comfortable talking about what i am anymore but part of this song hit me so hard i almost couldnt breathe and honestly that's really beautiful despite also feeling bad, just hope to get back to where i was before one day, thank you for this
0 likesI’m sobbing
0 likesIronically, in the last hour of pride month I realized that I‘m not part of the LGBT+ community. Oh well^^
6 likesHowever, to those who are, my brothers and sisters, you are loved and can be proud of youselves no matter which month it is.
Love is love.
does anyone know the plucking pattern?? :))
0 likesI love this song so much. I came out as bisexual online after noticing on twitter and then put in public around me that I like girls but I also like guys too. I'm not out to my family but they probably know I'm queer because I've talked about queerness around them before. They're accepting but I have a disabled sister who doesn't really understand these types of things. I'm kind of afraid to go back to school next year because I live in a dominantly republican state where some people aren't super accepting. I have friends who's parents aren't super accepting. I just don't want to get bullied. There are some days where I'm still questioning too and still having trouble just being myself and that's okay. I'll get there eventually. In my opinion coming out isn't a big deal mainly because it's just another part of me. You wouldn't come out as a nerd. You wouldn't come out as an activist. You wouldn't come out as an actor. Idk I just never really saw it as a big deal but I understand why got some people it is and even though I feel like it isn't a big deal it's still hard. I sometimes find it hard to say I'm bisexual. I just hint at it in puns or pictures or something. It's hard. I live this song because I feel like it's accurate. Even though I personally haven't felt discriminated for my sexuality (yet I guess) I know that there's people out there who have. I know that all of these things are real and need to be noticed and this song is so important. Pride is so important. Even though it's the end of pride month still have pride everyone. Have pride after pride month. Have pride before pride month. Have pride during pride month. Always have pride. I know it can be hard but always try to have pride in every aspect of yourself.
0 likesHas anyone got the chords yet?
0 likesHAPPY PRIDE MONTH 💖💜💙
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Caty Grey They don’t deserve a month. Soldiers get a day. They actually deserve it because they’ve contributed but gays haven’t... they don’t even deserve a day.
1 likeFinn P opinion.
0 likesLol okay but we didn’t make it a one day thing its up to the government to decide when we celebrate our soldiers i agree we should take more time to appreciate those who’ve served but we are not the deciding factor of when we celebrate them...and i would disagree with the lgbtq+ not deserving to be celebrated because we can also be killed by being ourselves just because of who we really are and this is the time where there were pride right rallies so it seemed only fitting
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We are all RAINBOWS and it's disappoints me that we have to be scared of being proud of who we are.
0 likesyess dodie!
0 likesSuch a beautiful song. I love the harmonies, they make my ears smile :)
69 likesyour so fucking talented
0 likesI love her? So much? She’s so cute? Look at her? My mum?
0 likesthank you
0 likesi can fall asleep to pretty much anything dodie posts
0 likesthank you so much for this!! I truly appreciate how perfectly this song encapsulates exactly how I (and so many others like me) feel when it comes to sexuality and love and being lgbtq+. thank you sosososo much dodie 💕
11 likesthis is beautiful Dodie
73 likesI love a clever song
0 likesI cried
0 likesRainbows and kittens with ribbons and mittens.Those are a few of my favourite things...¦}
10 likesYOURE A RAINBOW DODIE
0 likesPretty girl dont be so sad
0 likesAnd I thought today was a bad day. It just became wonderful. Thanks, dodie, for the eargasm.
30 likesyou’re so cute ily
0 likesI’m lost for words rn
0 likesyou bring all of the rainbows out in me. I love u
24 likesim genuinely fucking crying
0 likesFallen in love with you once again
100 likesi love this song! last year, one of my closest friends outed me to my school and i was bullied pretty heavily for it in the months that followed. but learning to accept myself and learning to love myself and learning to be proud of who i am- it was one of the hardest things i've ever done, but it was so worth it. it's so worth it to be able to say that i'm a lesbian and be proud of that and this song captures that feeling of teaching yourself to be proud so well, the feeling of struggling through and finding that light at the end of the tunnel. this song is so good and i'm so thankful that you wrote this!
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•lightning struck• I'm so sorry you were outed, but I'm really glad that everything's going well now and that you're happy with who you are 🌈
1 likethat thumbnail is a mood
0 likesHi good morning I’m crying already
0 likesI don't think I have felt this alright in a while. so much of my life is spent hiding and I feel like this song is my anthem. I am just so blown away by how honest and real this is. this song feels good. it feels like home. it feels like it was a part of me that I didn't realize I was missing.
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same
0 likesgod i agree so heavily
0 likesi'm crying
0 likes🏳️🌈❤️🏳️🌈❤️🏳️🌈
0 likesdid something happen doddie? you looked really sad in this video, unless that was part of the performance of the video
1 likeYou know I've never made a lyric video before but I did for this song because I feel a personal connection to it so I feel as if others should to by really learning the words. I've struggled every since I was young with sexuality and I didn't even know what it was then. I've come so far and I am proud of myself until other people start telling me their opinions and it hurts but I'm always stronger afterwards 🏳️🌈❤
10 likesWelp...here we go with the tears...
0 likesI’m so much more than my sexuality, we all are. Why is it the first thing in everyone’s bio instead of things you like and who you personally are
0 likesI’ve had the worst day imaginable. I was almost outed to my abusive, homophobic family today. They had me followed and took pictures...I hate lying about everything I am. I hate feeling like I’m one wrong turn away from damnation. It’s so damn hard to be proud of everything you are when people are constantly threatening to kill you if you’re different. It’s so damn hard. I was so damn close to the edge, soI really, really needed this. I really, really needed this today. Thank you. I’m just screaming into the void. I just wanted to say a sincere thank you for making this song.
0 likesi love you
0 likesAbsolutely beautiful! This will have touched the hearts of so many people (including my own). lysm ❤️🏳️🌈
5 likesThis should be remixed/added to like She was it would be a tear jerker
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Its pretty darn good as it is that's why I say that
0 likespride month may be over but i’ll forever be proud of who i am 💙💜💗
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MajiBuscus ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💗🏳️🌈stay proud
1 like❤️💛💚💙💜 💗💜💙
1 likedodie clark, you never fail to make my heart smile. you’re truly an inspiration to me and so many others, you’re raw and truthful & i respect that about you. please don’t ever stop being your wonderful self. your lyrics touch my heart like no other song, thank you for being in my life and many others lives as well. love you with all my heart and i hope that one day i get to hug the person who has made me the person i am today💘 xoxo
3 likesanother song that’ll be stuck in my head for days ♡
1 likeGod, you're so wonderful. A living angel. You've touched so many people with this magical song, I'm in love.
1 likeIM SOBBING I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH 😭😍❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💗💖🌈
0 likesI've been listening to this nonstop since yesterday ❤️❤️ this song is stunning, Dodie!!! Just like you ☺️💕🌈
0 likesThis makes me want to cry and smile at the same time, beautiful 😍🌈
0 likesit's getting hard to navigate when every map was never made for me <3 what a beautiful lyric :)
0 likesidk what even to say this is just amazing! <333
1 likethank you for this. this just touched my heart in such a personal way, it’s such a wonderful song 💗💜💙
0 likesEverytime I hear Dodie's songs they are so beautiful ❤️❤️ and I always think, "wow, wish I wrote that"
0 likesthis is very “dear evan hansen(y)” !!
0 likesbasically GORGEOUS and full of emotion and lovely
Dodie I literally love your music so much, you’ve helped come out and come to terms with my sexuality. So thank you so much, you’re music is a gift💕💕
0 likesDodie I literally love your music so much, you’ve helped come out and come to terms with my sexuality. So thank you so much, you’re music is a gift💕💕
0 likesI really want to learn this, do you have the chords? Thanks!
1 likeI love how much I relate to this♥️
0 likesi started crying when the chorus hit, you always find the words to make me feel less alone, thank you.
0 likesIronic how I actually had a song idea a few months back with the same name! Lovely as always, dodie ^_^
0 likesAwe this song is amazing and beautiful 😭😍
0 likesDodie you just know how to pull at my heart strings oh my goodness. I love youuuu
0 likesi love the message!! I want to learn how to play it on my Uke for all of my LGBTQ+ friends!
0 likesJust came from your live stream love you so much Dodie you’re amazing and this is such an amazing song ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
0 likesbeautiful song, does anyone know the chords because they sound amazing?! x
0 likesI'm loving this song, great job <3
0 likesaaaaaaand now I’m crying! Dodie you’re amazing🌈
0 likesI love you dodie my friend introduced you to me and it's changed me for the good thank you truly for being you ❤🌈
0 likesGota love the dodie tears I always get when listening to music. It's a strange melancholicly happy feeling that I can't explain. it's magic.
0 likesthis is so real and pure and LOVELY i am in tears. thank you, dodie ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
0 likesThis is an amazing song! The uke plucking sounds so peacful! Great job Doodie!
0 likesOh my, that pause right before the first "Well, it makes me feel alright" makes me smile at that line every time!
0 likesthis is exactly what i need as a newly-out bi girl☺️ thank you dodie 💖💜💙
0 likesAlso, please release this song on some streaming platform that I can put on repeat! I love this song!
0 likesYou’re so insanely talented and make me inspired to continue to write my own songs :) thank you so much for sharing
0 likesI love you so much dodie thank you for making me happy when I need you. I love you so much!❤️
0 likesYASSSS SLAY MY BI QUEEENNNNNN YOU GAVE ME THE INSPIRATION TO COME OUT AS BI THANK YOU SO MUCH <33333333
0 likesthis is so beautiful my ears have been blessed 💖💕❤️
0 likesTo all of you little precious rainbows: you're loved🌈🌈🌈💘
0 likesi love your voice and i love everything about you, ughhhh you're a living queen
0 likesAh! I need this on Spotify!!
0 likesI'm sobbing in my room rn oh my god I love you so much thank you Dodie.
0 likesThis flat out has me sobbing I love you
0 likesThat was gorgeous dodie ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
0 likesplease put on spotify soon so i can smile and cry to this song every day like i do all your others <3
0 likesYour songs make me cry out of comfort, and I just want to say thank you for that. Not that many things make me feel this way.
0 likesthis is so fucking beautiful, keep shining dodie! <3
0 likesI love it so much!! Youre so flipin talented :)
0 likesThank you so much for this song, Dodie. It is beautiful and I really needed it. Years ago when I was first learning myself you made me feel good about being bi and this just reinforces that confidence and pride. Thank you
0 likesWhy am I crying rn? This is beautiful.
0 likesI neeeeeeed a ukulele tutorial for this ahhhhhhh❤️💘
0 likesWhat are the chords for this? 😭❤️
0 likesladies and gents (who love both ladies and gents), I'd like to introduce you to our new bi anthem
0 likesI both happy cried and sad cried to this. Thank you 💗💛💙
0 likesBeing a part of this ever loving community has only made me stronger.
0 likesThank you for that beautiful message!
0 likesWe a love a beautiful bi legend 😍
0 likesI’ve missed you Dodie, idk why I just feel like I haven’t seen you in aaaaaaageeesss
0 likesThis song just watered my crops, cured my depression and cleared my skin.
0 likes(ok but really it did heal my soul a little thank you)
This reminds me of Sick of Losing Soulmates and I love it
0 likesthank you, dodie.
1 likeMe:*scrolls through Youtube*
0 likesMe:*sees that Dodie posted another song*
Me: Oh YESSSS THIS IS GONNA BE AMAZING
That is beautiful. ♥️♥️♥️♥️
0 likesThe chords are even powerful. What a grat sound! It really made me tear up because I have a lot of social dysphoria over being nonbinary. No one really gets it and I never feel completely valid and this was a great song to start the day
0 likesthis makes me so happy :)
0 likesthis made my heart and soul do a twirl together and twist my insides all around nfndjfejj
0 likeslove you, dodie! 💕
0 likesTh comment section makes me feel so warm dodie you have inspired so much people and helped them🌈🌈✨ keep shining people
0 likesThis song made me so happy. I’m at my grandparents right now and they tell me that being LGBTQ+ is bad and I know I can never come out to them. You and your music gives me hope that maybe one day I can come out to them. Thank you.
0 likesWow well I’m crying now.I love you dodie
0 likesThank you Dodie! Beautiful song!
0 likesI love this so much thanks for being you
0 likesthis song sucker-punched me right in the feels and now im emotional
0 likesWhat a beautiful song i love it
0 likesI absolutely love this song
0 likesYou are amazing dodie keep being you and thank you for sharing your beautiful talents with us ♥️🌈
0 likesi love this so much oh my god
0 likesI’m seeing you in less than 2 months and I CANNOT wait my queen
0 likes"I was brought up in a line but I seem to walk in circles"
0 likesThis is honestly me.
Hits so very close to home... ❤️
0 likesThis song gave me more goosebumps than the amount of gay badges I own
0 likesaaa thankyou so much dodie this is so nice and beautiful!!!!
0 likes❤️❤️❤️ Beautiful! Love you
0 likesthis one hits too close to home. its beginning to feel like i can never be who i am.
0 likesEvery time I listen to this I start crying
0 likesI can't listen to this without feeling really happy
0 likesI love this❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
0 likesYou have a beautiful voice
0 likesDODIE YOU ARE A RAINBOW I LOVE YOU!!
0 likesi had 2 of my close friends send me this a few hours after you posted and i’m just now able to listen. and i’m sobbing. i’ve loved you since your paint days and hearing someone who i love and admire so much put into words what i’ve felt all my life is such a beautiful connection to make. recently i’ve been struggling with my pride in who i am because of the ways i’ve been put down in life by people who tell me i should be ashamed of all of who i am because of one part of me. this song reminded me of what it means to have pride despite the hurt, to be loud despite the ugly words, to love despite the hate. i love you and all that you do. you’re an inspiration to all of us. thank you for writing this dodie.
0 likesPride month never ends if you always have Pride! 💖🏳️🌈💖🏳️🌈💖🏳️🌈💖🏳️🌈💖🏳️🌈💖🏳️🌈💖
0 likeseven as not being part of the beautiful lgbt community, i can relate to this song so much ♥️ thank you dodie for another amazing song 🌈
0 likesDodie is possibly the cutest and most kind hearted person on earth😍 Songs like these hit close to home for a lot of people. Also including help lines is very thoughtful.. Love is Love🌈
0 likesplease post a tutorial!!!! i want to play this so baddd xx
0 likesI don't know how you do it,
0 likesBut you do it everytime
amazing 💕💞💞
0 likesthis is my new fav song omg
0 likesPride never ends :) <3
0 likesI’ve missed you, love ❤️
0 likesDoddie... I love your voice. But I am hard of hearing so sometimes I can't pick up every lyric that you sing. You are amazing but without captions I can't get everything. I know you really work hard and you don't have e a whole lot of time but it would be nice for every member of your beloved audience could participate.
0 likesi’m an ally but omg this song got me in tears
0 likesWe NEED a ukulele/guitar tutorial!!!!!
0 likesYou are the brightest rainbow and you light up so many peoples day :)
0 likesAyee this is soo cute! I'm scared to tell my mom that i don't feel like a girl and that i prefer being, thinking and dressing like a boy. I'm scared, i think she would say that i'm wrong or something like that. :(
0 likesOof, this song just punched me right in the heart. That was absolutely wonderful. It took me a really long time to come to terms with who I am, and a large part of that was of course stressing over all the what ifs and all the terrible things I would hear people say. But I love who I am now, and I'm glad I made it through all those really difficult years. So to anyone reading this, I hope you remember to love yourself, because you're wonderful and you deserve to be happy. <3
0 likesgetting serious OG Ed Sheeran vibes from this and im loving it so much
0 likes... this was ... beautiful
0 likes"When I'm so used to feeling wrong, well it makes me feel alright."
0 likesthis video makes me so happy
0 likesWhen I first listened to the song I wasn't paying attention to the lyrics too much, second time around....wow...just wow. I'm bisexual as well and the line "how can I be proud of what a million people shout at me I'm not" hits really close to home. People constantly saying it's a phase, you'll pick a side, and just generally not accepting bi people...it sucks. Thank you.
0 likesBeautiful song
0 likesmy queen! ily with my entire being
0 likes“You’re not bi, your just confused” “how can I be proud of what a million people shout at me I am not” ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
0 likesWhat I adore about this video (apart from the gorgeous song) is although you're wearing grey you can hear the colour pouring out from you, from your voice singly softly over that hopeful but tentative rising and falling progression. After inviting your audience into your soul, your words become more powerful at the chorus with the song coming together with harmonies and humming. The colour and beauty of your message just shines then.
0 likesIt's powerful symbolism. It isn't fair to take one glance at someone and just see grey. We're much more colourful and complex than that as humans, and to just judge someone's character at face value is a shame. We can all do with being a bit more open-minded.
Thanks Dodie for another sublime song and the LGBTQ+ representation. 💙
I’m proud of you! I’m still waiting for monster😍🤑
0 likesYour so cute I love you ❤️❤️
0 likesYou are a rainbow and you are bright ❤❤❤xx
0 likesThe pride anthem we need and deserve
0 likesI have only just kind of came out to myself in the last few days and even though nobody knows that I'm bi, I still relate to this song so much. To know that there is a community where I can fit in perfectly without being called 'weird' is so amazing and it makes me feel so loved! 🏳️🌈
0 likesI finally feel accepted for being me
What are the chords???❤️🏳️🌈❤️
0 likessitting on a dark bedroom floor right now eating french toast with my girlfriend and listening to this song while all snuggled up .
0 likescouldn’t ask for my more .
thank you <3
Not gonna lie, I started crying within the first 7 seconds
0 likesI love ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜this song
0 likesBest comment section ever. Nice to see a good community such as this one.
0 likesits crazy how the universe works. last wednesday i came out bi to my mom and told her i was dating my best friend . she was not happy and she was so scary and i was terrified and she doesn’t support me, but day after day, things seem to get a bit better and that provides me the hope of one day hopefully she’ll accept me
0 likesUgh dodie ily 💖💖💖
0 likesHow is it even possible for Dodie to express this highly needed point in such a beautiful way😭
0 likesRelate relate relate. I luv u 💞💛🌈
0 likesGirl you ARE a rainbow ;)
0 likesthis is too beautiful i cannot contain
0 likesthis made me cry.
0 likeswow, look at that im crying
0 likesDodie ! ! ! ❤💙💚💛💜
0 likesThank you.
0 likes❤️❤️
0 likesDODIE IVE MISSED YOU
0 likesi love this so much. and i haven’t come out to anyone in my family because my parents are very religious. i’m scared they’ll not approve and think something is wrong with me. i’m bi and i’m scared. i’ve come out to my closest friends and they still love me. but i’m scared of what my family will say. i just want to be out all the way and be happy about it. i have so many struggles with liking myself enough.
0 likesWow happy pride month 2 guys!
0 likesWaddup guys im in love with Dodie Clark
0 likesOkay, so can we please have an LGBTQIAlbum? Rainbow, She, A Coming Out Song, In the Middle... My bi heart is growing at the hope :)
0 likesYou really are a rainbow. 🌈
0 likesAt 19 I feel like i have had all the time in the world to figure out my identity and everyone around me knows who they are but I still feel so confused about it all. I can't really come out to my family because we are a very Christian family myself included. Fitting my sexuality into my faith has been so difficult but it's songs like this that just tell my that I am me and I am loved brings such peace over me so thank you so much dodie. This is what I needed tonight.
0 likesOmg! I love it😍Is it okay for a straight person to go out and support the lgbt even though they aren’t one themself? I feel like I get bashed when I do it
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OF COURSE! you're the kind of person we need more of
3 likesAbsolutely, being an accepting person makes you a part of the community, regardless of what you identify as. Happy pride my dude
1 likeDon’t listen to the jerks who say you matter less or that you can’t support simply because you’re straight, because when they do that they’re just as bad as the homophobes they so desperately despise
1 likeOmg yes you are awesome and it's absolutely awesome that you support others, you rock :))
0 likes* LostPieceOfMail * yessssssss amd thank you for supporting us☺️
0 likesyes of course. allies are what we need
0 likesYES
0 likesThank you
0 likesThis is absolutely beautiful Dodie! I love listening to your music (Especially the "You" EP) and watching your videos sooo much!
11 likes(Edit: This is the first video dodie uploaded since I started watching her.) :')
This is totally what I need right now. Thank you so much for being there with the perfect song at the perfect time. This song speaks to me on a whole other level. Thank you.
8 likesTHis song is so relatable and it just encapsulates and explains the reasons why I love pride and the community so much. It makes everything feel less of a huge weight and more like something I can deal with. The song made me cry, but in such a good way that now I am kind of happy? In a semi-sad way.
0 likesME ME BIG ALLY
64 likesEdit: well, turns out ME ME BIG BI
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BHAHAHAHAHHAA
19 likesperso Nathalie WHEEZING
1 likeme me big gay
1 likeyo that's finna woke
1 likeMy best friend told me about a week ago that she thinks that me liking girls is just a phase so this really helps. Thank you Dodie so much.
5 likesThis song is soo....it gives the original vibes. All you need is lyrics. Your instrument. And your voice. And thos lyrics hit home for me. Awesome doddie. Love you always!❤❤❤
0 likesHappy pride month to everyone here. ❤💜💙 I love you
5 likesThe lyric about the map was rlly clever cryin in the club
0 likesOMIGOD, YESSSSSSSSSS!!!! THIS SONG MADE MY HEART MELT!!!!
7 likesPlease put this on iTunes!!!!!
0 likesThis reminded me of the fact that my grandma doesn't know that i'm bisexual. And my grandpa died without knowing. This is such a good song, it made me cry.
6 likeslooking up dodies age to even imagine having a chance with her
0 likesim crying and honestly im wondering so many things about my life and your music helps me out so much
6 likesI seriously can not stop listening to this song. I’m an ally with a diverse group of friends with different sexualities, genders, race and so much more. This song just really touches me in a way I never thought it would. Definitely sharing this with all my friends ❤️❤️
0 likesYou are a Rainbow 🌈 you are bright 💡. You are also the best and kindest person I know. Also I absolutely love your song
0 likes🌈🌈rainbow love🌈🌈💕😘
337 likesmy soul hurts but also jumps in joy
7 likesYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you.
0 likesIt doesn’t matter what you identify as or what you don’t. Whether you’re out, in, questioning or somewhere in between. It doesn’t matter what people think of you, or that you have a million supporters.
0 likesWhat matters is that you support yourself, and that you are as true to yourself as you can be.
No one can take that away.
💗💜💙
0 likes💗💜💙
0 likesthis is very nice. also i was sad and thinking about wanting a gf before and this made me a lil less sad ❤️
0 likesIn my own personal experience I have observed from the vast majority of my friendships with lgbtq+ people that it seems like people will come out as lgbtq+ as a way with dealing with past emotional trauma. It seems to cause only more confusion for them, leading to more pain in their lives. I'm not trying to be labeling or anything, but does anyone have any observations on this or opposing viewpoints? I'm trying to be respectful here 👍
0 likesohohohohhhhhhhh this song is sooooo good
0 likesdodie! i am a mess but i love you SO much
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jet big mood
0 likesI love how honest all her songs are🌈💗
6 likesi'm not crying you are
1 like♡
0 likesthis is such a pretty song :( even if a lot of dodie content is melancholic if it’s not the happy yellow kind she’s such a ray of light and her voice just has a peaceful effect :( dodie i love u so much u have no idea how much you inspire so many people
0 likesTears :')
0 likesmake a ukelele tutorial on how to play this song plz
25 likesI STAN you and Jessie so hard OMG slams table
0 likesUgh, Dodie can just make words blossom <3 God bless her
6 likesI don't think I will ever come out to my parents and I'm okay with that
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You gotta do what you feel is best and stay safe! I hope you can still find love and love yourself, if you wish to. :)
0 likesThe lyrics for this song really hit home with me.
5 likesI’m 17, and discovered myself to be aromantic nearly a year ago, but I’m still too scared to come out to my family, in fact it was aromantic pride day today and I promised myself I would come out, but I didn’t.
It is the creators like Dodie who help give courage to so many others to be themselves, just like you.
Thank you Dodie 💛💛
🌈
0 likesDamn..she did it again
8 likesWell this is fucking adorable
0 likesDodie you're a rainbow and you are so bright
0 likesthis song resonates with me. the lyrics apply to so many parts of me other than me being part of the lgbt. I think this might be my favorite dodie song
5 likesPlease please sing this or she at the North American tour. I love you bebe ❤️ so proud of you
4 likesEdit: so pretty much, I just want to be in a place where there’s other lgbtq people being open and shit when I go to your Denver concert ❤️
💗💛💙 ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
0 likesI don’t think enough people appreciate the simplicity of the scenery against such a powerful song - it’s amazing.
4 likesThis song is so important to me. I was very confused about my bisexuality at first but I've come to be very proud of it and this song reminds me of why I should be. You have a lovely, wonderful, beautiful heart and soul Dodie Clark.
5 likesI just figured out I'm bi. The person I had a crush on was my BEST friend, and I told them my feelings at our school dance. They immediately told me they like me too. I'm only 12. I am so, so happy, that relationships like that can be accepted at our middle school. So many kids our age are open about sexuality and gender, while the others are supportive. 💛💚💜💙
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So happy for you! 💚💙💛💜
1 likeDodie you are the best
0 likesholy sht i can’t fcking start with how i relate to this song so much
37 likesThank you dodie this was beautiful
4 likesI love you
0 likesThis hurts since i yearn to be accepted so much especially by the people most important to me. And one of those people is my best friend. And she seems to plead ignorance on the matter, how the times i brought up my sexuality she'd ignore that i ever said anything. She also doesnt understand why stuff like pride and representations are important for people like me. And she'd also be in denial about me not being straight even when i single handedly notify her about it, she'd try to make herself believe that im not. And she'd also tell me that im not, as if she was me. It hurts, but im hopeless. She cant accept me, that i know. I just cant accept that she cant accept me. That's what sets a heavy coal in my gut. Its an unspoken disrespect that i cant ignore. She wants to ignore it, but that's easy for her. When i'd have to swallow my words each time it threatens to spill out. Its not fair. Sometimes id think that i was somehow the one who was wrong, or that i was insane. And some other times id tell myself that i didnt need their acceptance, when how i felt betrayed my words. This has prolonged for so long that its lost its whole meaning and so i ceased to understand what it is that i want anymore.
0 likesThis is so beautiful! Thank you for verbalizing your thoughts so beautifully!!!
5 likesthis is absolutely beautiful ❤️ i’m not a part of the lgbt+ community, but i have a few friends who are & i support it fully 💓💓
9 likesI hate to see dodie sad ;-; We need to form a dodie protection squad /.\
0 likesTABS PLEASE
0 likesHumanity has been restored with this song and in the comment section of it
0 likesDODIE! (though you may not see this) Please, do a song with Ethan!!! (crankgameplays)! THAT WOULD BE MAGICAL!
0 likesI heard this first a while ago, but only just now read the context in the dublidoo, and now realise it was made for Pride. Wow.
0 likesThat said, and without trying to take away anything from Pride, I just wanted to appreciate how I felt it was also speaking to me (thus potentially others), though I am out-of-the-norm in a different way.
So spot on. So many genious lines. I love it! Thank you for creating and sharing this :)
The one that makes me cries the most is this comment section.
0 likesJust like burned out, it's over too fast🌈
4 likesLove your songs! I just have to say that everyone needs to be respected the same way no matter what!
1 likewow i literally have no words and too many feelings about this song <3
1 likeDodie whyyyyy, i cried at this song and i dont tend to cry at songs! This was absolutely beautiful and words cannot explain how proud i am of you! Xx
1 likeNecesitaba escuchar una canción así hace mucho... literal, hizo mi día :')
0 likeshey rainbow fam. love you all. you all are important. please take care of yourself, you are beautiful.
2 likesThank you so much for this spectacular musical representation of an experience that I and so many other members of the lgbtq+ community have gone through. And on top of that it's a great song. Idk how you do it dodz 🏳️🌈❤️❤️❤️
1 likealrite lads how do i come out
328 likesedit: guys! i just meant to my mom. i'm already out to my sister and my friends. i know it's a process.
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Alice V. OK SO. Go on a roller coaster or log flume with your family or friends and when the camera takes the picture of you on the coaster goin down the hill hold up a sign that says “I AM *insert sexuality here*”. AND THEN when your frens or fam look at the picture at the end of the ride they will see. If you do that you will be crowned queen of gays.
70 likesgo to bed it's 3 a.m. OMG yes thank you I will use that also
6 likesVal hahaha
5 likestell people you trust most first and have them help you, remember you don't have to come out before you're ready!!!
13 likesDon't if you're not ready and safe
5 likesAlice V. Well yesterday I came out to my mom. I caught her when she was making coffee and I said “hey I’m gonna tell you something you can’t tell anyone. I’m bisexual.” I don’t beat around the bush ahahha
15 likesthrow a party. write a song. make a cake. introduce partner to friends/family. build a shrine in your home in honor of ellen.
35 likesJessica Armijo building an Ellen shrine is the best way to do it
20 likesJust be yourself! Tell others when you want to, it's up to you.
3 likesshouting at whomever IM insert sexuality here BOIIII
5 likesnah but really just remember you have people around you that love and support you and come out with confidence.
I’m sure there’s a song for whatever your sexuality is and just send it to all your friends and fam
1 likeaccidently dislikes
7 likesMe: WAI- NONNONONKNONON-
Me: likes there :3
That’s a mood but also
15 likesGet on broadway and make a musical with Ellen, Neil Patrick Harris, garret watts, Shane Dawson and obviously RuPaul and then boom
Ok but fr, I'm like a quarter of the way out and (at least for me) it's more of a process than a big event. Come out to people you trust and maybe ask them for help with some of the harder people to tell, then just live life as you please ig
1 likeYah dont
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NO SERIOUSLY DONT TAKE MY ADVICE- xD
Alternatively you yell it out right before the picture is taken on the log ride and then you with have their first reactions right there in photograph forever
3 likesPhangirl my friend came out to our friend group that way (as bi too!!!)
1 likePhangirl___ 100% stealing this idea
0 likesWait till someone passes you the aux cord, then blast I'm Coming Out by Diana Ross
2 likesCars are a good place to do it. Make sure it’s a positive and safe enough environment, for your own sake! Maybe your sister or friends before you do it so they can support you after. Make sure to supply yourself with love and coping mechanisms beforehand in case it doesn’t go as planned. Know that this is a sensitive topic so there’s always a chance you’ll misinterpret things or your mind might amplify negative comments. No matter what, give a lil love to yourself and know you’re worth a ton! Much love and best of luck ☺️
0 likesI’ve had to come out like 5 times to my mom because for one i didnt know for sure what i am. (im bi i think.. mostly gay tho) but how i did truly did it was i messaged her that “i could grow up and marry a man or a woman and i need to know if you’re going to support for either one” that was the last time i came out because the first few times she wasnt as understanding. she still supported me and all but she didnt quite understand the whole gay thing.. but she has became super supportive and it’s really great. I would say if your mom is not entirely open to the idea of being in the lgbt community, inform her and im sure she will come around eventually. My best advice is to try and make it come up in casual conversation and slowly build it from there. But if that’s hard I would say just walk in the room to scream HEY MOM IM *insert orientation* and just get the shit over with. Just do what works for you.. And hey .. Even if she isn that supportive, it feels like 10000000000000000% better after you come out. Good luck 🏳️🌈❤️
2 likesI just hung a pride flag up and let the conversation go from there
2 likesmy advice is to make some sort of presentation educating them about the sexuality so they understand more of what you're feeling and are more likely to be accepting. good luck <3
1 likeI am blessed enough to have a wonderfully accepting family, and so after telling my mother, I just let the others know of figure it out on their own. I didn't make it a big deal, I would just casually bring up a girl I liked in a conversation or we would talk about something gay and I'd nonchalantly bring it up. I came out to my grandma by asking her to take pictures of me and my homecoming date. I know some of you aren't as fortunate as I was to have such an accepting as I am, and I'm terribly sorry if that's the case, but if your situation allows for it, you don't have to make it a big deal if you don't want to. Just be you. Let them see you and nothing else. I'm so proud of everyone coming out to their family and friends and just being themselves. Love all of you straight, gay, bi, pan, whatever you are weirdos ❤️❤️ much love
3 likesStay proud❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💗🏳️🌈
0 likesthe shrine would be legendary
0 likesi am aware that maybe my previous suggestions maybe weren't what you had in mind, so i want to try to give you some actual decent advice. coming out to my family for me was a little tricky, and i didn't have the comfort of "being ready" bc I was outed by my small knit community. but, analyzing the situation to make sure you're safe is top priority. As a previous commenter said that being on a drive is a good environment, I would highly agree. Maybe go out to lunch, go on a walk. I would say to not treat it as a somber occasion or conversation. Saying something along the lines of "there's something that I have finally grown to accept and celebrate myself, and would like to share it with you" i think sets a good tone that isn't too serious, but shows that it is important to you. Now, and it pains me to say, there will be people who will find it upsetting. Some are just unfamiliar with the whole situation in general, and with a little help they'll come around. Others will not approve, but still love you. It's hard to say what reaction you'll get, but make it clear to them that you love them and that's why you wanted to confide in them and share this beautiful personal journey (that I am aware wasn't easy for yourself either) I wish you the bestest of luck and remember that you always have a community here to reach out to when you need some love and support. ❤️
0 likesI felt this song in my heart. Proud to be apart of this community 💗💜💙
0 likesI wish YouTube could just be a never ending loop of this 💖
0 likesI'm crying oh my God. I love this so much! Keep it up and don't let them keep you down!
0 likesI'm so in love with this song. What an ending to pride month <3
0 likesI am crying so much right now, this song is so simple but it gets everything right. God damn dodie, thank you
1 likeIM LITERALLY CRYING RIGHT NOW DODIE I LOVE THIS SONG ITS BEAUTIFUL!! THANK YOU!!
0 likesThis made me cry 😭. Idk if it was the song or the sheer joy of dodie uploading
0 likesDodie does an excellent job at making me incredibly emotional with her lovely voice and bitter sweet lines
0 likesThis song makes me happy 😊 happy pride everyone🏳️🌈
1 likethis is such a beautiful and meaningful song to me and i’m sure so many others! i think i’ve listened to it about 30 times by now ♥️
0 likesthis makes me so happy. we’re all so bright 🏳️🌈
0 likesDODIE! This song is literally what I’ve been feeling! Thank you so much for your beautiful gift of talent! It always brightens up my day ❤️
0 likesBeautiful. 💛💛💛
1 likeThank you so much for sharing such a beautiful song with us Dodie. This song is true representation and completely relatable. Thank you for giving me pride.
0 likesOH HELL YES DODIE YOU JUST MADE MY WHOLE MONTH
0 likesBeautiful as always. More Dodie songs 😍😍
0 likes😭😭😭😭 I love it so much omg you did an amazing job!! Also I’m not crying you’re crying
0 likesThis is so beautiful and I relate so much😭
0 likesThis makes me feel alright 🌈
0 likesThis is so incredibly powerful. Thank you so much Dodie for saying what I couldn’t ever put into words, myself. 💛🌈
0 likesPan💖💛💙I absolutely LOVED THIS SONG😂
0 likesLoved this song! This is beautiful! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
0 likesAbsolutely fucking beautiful. I'm lost for words <3
0 likesThis is...beautiful beyond words!
2 likesthis is everything and i am so grateful 🌈🌈🌈
0 likesThanks for this amazing song. I think it's truly important to have people like you doing amazing pieces of art like this... Just thank you
0 likesI’m in love thanks for this beautiful song x 💖💖
0 likesThis is so beautiful i love it and i love your voice and i love you.
0 likesThis is so beautiful I literally started crying
0 likeschills!!! great ending to pride month :)
0 likesWhat a great way to fucking end pride month I love you so much 💗🏳️🌈
0 likesi love this so much. thank you for verbalizing what so many feel 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
0 likesI’m crying. I love this
0 likesAbsolutely gorgeous 😍 I love it
0 likesThis is so beautiful :,))))
0 likesMade me feel emotional and think of how I feel and have felt in my life being gay. Thanks for connecting my spirit and making me feel like I’m not alone in how I feel Dodie. You’re a special soul and write and sing from your heart. It’s wonderful. Love this song very much and made me cry in all the ways oxo love and hugs in abundance to you always oxo
0 likesTHIS IS AMAZING!!!!
0 likesI was feeling sad so I listened to this. In case you were wondering, it made me feel better
0 likesThank you. I can't think of anything else to say that would describe how this made me feel. Just thank you
0 likesOmg this is so beautiful I love this so much!! Happy (late) Pride Month everyone!! Can you PLEASE please please do a cover of at least one of the songs from Panic! At The Disco's new album Pray For The Wicked? Cause I know you really like Panic! At The Disco and you have only done two covers of their songs so that's why I'm asking you to do another one cause really why not? Anyways I loved the song, I love you and I'm gonna go now, byeeeeee - Jade🤓🤓 🙏For The 😈
0 likeseverything about this is so lovely and real and it’s truly inspiring to me and helps me realize that i’m not alone in this world, thank you dodie <3
0 likesdoes anyone know the chords? this is so beautiful
0 likesi would actually sell my soul for her to put this and “she” on spotify. pls give us gays what we want. ps we lov u
0 likesI’m literally crying this song makes me so happy and honestly makes me feel so much better with my mental health and all my gender dysphoria thank you for literally being my idol oh my gods
0 likesU're the biggest, brightest, most amazing rainbow I've ever seen. Just saying. I love U! ❤️💛💚💙💜
0 likesPLEASE PLEASE PLEASSEEEE put this out as a single!!! I need it permanently on my phone and in ALL of my playlists!!!!!!! 🌈❤️
0 likesThis is such a beautiful song.. thank you for this, Dodie <3
0 likesI came out to my parents recently as a homoromantic asexual and they.. don't really get it. They think I'll change, that one day when I'm older I'll suddenly see something I didn't in guys, and they think that my asexuality is simply because I'm depressed.
But this song filled me with hope.
Maybe one they I'll try to let them walk in my shoes - to make them understand - but for now I know I have the people that do already understand and that support me and everyone else in the LGBT+ community. You guys are all amazing!! Never give up hope :)
I love this so much!!!!
0 likesdodie is everything and more <3
0 likesThis just lights up my heart in so many ways! I can’t thank you enough for this song you bless us with today, for a while now I’ve been asking myself am I really bisexual because none of my friends are “convinced”, the 3rd time I listened to this song I realised that my feelings are real and I didn’t just curate them in my brain. I might actually start going after the girl I like now. I will forever be grateful for the music you share because every song you put out there someone can relate or feel touched by and your talent for singing is so incredible amazing.
0 likesHoney xx
wow i CAN'T wait to learn how to play this! i wish pride month wasn't over already :(
0 likesJust amazing, as always
0 likesi just cant wrap my head around the fact that every song you put up, finished or not, drafted or not, is a fucking great song and i appreciate your way with words when you make them.
0 likesSUCH A FUCKING CUTE SONG😭💕👏
0 likesLoved this sooo much, I've liked and subscribed ☺
0 likesBEAUTIFUL THANK YOU ALWAYS DODIE
0 likesSo beautiful😭❤
0 likesThis made me cry. This is how I felt for so freaking long, but I think I’m finally alright now. I have friends that fully support me and I couldn’t be happier. Happy pride :) you’re all loved and supported by so many people. And that’s coming from a person who makes death jokes 24/7, so you guys are special ;) every one of you
0 likesI'll be playing this in my wedding, funeral, the bathroom, the bus, while I'm walking on the sidewalk just e v e r y w h e r e
0 likesWow! Just wow! I love it and I love you! 💖
0 likesThis is a beautiful song!
0 likesIt astounds me how even when I am numb to everything your music turns on my tear ducts like a tap. Thank you for speaking the things I didn't know I thought and making them more beautiful than I could ever hope to. You make me feel less alone, thank you
0 likesThat first first was a little to relatable smh about to make me cry this song is so good❤️🌈
0 likesWhat are the chords to this song? I love it so much!!
0 likesi love u with all my heart, seriously, thank you for speak for us
0 likesMe taking hours to put your songs on loop has gotten me thought alot of hard stuff thank you for what you are doing and I hope you become really successful
0 likesSo beautiful 😍🌈 ♥️
0 likesi want this song to be longer hahahahaha
1 likeAh dodie! This is lovely.
0 likesThis is absolutely beautiful.
0 likesTo all my babes! I LOVE AND SUPPORT YOU SO MUCH! Have so much pride in who you are, and take all year to be prideful, because we love when you are! Keep being you, and don’t forget you have people for you who live and support you.
0 likesLove this song! I didnt really understand that there are actually people who arent straight, so i just assumed i was straight, then i decided im pansexual
0 likesDodie this song is so beautiful aaah I've missed your original songs
0 likesTHIS IS BEAUTIFUL
0 likesbeautiful absolutely beautiful Dodie!
0 likesWHEN CAN I BUY THIS SONG ON ITUNES PLS
1 likeBeautiful 👌
0 likesBeautiful 🌈
3 likesGoosebumps as always
0 likesYes put this on Spotify!
0 likesI need a tutorial and instrumental for thissssss plzzzz
0 likesThis song made me so happy
0 likesOH MY GOD I LOVE YOU SO MUCH
0 likeswow this is a blessing
0 likesThis might sound weird, but your songs always make such sense?! Like the chords you chose just belong right there and the words are so carefully put together.
0 likesMy point is, you‘re truly gifted.
Could you put this on Spotify? I've listened to this song three times today, and I'm in love with it. (It also makes me feel a little better)
0 likesI borrowed your book from my friend and ended up buying my own hardcover book because I would carry it everywhere, and ripped it a lot...
But love you dodie ❤️ You're someone I can finally relate too and it makes me feel better and more grounded
im so proud of you dodie
0 likesBeen feeling down for a while and this just made it a little bit easier:)))) tnx
0 likes0:39suddenly I’m weeping???? 💖🏳️🌈
0 likesI love this
0 likesI’ve never been more infatuated with a person than I am with you
0 likesDodie, you are a Rainbow. You are beautiful, different and perfect in every way, bright and wanted. Be proud of yourself for being who you are, a rainbow.
0 likesI know this is about LGBT+ stuff but I connect more to it because of my autism (Well, I'm also a B :p) Yay, interpretations<3
1 likelove u love this ❤️🧡💛💚💙
0 likesThis song sort of puts me in a trance like how is that even possible!!!
0 likesSo beautiful Dodie. Your lyrics are so honest and pure. Hope you are well
0 likesThe ukelele strumming in this reminds me of sick of losing soulmates and has the same sort of tone. Subject matter wise they are very different but they are both approached in a way to make it sound melancholy
0 likesAmazing.
0 likesi don’t think anyone understands how much i love dodie. she’s so brilliant, even if she is a little or a lot bruised.
0 likesReady for it to join Spotify
0 likescan this be on itunes like now pls i love it so much asdfghjkl
0 likesI really needed this
0 likesHappy pride :)
2 likesI'm sorry you're so adorable when you're smiling except your saddest music it it touches me the most
0 likesplease professionally record this song so i can download it
0 likesI know I say this a lot, but thank you
0 likesThis has a real Les Mis feel to it 🤩
0 likesBeautiful
0 likesBeautiful
0 likesYour songwriting has gotten so much better, those chord changes and lyrics are brilliant
0 likesheyy this is very nice :)
0 likesI'm not a part of the LGBT community, I love God and all He's done in my life....
0 likesbut your song made me bawl Dodie, and you have a gift, your songs always got me tearing up :')
I wish things weren't so terrible between the LGBT and the church, but my whole life it's been so
Plz put this on Apple Music!!!
0 likesSo beautifull
0 likesim having an absolute shit day and this made me feel better
0 likesCame out as gay to my very conservative parents two months ago and life is as shit as it has ever been. Thank you Dodie. I needed to hear this today x
0 likesthis made me cry ty dodie
0 likes🌈 I'm a rainbow 🌈 if only I could come out as a rainbow :c
0 likeshi im pansexual and proud <3
0 likesYou, my dearest dodie, are an absolute bi-con. I know many of us, myself included, needed to hear this in order to gain strength and in order to remember reasons of why we should love ourselves. Thank you for this, got me teary eyed from the start. Thank you for the relatable lyrics, and the gentle melodies. Thank you for being one of us, and for standing up for those of us who can't do so yet. Lots of love, because love wins...💜 🌈
0 likesLove love love love love love
0 likes💓✨
0 likesMy asexual ass is crying rivers right now. I kinda felt the pain of the bis, But then i realised, Im not meant for love, I tried to love and love but then i realised it is not for me. Last time i loved a person, She was a girl, People started to look down at me, like i did something wrong, and i thought i did do something wrong but now.. I am not meant for love but It might change. Right now isn't time for me, or my life. I found out half of my sisters are Bi's And My big brother was gay, I think im the wrong one in the family but im okay with not loving any gender but my family. I just want love from people i know, Thats all that matters to me. But I'll keep on supporting the LGBTQ Community!
3 likesThank you.
0 likes💖🌈
0 likesno shame I teared up a bit
0 likesThis is so fucking good!!
0 likesThis song belongs in a movie it’s so sweet
0 likesawwwwww been waiting for more dodie yursss
0 likesidk why but dodie always makes me feel uncomfortable.. she is talented though no hate ♥
0 likesPlease do a tutorial on how you did that messy ponytail!!!
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u just put it up and let it fall to one side throughout the day!
0 likesLately I've been questioning my sexuality. I sort of get hit my waves of it since about a year ago. I know that there's nothing wrong with me, I have many LGBT friends but it's difficult not to second guess myself and question whether what I feel is real when many people around me tell me that it's just a phase. And maybe it is just a phase. But I'd rather have it be something that passes by and I learn from it that repress it for the rest of my life and wonder why I never did anything about it when I was younger.
0 likeshow can u play the uke so beautifully what the faauCK when i play it sounds SO “PIDONGGG” y’know WHAT
0 likesIf you didn't cry when you first heard this, you can't possibly be human!
0 likes💜💜💜
0 likesI'm crying omfg dodie
0 likesThank you Dodie
5 likes❤🧡💛💚💙💜
0 likeshonesty is the greatest thing for the musician and empathy is the best feeling for the listeners
7 likesbeautiful song dodie
0 likesDodie you are such an inspiration you have no idea how much you mean to all of us
4 likesthis pride actually all of 20gayteen im even more proud of who i am but it’s also very lonely. this song really echoed that to me . i’ve watched you for like 4 years now maybe more and each song you make i needed it in that moment . i really needed this one
0 likesits 2 am where i live and i’m in my room sobbing
4 likeswhy am i like this and why is this song so perfect
why are u so talented i can't take it
0 likesThat song was amazing. Be my girlfriend.
0 likesOne of my close friends who is a part of the LGBT+ community said to me that they think that the letter S should be added for Straight because we should all feel like one big community instead of being separated which is what people have fought and voted to stop
0 likesThoughts?
hi ! im rey. and i'm pansexual. the struggles of being pansexual is that many people think it's just the same as bisexual. and the very limited positive rep in the media.
0 likesim rey. fourteen. i'm starting highschool and my outlook isnt very bright. and i'm pansexual. i love girls, boys and everything in between.
I do acapella covers on my channel and I am definitely going to do a cover of this. I came out to half my family. But the others are to homophobic and racists so they won't be to happy to know that a latina makes me happy. I love this song and I over analyse everything so right now I am crying from the lyrics because I am an emotional fuck ~please pardon my language~. Happy late pride month everyone. Stay true and be you 💙💗💛
0 likesI literally have goosebumps listening to this. I love this song so fucking much
3 likesthank you.
0 likesI LOVE THIS SO MUCH THANK YOU DODIE HAPPY PRIDE
11 likesCAN YOU HEAR ME FUCKING SOBBING
0 likes💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
0 likesChills. Actual chills.
0 likesAhhh my god. There's so much dust in this room suddenly...
16 likesBut seriously this just made me so happy. I love you all and thank you so much dodie for this song 💗🌈
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definitely crying
0 likesI’m sobbing
0 likesHERe we GO MY BLESSED DAY HAS ARRIVED
21 likesYou are a rainbow and my favourite one so far 🌈
5 likesIM NOT IN TEARS YOU ARE
16 likesI had to stop eating my potatoes because i started to get emotional and tear up. What a fantastic way to end pride month. You have a way of making complex things seem so simple with your sweet voice.
0 likesthank you for this. my god i love you, im not even regretting that i'm crying.
17 likesi love every word of this
4 likesit's so great ily
andddd im crying.
12 likesalso i missed you dodie
0 likesWhat a beautiful song to wake up to. 🌈
4 likesMy mother denies my sexuality and says that “I can’t be gay and trans”. I feel hopeless around my friends cause the only one that respect who I am live on another continent. I don’t want to be an another statistic in suicides yet I linger death because I don’t understand who I am or what am I doing here. I love you dodie, your work and how you inspire others. xoxo
0 likesLiterally crying??? I used to think I was straight and when I saw a cute girl just thought I wanted to be like them, not date them. Lately I’ve realized I love women and men and it makes me really happy, but I’m still not sure if I’m asexual or just extremely scared of human bodies and sex, or at least with men, I feel like women would make me feel more comfortable. My mom is supportive but still makes jokes about me not being “lesbian enough” since all I ever talk about are my favorite male singers and point out cute guys in the streets, even though that’s just because I know she will laugh if I say a girl is cute because she will just think of it as a joke, and I’m lowkey ashamed of thinking about girls in that way after hearing all these contradicting comments. I’m only “out” to her in my family (“out” because I don’t think I was ever in the closet, just figuring it out), but my uncle seems to have realized (I do call myself a big gay in my ig stories, might be because of that) and he always asks me if I got a boyfriend or girlfriend and small details like those make me feel really accepted and comfortable. This song really got me because it’s not only about figuring out what you truly are, but also people telling you you’re not what you are after happily telling them who you’ve finally realized you are. People like you make me feel like I’m not alone in the world and I really need that. Thanks for existing, Dodie. Happy pride, my little rainbows ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💖
0 likesomg this is everything honestly
3 likessuch an iconic QUEEN 😩👌💦💕
This came out right when Jessie paege came out!!
0 likesPutting some cello in the second verse might sound v good
0 likesthis makes my chest feel warm, gosh
4 likesI love this song because it’s applicable to really anyone who has ever felt like they weren’t good enough. Even though it is directly speaking of the LGBT community, the lyrics can fit to anyone. Not only that, but there is something in dodies voice when she sings, not only this song... but any song. It just has this emotion that makes her songs so just mean so much more than they wouldif almost anyone else was.
0 likesFellow 🏳️🌈 LGBT+ friends unite!!!!!
0 likesthis was the best way to end pride month. thanks dodie <3
4 likesYou’re simply beautiful dodie💗
10 likesI’m finally out to my family as queer and this song hit me like a ton of bricks. And then I read the comments, and I got hit with a herd of elephants. Happy pride everybody💕
5 likesthis really made me tear up. i live in an extremely homophobic country, where you get chastised for being an ally, let alone lgbt yourself. as a bi guy, it really feels awfully shitty, especially when you spend most of your time online, to go outside or watch a newscast just to hear people say absolutely awful and horrific things about your friends and you, not even knowing that's what they're doing.
4 likesi needed this so so much. thank you for being there for all of us who feel alone in our journies. we all love you and your content so incredibly much and can never thank you enough for using your platform to help anyone in the world struggling with mental illness, being in the closet, struggling with finding their sexuality, or just figuring out how to finally be happy with themselves. we love you so much, thank you dodie❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
3 likesThere are tears in my eyes fuck
0 likesyou missed pride month by 1 hour!! (In the U.K.) woulda been perf timing with this song
5 likesI love the harmonies in this song so much!!!
3 likessome would say that ace isn't part of the lgbtq+ my family has never listened to me when i tell them im asexual, they always are like "no you probably haven't met the right guy" or they just slide it aside and don't listen to me, it sucks but i have the greatest group of friends in the whole wide world that support my sexuality, im happy with my label, but you don't need one, i love you all so much no matter who you are, im here for all of you 💗💚💚💜💙❤️💖💞💛💓💓💖❤️💚💗💗💙🧡💙💚🧡💛💚💜🧡❤️💖💚💗💙🧡💙💜💙❤️💛
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aesthetically _pathetic Stay proud❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💗🏳️🌈
1 likeyes dodie !!!!!!
0 likeswe stan a proud lgbtq+ dodie
4 likesthis is so beautiful
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Val B you are incredibly gorgeous holy hell
1 likeLilBlondiee tysm i really appreciate it😭💗 you are too💗
1 likeVal B thank you!❤️
1 likeSlams hand on table YOU'RE NO RAINBOW.
0 likesYou're a pink, blue, and purple gradient.
im genderfluid and bi and no one i am close to understands that, so i don't bring that up often. i've never suffered any direct prejudice (only "jokes" etc) but it saddens me that i have to kind of ignore who i am just so people don't get "uncomfortable" around me
0 likesThis is exactly what my transgender girlfriend needs right now, because she's been brought down by her parents a lot lately, they say "it's just a phase", "I'm sure you're not a girl", "it's a stupid decision" and unfortunately it gets to her. She needs to see that she is beautiful and wonderful and that she is who she is no matter what her parents think
0 likesThank you, Dodie, because you once again showed the world that being strong and being proud is not easy but it's worth it and we're not alone, whatever we go through
I'm a lesbian and I'm not confident in telling people that I am, I am honestly ashamed of myself but I can't change who I am no matter how hard I try. baby I was born this way ❤🌈
1 likeThis is so heavy for me, I've never felt a song so close I'm actually crying. When I came out as bi I felt so many eyes on me. People didn't care much for me they just saw my sexuality and so people thought I was dirty. I was never going to be something. Here I am 5 years later I'm in a high school that's made for the arts and people there make me feel so warm and happy. This really is something that felt personal to me dodie I don't know how you do it, but thank you for everything
4 likesHey beautiful person scrolling through the comments. Hope you’re having a great day
0 likesAs an out and proud 14-year old lesbian this hits home. My family is proud of me and I have a great community of people yet I still feel wrong. They tell me they can't wait till my wedding and I know they're disappointed it won't be to a man but that's fine because I'm different, yes, but human too and I'm a rainbow and so are you
0 likesI’m only 13 and I feel like I’m not allowed to say I’m bisexual coz I’ve only ever been with boys and I’ve only ever been just attracted to girls and never actually been with one so I don’t feel like I can say I’m bisexual coz I’m not bi enough if I haven’t actually been with a girl, I know this isn’t true and that everyone would accept me in the lgbtq+ community but I’m just worried that if I tell people and then I’m never actually with a girl it will seem like I’ve done it for attention, has anyone else ever felt like this if so how do I get over it and just accept myself? 🌈 x
137 likesEdit: update 5 months later I’m fully out and proud as bisexual! thank you all so much for your comments❤️🏳️🌈 xx
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Thank you for this🙏 and you’re right if it’s what I feel then I shouldn’t worry about what other people think coz I know that people will still support me, I just need to learn about accepting myself at the moment and figure out the rest as it comes ❤️🌈
6 likesheya, i realised I was bi when I was 12, and i used to think like this too. But just know it's not true, this is you and you can know that without being in relationships. People will try to tell you that it's a phase or it's for attention, but that's not true. Although things are tough now, I learned to accept myself with time, just give it a while to accept yourself and don't feel like you have to come out until you fully accept yourself. I feel that I came out too soon and I really regretted it. Sorry if this was terrible advice aha but keep on fighting and have some rAGInG bisexual pride(ง •̀_•́)ง
12 likesYou are what you think you are. No one can title you when you know what you like and what you don't. If you think you're bisexual, you are. You also don't have to be with a girl to be bi. Dodie hasn't been with a girl (to my knowledge. She never was when she first came out) and she's bi. Be what you wanna be, kiddo.
7 likesI’m the same way, I know all my family is supportive and wouldn’t care but I’m not sure all of my friends would except me, and on top of that I identify as bisexual but since some people think of it as a “fase” I’m worried if I change my mind I would give a bad rep to other bisexual people and my sister would doubt me because I told her one of my friends was bi and she goes “how can she be bi, she’s only twelve”
4 likesAnna 2507 but once you were never with a boy either, yet no one would question that you liked them or would think that you were 'doing it for attention' flip that bullshit logic back on them. ❤
4 likesThank you to everyone for their stories and advice it really helps a lot 🌈🌈❤️❤️ x
3 likesI'm 14 and identify as pansexual, but I've only ever been attracted to girls. However, I feel like I can be attracted to anyone, and I think that's the beauty of being bi or pan. You can have a preference (in my case for girls), but that doesn't make your sexuality or feelings any less valid. If you're even asking yourself if you're really bi, that probably means you are.
4 likesSorry for this mess, hope you're feeling okay x
(also great name :) )
Hello, I'm also questioning myself. I consider myself a bisexual, yet I haven't had a crush on anyone. (Unless you count the fictional ones lol) But I've noticed that most of the people I've liked they have been mostly guys. And im not sure if its wrong to label yourself as bi when you're actually straight. Im still a bit confused about my sexuality, but hopefully I'll learn someday. Thanks for anyone reading this 😄
3 likesAnna 2507 When I was your age I really was confused, bi-curious and at one point thought I was pan. It can be a very VERY tricky time, especially if you're so set on labeling yourself and you don't want to "get it wrong",, It wasn't until I got into my first ever relationship (that happened to be with a girl) that I realized I was gay. Full on. Sometimes you just need some time to explore everything and not be so quick to label yourself. I'm not saying yours or anyone's feelings are invalid if they haven't experienced a relationship with a certain sex yada yada, however I really wish someone would have told me I didn't need to label myself so quickly although I understand it can really comfort you if you finally feel like you've found yourself , which is a great fucking feeling. Overall, I wish you the best of luck and hope you are always proud and never shy to tell everyone who and what you are.
5 likesPS,, I'm still with the girl I had my first relationship with ... Dreams do come true girl ❤️
You don’t need to do anything to prove how you feel.... and sexuality can be a fluid thing! Take your time and if you feel like bi is a label that resonates with you, then yay!
3 likesIf you wanna date girls and you wanna date guys, you're bi. You don't have to have been with someone to know what you like
3 likesThere's no meter that shows "how bisexual enough" you need to be in order to identify as bisexual. If you like two genders then screw everyone else and their default expected norms. That's just how you swing my friend, don't let anyone change you or force you out the closet. Come out when you want to, even if its 40 years from now, take your time and just be you.
2 likesYou're totally bi okay? There's not a list of tick boxes to be bi you just need to use the label :)
1 likeAnna 2507 there is no such thing as "bi enough". If you want to label yourself bi, then bi all means (😉) please do!
2 likesI can totally understand you - I realized I was bi, when I was 16. Now I'm 19 and this year was the first time I had romantic feelings towards a girl even if it didn't work out, so don't be afraid to say that your bisexual, if you feel like it, it's okay!
2 likesI felt the same for a long time. I had to wait a long long long time for a girl to come around, especially since I also had feelings like that from a young age. But don’t worry, your time will come and then you can see how you feel :)
2 likesyour sexuality is solely based on feelings, not your experience. only you know your feelings, so you decide for yourself what your sexuality is. i'm a 20-year-old bi and i've never been with a girl either, but i know i'm bi because of what i feel. i've secretly known since i was 7 that i liked girls and of course i had no experience back then. plenty of people come out as a young teen without having experienced an lgbtq relationship. it's all about feelings, not experience.
3 likesThis happens to a lot of people (including me), so don´t worry! I realised that i was bi when i was 17 (i´m 19 now) and it was really weird cause like.. how could i have lived 17 years of my life without realising i liked girls??!!. I tought that maybe i was doing it for attention, or cause...idk (Then i relaised that maybe i did liked girls but never think of my crushes as crushes, just as amazingly pretty girls)
3 likesSo don´t worry, the fact that you have never been with someone of your same gender doesn´t make you less bi. If you like boys and girls then you´re bi, that´s all it matters. (Sorry if my english isn´t the best, not a native english speaker)
Anna 2507 I’m 16 and this is currently how I’m feeling!! but I have a boyfriend currently and he’s been pretty vocal about his insecurities when it comes to other guys and he’d hate the pressure of having to worry about girls too, even though we’re in a committed relationship. I think also the fact I haven’t been with a girl before puts this pressure on me to keep it inside and not tell because how can I be thinking that while I’m in a relationship you know? I don’t know I am confusion
1 likeBruh.
1 likeThink about it, how do straight people know theyre straight? Even without experiencing any sort of thing with any gender? If you get crushes and butterflies with both girls and guys, then thats ok. You dont need to act on or be with everyone youre attracted to. Its what you feel. Most bi people also has a preference (as in they go normally for girls for an example) and they might never actually date a guy, even though they could like them aswell. Dont overanalyse. I went from bi to pan because I realised that hey, i dont really care about gender. Ive never been with a trans-person however tho... and now im engaged to a straight guy, so its kinda too late haha. Point is, let it be how it is, and date or kiss or try things out with whoever you want gender wise and just accept your feelings as they are. You can say youre bi, straight, bi-curious or whatever you want, as long as you dont bring yourself down and make yourself feel worse. Labels are supposed to help you and bring you into a loving community, but if its not doing that, just let it go, and see what you think in a year or two or even 5. Youre allowed to change your mind and realisations.
4 likesDon't base who you are , on who you are with! Be your self . Always
1 likeI feel you. Up until I was 17 I had never liked anyone. I knew I was into boys, but I also knew I found girls attractive. I wanted to be bisexual. I wanted it so bad that I thought I only took an interest in girls because it was cool. Because I thought bisexuality was cool. I told people this and they told me that it probably meant that I wás bisexual. However, I couldn't accept it. I felt like I was rude toward the LGBT community. They had to face all these struggles and here I was, wishing to belong to them. I wanted to fight for equality, normalize being LGBT, help struggling people out, but I felt powerless because I didn't understand the struggle of actually being LGBT.
1 likeEventually I had kissed both boys and girls and I had had feelings for both boys and girls, yet I still thought I was faking it. One day I realised that it was bullshit! If I felt comfortable being called bisexual rather than straight, then who was I to tell myself that I wasn't bi? If I had just listened to my feelings I would've figured it all out years ago. I've always liked both genders. It doesn't matter what other people think of me, I know that my feelings are true. Yes, I am attracted to boys much more than girls, but that doesn't take away that I feel 100% bisexual.
It's your feelings that count, not your actions. If you feel like you are bisexual then you are, and not a single person has the right to challenge that. It took me 18 years to understand this, I hope it helps you a bit. Good luck with everything!
It makes me feel so great to know that there’s people who have felt the way I felt and are now proud to be who they are and some who like me are trying to figure things out, there’s always going to be people who will say it’s for attention but hearing people say that it doesn’t matter what people think is always amazing because it’s so true. I hope everyone who is in a similar situation to me finds out who they are and can be as proud as they can be 🌈❤️🌈❤️🌈 xx
3 likesAnna 2507 I totally understand how you feel. I'm 22 and this is a feeling I still have. I grew up in a very conservative Christian home and my family doesn't know. I only tell people I trust for now. The thing is, your sexuality isn't who you date. It's almost an awareness thing, that anyone you know could be bi. You can't tell someone what they are or are not. I once had someone close to me say I couldn't come to an ally club because I wasn't gay enough. People will always judge. Unfortunately we cannot avoid it. My best advice to you is to be proud of who you are and tell the people that matter to you most for now. I'm not saying hide, but maybe talk to some.queer people you know or that are in your community. Best of luck, love.
2 likesSummer Wooden 🧡
2 likesAK Maxwell ❤️
0 likesI feel the same! I am a girl who has only dated girls and I worry that I'm not "being bi" enough but you know yourself better than anyone else
1 likeIt can be hard at first, but maybe trying to remind yourself everyday that you and your sexuality is valid, and no one can define you except for you.
1 likeI fall right into your category. I've dated guys all my life but I've never dated a girl, I know I like both genders but I haven't really had the chance to date a girl mainly because of society. But... I've learned over time, you begin to care less and less. Yes I still fear what some people will think but if the person you're with makes you happy, that's all that matters. Plus, it's okay to not have a label and to just like who you like.
0 likesit’s the same concept as saying you were straight but if you’d never had a boyfriend, you just know what sexuality you are and what gender you’re attracted to x
0 likesI feel the same and we’re same age. I feel for you
0 likesI know how you feel. But it's okay if you haven't gotten much experience. For me, exploring being open with the label is part of exploring my sexuality. It's different for everyone.
0 likesJust remember to be accepting of yourself and to not fear being ace, pan, straight, bi, gay, trans, etc. Remember that you are allowed to feel however you feel, and that you don't owe anyone your 'story'. There is no proving someone is straight, so the rules apply to being anything else. Take your time, step by step if you need, and remember to be safe. Be careful about what you post online about this sexuality and/or gender identity. Remember that there are thousands, if not almost millions, that are with you.
We see you, and we'll support you.
I felt this way for the longest time, i know you cant just tell someone that they are bi even if they've only been with one gender, all i can tell you is that you will feel comfortable soon enough! I am 14 and i only became comfortable saying im bi when i met my current girlfriend, so only time can help you in this situation, we all support you in this community though ❤🌈
0 likesReading all of these replies makes be feel so much better. I'm in a similar situation and I've has multiple crushes on guys and only have liked one girl so idk but I think I have to realize that being bi is NOT just 50/50. It is however YOU FEEL
0 likesGurl i went through the exact same thing holy shit
0 likesHey hey hey. Its okay. We promise we wont let anyone judge you, also dont judge yourself for "not being bi enough" cuz thats absolutely not true, you are who you are my friend. I just want everyone to be happy with who they are. And also u may be scared that ur not bi? Whatever, if you are bi, gay,straight, poly, pan, WHATEVER. As long as you are happy
0 likesThis was beautiful 😍 I really hope on your new EP you have songs about pride related 💘
1 likeugh i love that she’s still writing and posting beautiful music, thank you dodie <3
1 likeACTUAL GOOSEBUMPS. Thank you Dodie❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
1 likeCan u put this song
0 likesOn iTunes bc it means so Much 2 me !!😂❤️🏳️🌈
This is the most beautiful and comforting song ive ever heard💛💛💛💛
0 likesAAAA I'm sobbing I love this I love you Dodie this is amazing
0 likesMy goodness, all your songs make me cry. I wish I had them when I was younger to give me the comfort I do now.
0 likesThis is such a beautiful song!! I love the message. Happy pride!!
0 likesbeautiful!!😩 this brought tears to my eyes😭❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🏳️🌈🌈
0 likesI love this do much Dodie, it’s so beautiful 💗🏳️🌈
0 likesThis is so beautiful. Thank you for this Dodie, so many of us appreciate what you do.
0 likesI can hear the emotions in her voice. MY HEART HURTS 😭😭😭
0 likesThis is so charming and lovely. Thank you Dodie, you are a beautiful person with a huge heart :)
0 likesAww this song is so relatable. So glad your back. I love your voice❤
0 likesThis is so beautiful!!! I’m so lucky to have someone like you to look up to. Also really excited to see you performing in September!!! Love you!
0 likesThis gave me chills. You are a rainbow Dodie we love you❤️💜💙 ❤️🧡💛💚💙
0 likesplease put these songs on Spotify! I really need them :"(
0 likesughhh beautiful as always you’re so talented dodie <3
0 likesThis is incredibly beautiful <3
0 likesI AM SO HAPPY to be blessed with your music Dodie. Thanks for helping us all and understanding. <3
0 likesThis is beautiful, Dodie. Thank you. My 13-year old self would’ve wanted to hear this, I’m sure!
0 likesI love this thank you Dodie 😍😭
0 likesDodie, I love you so much, this is gorgeous
0 likesYou're a rainbow, you're very bright. Hope that makes you feel alright. ❤️💛💚💙💜
0 likesi really needed this dodie ❤
0 likes😭😭 omg dodie i cant x
0 likesthis is so beautiful oml. i might not be part of lgbtq+, but i am a hardcore supporter and this is...i have no words 😭🌈💙💚💛💜
Dodie, I’m am so grateful for this song. It makes me feel more confident as I am Non-Binary and Bi. At first I was scared to tell my mum and dad but they were with me from the moment they told me. This really does make me feel a bit more happy because my life is kind of nervous wreck at the minute. Once again thank you so much 😭🙂
0 likesI love this song so much! It gives me chills and tears. You are so amazing <3
0 likesThis makes me and my bisexuality so happy :)
0 likesI love you Dodie!! Thank you for speaking for us all!
0 likesI came out to my entire family and the rest of my friends the other day and your bi coming out song inspired me to do so ❤ Love you Dodie ❤
0 likesThis is so beautiful Dodie, thank you.
0 likesYou’re voice is so beautiful
0 likesDamn dodie why you got me crying <3
0 likesYour song has me in tears I love you so much dodie
0 likesabsolutely in love with this 💝💝
0 likesThis made me feel so much feels
0 likesThis is Soo beautiful!
0 likesPLEASE MAKE A TUTORIAL ON HOW TO PLAY THIS ON YOUR OTHER CHANNEL❤️🏳️🌈❤️
0 likesUr voice is beautiful 💜
0 likes❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤
0 likesIlysm Dodie! Happy pride!
This made me cry in the first 10 seconds you have a gift PLEASE DO A VERSION WITH CELLO I NEED IT IN MY LIFE ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
0 likesThis is beautiful, thank you.
0 likesThis makes the broken piece of my heart feel held together.
0 likesOOF. IM CRYING. THIS IS LOVELY 🌈🌈💫💫
0 likesyou have such a beautiful soul dodie. thank you for writing this song.
0 likesDodie you beautiful and talented being thank you♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
0 likesOh God...masterpiece❤
0 likesThank you for this, I really needed it
0 likesbeautifull dodie, thank you.
0 likesukulele tutorial pleasee <3
This is beautiful thank you I love you <3
0 likesThank you for this song :)
0 likesThis is beautiful thank you xo
0 likeswhat I absolutely love about dodie’s songs is that she creates this amazingly beautiful lyrics that myself and others can relate our lives to and feel alright about the world, and on top of that comes her heartwarming and gorgeous voice that makes me feel so joyful. thank u dodie, truly beautiful.
0 likesThis is so beautiful!! Thank you dodie ❤❤
0 likesi love this so much im crying so much
0 likesThis made me tear up. All the hate I used to put on myself because of this society. I’m finally living a happy life and dating a beautiful girl (I’m a girl btw). I’m proud to say I am bi. Happy pride loves 🌈🌈🌈
2 likesThank you for this 💛
0 likesYay Dodie please post more videos. I know your very busy but I love them ❤️
0 likesI just came out yesterday on Facebook. I've technically been out for 5 years, but never really to everyone. I've received so much love from people that I never thought would reach out to me.
0 likes“it’s getting hard to navigate when every map was never made for me”
0 likes😍😍😭😭
I want this on iTunes omg :)
0 likesThis song is just amazing
0 likesOh it's beautiful! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
0 likesDodie this is amazing! And it made me think, you should cover Kesha's song Rainbow. It's absolutely gorgeous as well.
0 likesMe and my boyfriend need to watch this (we are both bi)
0 likesthis beautiful!!! ily girl!
0 likesCouldn't wait for a new Dodie video but it breaks my heart to see her sniffling at the end. A beautiful sad song by a beautiful soul.
0 likesHi Dodie, I just wanted to thank you for being you, because it's helped me be me in so many ways. This year at pride I wore a shirt with the bi-flag on it, and even that small choice was a big one for me. You and your channel gave me the confidence to do it, and it felt great. Thank you. <3
0 likesthis is amazing
0 likesthank you dodie! <3
0 likes♥️♥️♥️ Need the tabs ASAP
0 likeswow i’m in love with this. it’s so beautiful!!
1 likeThat key change kicks in at the chorus gets me every time
0 likesThanks for making me cry Dodie.
0 likeshey dodie thanks for making feel alright about my rainbow while i’m in a country that’d have me hung for my ‘sin’. you inspire me❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💓💘💖💕💗💞
0 likesThis is AMAZING! <3
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I know right! Really love your videos btw Nico!
0 likesDodie I love you so muchhh!!! You helped me be proud of my bisexuality because I know that one of the most amazing people ever (yes I'm talking about you Dodie) is also bi.
0 likesI LOVE THIS SONG AND I LOVE YOU'RE VOICE AND I JUST LOVE YOU OK
I'm straight and I've always felt almost guilty for having such an accepting mother regarding LGBTQ+, cause I know not many people are as lucky :( I always enjoy celebrating pride cause I can really see how happy and free everyone feels 🌈
0 likesthis is so beautiful
0 likesI don't even know what to say except that this song is beautiful and gentle and uplifting in so many ways.
0 likesKeep it up Dodie!
This is my new favorite song and I think it’s really important that people not in our community understand that we’re proud of who we are and that our love will always win over their hate :) ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
0 likesthis is so beautiful holy heck
0 likesIm crying. 😭❤️
0 likesGoosebumps!!!
0 likesWow this is beautiful
0 likesThis is GORGEOUS
0 likesThis song just embraced everything I’m feeling right now and I honestly just feel a little less shit and a little more heard
0 likesthe world needs more dodie clark. truly. most geniune person i've ever seen. i love you, dodie, keep doing what you're doing. <3
0 likesyou inspire me so much xx
0 likesLove this songs my grandparents nickname for me is Rainbow.
0 likesI love this and you.
0 likesHow do you write such beautiful meaningful songs and chords and put all of it together and make it into just really amazing songs I wish I was as good at ukulele and I'm practicing every day I just don't know how you do it I love it
0 likesThank you for this. Really
0 likeslovely as always
0 likesDodie, you are such an inspiration to me. As a fellow bi girl, your videos make me so happy in ways I cannot express. I know you'll never read this, but I just want to say thank you! ❤️💜💙
0 likesI first to lines make me cry so much. Omg. I love this.
0 likesI’m pretty sure I’m straight (for now at least) but this was so sweet and cute and I love reading all these comments about people’s acceptance of themselves and agghhahavsjdkk dodie you create such a wonderful space thank you
0 likesThank you dodie
0 likesSobbing. So beautiful
0 likesThis song is amazing. It really shows what we go through and how much we do need pride! I recently came out as pansexual to my mum and I wouldn’t have done it without dodies music. This song and it’s message are SO important 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈💖💖
0 likesI'M CRYING SO MUCH
0 likesThank you <3
0 likesRainbow all the way I love being rainbow
0 likesplease make a tutorial on how to play this on the ukulele
0 likesi want to play this song on repeat until i die thanks
0 likesnice song, important 💓
0 likesdon't mind me, i'm just crying my eyes out
0 likesBeautiful. Rainbows are beautiful. Youre beautiful in any way. Dodie shows that people just need understandance. She's a rainbow, and she's bright 🌌you should be accepted and supported no matter what colour of the rainbow you are, like or take pride in being. Or if you arent even part of it, but thats the easiest way to be accepted, to please people who shouldnt be pleased by that :))
1 likeSo, I discovered my asexuality many years ago, but lately I have been changing in a lot of good ways (or rather finally becoming myself) and I am questioning myself as biromantic. I have found more and more connection and emotional attraction to women over men lately. It is very confusing for me right now. THANK YOU FOR THIS.
0 likesThe only thing that i have to say is thank u for this song
0 likesOk. This is so weird. I am now convinced that all of dodie's songs connect to me right on time. Like... at the exact moment that I am listening to her song or whenever it was posted, I realize that, holy eff that's what I'm feeling! Or that was what I felt the date you posted this! And it just blows my mind!!
0 likesDodie are you okay? You look so sad recently. Please make sure to take some time for yourself and take care of yourself. We love you <3
0 likesYou inspired me to come out to my best friend tonight
0 likesWish me luck..
Came out to my friends on the 2nd of last day of pride (I guess I procrastinate in all aspects of life). It went OK but I'm still anxious because you can never come out once.
0 likesMy gay heart is thriving!!!
0 likesDodie this is wonderful
0 likesJust come back from d of e. Im greeted by this, what else could i have asked for
0 likesIt makes me happy to think that the people here in the comments section gathered up the courage to speak out their thoughts about their sexuality :'))
0 likesThis is why I stan
1 like🌈💖
0 likesily so much dodie 🌈🌈 🏳️🌈❤️💛💚💙💜
0 likesIly ily ily ily ily ily ily ily ily but I also love girls and boys and that’s okay!! 🌈🌈❤️
0 likeswaiting patiently for the e.p. love you <3
0 likes♥
0 likesgirl you look so dissociated... i hope you are feeling okay. x
0 likeslove u dodie
0 likeslove u dodie
0 likesi was crying at the moment i understood this was about that rainbow.
0 likesi'm non binary and rejected by my family, i came out to my friends and it just makes people uncomfortable so no one bothers to use the right pronouns and where i thought i was safe, on the internet i was told that non binarity was a tumblr concept that made "actual transgender people" look stupid and less important because non-binarity took "too much place in the media and binary trans people are not in the media" among other things. i don't really know if i'll ever feel ok in any community but at least here you preach love and respect and you always have so thank you. even if you don't understand quite well what i feel like at least it feels like i'm not a fraud when i listen to you, and especially when i listen to this.
i spent pride month crying and thinking i was a liar and i was destroying more important lives and this gives me the courage to stop even though it's gonna be hard. thank you. it makes me feel alright, kind of.
my heart hurts. i’m sorry
0 likeswe love you
also you sound like eponine from les mis when she sings on my own in some parts of this song!!
0 likesIf anyone is wondering how to play this with their baritone just tune your E to D and suddenly this song is very simple :)
0 likes(with soprano ukulele put capo on the 7th fret...it's kinda high but works)
I'm Bi. Every orientation is good just be who you are and don't hide because of silly words and people ❤️
0 likes💗❤💛💚💙💜🖤
0 likesThis relates with my Dysphoria too much.
0 likeslovely
0 likes😍
0 likesI’ve known that I’ve liked girls my entire life. I’ve had girlfriends and I have a girlfriend that I’m pretty sure I’m going to be with for probably the rest of my life. I wish I could tell my parents because every person wants to talk about their partner with their family but I can’t... for me it’s a safety hazard. Me and my girlfriend always have to act like friends when we’re around my family, life is like this for so many queer people.
0 likesRepresentation is nice :)
0 likesOk I wanna learn this now
0 likesthis is pure
0 likesDodie,
6 likesThis is so simple yet magical and very needed! I have Cerebral Palsy and am a 24 week premature baby and am gay at the same time thank you for being the light in my life, but not only mine the millions of people that you touch for the 2:47 period it’s so short but so meaningful, I just want to say thanks to an amazing person who helps the people who don’t have a voice or support, for you to be their support! You are making me have so much pride not only, for the community but for people with disabilities I love you tons❤️🌈
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Jack Le You sound like such a strong, amazing person. Wishing you so much happiness. 💓🏳️🌈
2 likesHoney yess 💜
0 likesI’ll never understand why dodie doesn’t have 10 million subscribers, like the content she makes is so genuine and so different I love it
0 likesI love you so much you've helped me get through everything and imma start crying but it's okay
3 likesWow. Being pansexual and transgender (female to bigender) this is beautiful.
3 likesanother masterpiece like always!
3 likesi just love you
0 likesComments here have inspired me and this song in the spur of the moment. Im a bi boy * i think * . Ik i like boys but im uncertain about my feeling towards girls. When my parents gound put i was sent to a mental facility and its hard for mw to talk about. Im not put at school but a few close friends know but i stopped with twlling ppl who are close to me bc i find they can blabber off about personal things. I've heard rumors about how all the popular guys call me gay , the country white boys and the swaggy black boys, girls too i think. Btw im african American. Ppl also say i talk white? I dont think thats possible but ill get dumb and rude questions like "are you white?" , and "ur like an oreo black on the outside and white on the inside". I didnt ask to be the way i am and if i could be normal i honestly would. Things like making this comment even scares me bc im afraid of that out of all the comments someone will watch this video for my school and see this and figure it out that its me. Noone will probably even read this but i thought it qould be nice to share my story.
0 likesmy brain is getting hard to nevagate with this art
13 likesim gay and crying i love u but ur new songs R TOO GOOD OF BOPS
4 likesWhen Disney finally has a lgbtq+ character they should 100% put this song in the movie !!! 🏳️🌈
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Han St they're giving elsa a girlfriend in Frozen 2!!!
0 likesava harvest are they actually!!! I thought it was just a rumour!!
0 likesThis song gives me butterflies because it puts so much of what I feel into words. Especially the part where you realize your identity and think you should feel relieved but...you don’t. Anyways. Loved this song. Good job dodie 💖💞💓💕
3 likesshit, it's just too relatable
0 likesCRYING OMG
0 likesthank you
0 likesI never really experienced hate because of my bisexuality before some weeks ago. Until then I had told some of my friends and they were all positive about it. But a few weeks ago my best friend told me, that for him it is an illness and that it is absolutely abnormal. I cried for hours about it. He managed to make me feel insecure about my sexuality and to wish I was "normal".
0 likesI love looking at these comments of people who have just come out and are starting to embrace their identities.
0 likesI've been out for about 6 years now, since I was 12, and I'm lucky in that my parents and my siblings are incredibly open minded and accepting people, as are all my friends. I've never really personally felt the discrimination and the shame a lot of people do.
Even so, this world still isn't ready to fully accept us as we are, and I know my experience is much less common.
I've used my own experiences to advocate for those who haven't been so lucky as me, and I plan to do that for the rest of my life.
To anyone struggling, feel free to talk to me.
We all deserve to be happy, and someday you will be. I promise.
🌈🌈🌈
this song makes me long for a girlfriend
0 likesOmg i love this so much!!! Your voice is 👌🏼👌🏼 This like hit me! ❤️❤️❤️
3 likeslove anything you do
4 likesHalf crying half smiling
0 likesI’m so glad you posted for pride day, I really needed this. I live in a country dominated by conservative church views and many people who are scared of the LGBT community. I actually came out to my mom about being bisexual two days ago, and you’re coming out song really helped me build up the courage. I’d never admitted myself officially, so it’s a big step. Granted I don’t my dad would accept me, he kicked my sister out when she came out, but I guess I’ll cross the bridge when I get there. I just want to thank you and I hope you know you’ve done a lot for me and for a lot of other people in the community, but not just with your pride related songs. Many of your songs helped me to express the anxiety and how I’d been feeling depressed for the past few months, it’s all clearing up now though, and I can’t thank you enough for giving me an outlet for that stuff. I think you should know that you helped me be the person I am today. I love you and keep doing what you’re doing!
3 likesI'm glad I was raised with a father who was supportive of me being bisexual. He didn't understand it at first, but he never discriminated me. Over the years, he's learned more and more about what a bisexual person is, and I'm just so glad that I was gifted a father who's so loving and supportive of me and my stupid ways... however, my mother was a completely different story. She absolutely does not approve of being bisexual or gay or anything. When she first yelled at me for telling her and my dad I was bi, my dad instantly kicked her out. Now, my mom was living with us at the time, but she and my dad haven't been together since I was 5. So, it never really phased me whenever my mom was kicked out. However, it did hurt that she never accepted me for being bi. I mean, hell, it's gotten to the point where she doesn't even allow me to see my own siblings because I might "infect" them. I don't know why she's like this... my grandmother, who's her mother[obviously], is such a loving and accepting person and when I told her I was bi, she cried happy tears with me and hugged me tight. So, I don't know if the grandfather I never met was super discriminatory towards the LGBTQ community or what. But no one on my mom's side of my family is anything like her. Honestly, I thought my dad would have been that way since that's how his side of the family[aside from an uncle who I lived with for two years] actually hates the LGBTQ community, and I don't know why...
0 likesAnyways, what I'm trying to say is that, you can always find the light in your life. The people who will love you no matter what, even if they don't understand fully. There are people who will try to understand, and the people who don't, pay them no mind. And if you are in a situation where your family doesn't accept you and you can't get away, just please please please remember, there's a much brighter and loving family out there for you, even if you have to hand pick it yourself. There will be people who will love and accept you for who you are.
My heart.... this song describes everything I’ve felt in my life. I mainly identify as queer if I don’t feel like explaining, but I’m on the asexual spectrum (I believe I’m noetisexual and graysexual; noetisexual is an alternative to sapio- attraction to the way one’s mind works {their personality} whereas sapio is to intelligence)
4 likesI questioned from the age 10 up until 2 years ago when I was about to turn 16. I thought I was bi... pan.... I was confused. I had mistaken my romantic attraction with sexual attraction. I’m polyromantic ☺️ I’m demiromantic and polyromantic, and I know that for a fact. My friend’s been telling me to just love who I love and to not worry about labels. He knows labels get in the way of what’s important and that’s your love.
I’ve been dating a guy who is heteroromantic bisexual, and I told him before we met in person that I’m asexual and he accepts me.
That’s all I’ve ever wanted.... acceptance. I told him that I’m questioning it again, and he’s genuinely the best thing that has ever happened to me. He’s my gift from God. I fucking love him.
If I’m actually experiencing sexual attraction.... and if am to ever get physical, it’ll be with him.
I feel so lucky that as I grew up the world has been more accepting of us in the lgbt community bc it’s external acceptance that helped me accept myself. When I was younger I was so terrified of the fact that I loved girls but then when things like the Irish gay marriage referendum happened or whenever youtubers I admired came out it showed me it was perfectly normal and acceptable to be a lesbian 🏳️🌈
0 likesim crying this is so good wow
3 likes💕💕💕💕💕
0 likesBeauty. Beauty. Beauty.
0 likesWow. That was beautiful. Just like all of your music. ❤️
3 likesThis will probably be lost in the sea of comments but Dodie you gave me the courage to come out. You made my life so much easier and this song is so amazing and deep it's one of my favorites you've ever made. So thank you so much❤️
3 likesHAPPY PRIDE!!!!
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Happy Pride to you too 🏳️🌈😁
1 like❤💜💛💚💙
0 likesoh wow that hit me like a train T.T
4 likeswhen i saw “dodie” and “original song” i clicked so fast
7 likesThank you. I think that's all we need to say.
4 likesBack at it again miss talented
0 likesThis is so bloody beautiful as always
3 likesHappy Pride Month everyone. It was a good month
3 likes🏳️🌈
0 likesdepressingly relatable
0 likeslast day of pride month and i’m crying ?? thank you my bi queen
3 likesi love you
0 likesWow
0 likesListens to this song twice and cries reads the comments and cries some more
0 likesHow beautiful 😭😍💗
15 likesI am crying
0 likesOk I know this song is based around the struggles of sexuality, and I am straight, but I keep coming back to this song. I feel connections to it in a different way than any other, and although I take the meaning in a separate way, the beauty of the song doesn’t change. Dodie, you keep doing what you do.
0 likesthis song talks about me
0 likesif your title takes over you the talk louder!
0 likeswhat are the chords???
0 likesHELL YES
0 likesi know i shouldn’t but i still feel so much shame around my sexuality. honestly (it sounds cliche i know) watching dodie be “normal” i guess, has helped me feel better :)
0 likesHappy Pride! 🌈
3 likesI literally just realized Dodie has green eyes lol
0 likesNice song.
0 likesMy heart ;-;
0 likesTo grow up in a line, not knowing you were born to work in circles. To have an outside influence cause you to walk with everyone else, you don't consider the possibility of anything else. Until you do. And it's hard. You don't understand because nobody told you it was alright. You find it hard to be proud of something that doesn't feel right. But over time you might find yourself. Proudly put your circles and odd, asymmetric shapes into all that you do. Even if it's only slightly. Even if only you know it is there. You can be proud of who you have become. Who you are.
0 likesI'm not sure if anyone has asked this yet, but what were the chords you used? I can't work them out for the life of me but would love to cover this song
0 likesthank you for this; yesterday I cried because I was scared and everything felt meaningless to me, watching this I cried for a completely different reason 💓🏳️🌈
1 likeLiterally got the chills... Ugh I love this dodie, you’re so amazing
0 likesI'm laying here crying while this is on repeat 💜just as amazing as always dodie
0 likesMy heart is full. This is a beautiful song, I'm so happy you're a person, I'm so happy you're alive.
0 likesOH THIS MADE ME FEEL SO MANY FEELINGS I LOVE THIS
0 likesOh Gosh this is wonderful Dodie..😢
1 likeWhen I’m so used to feeling wrong, thank you for making me feel all right Dodie
0 likesThis song has me in tears. Thank you so much dodie for putting my feelings into words. Ilysm
0 likesThis is beautiful! I started crying. :')
0 likesShit I'm crying, I needed this so much as I've been outed recently and this hit home so much
0 likesthis is so beautiful and i feel so connected with this song even after the first three lines of the verse
0 likesI love listening to her songs when im having one of those depressive periods
0 likesThank you
this is such a lovely song and it really speaks to me. i'm so glad you posted this bc i'm so so glad to have heard it <3
0 likesas a lesbian, dodie i love this. you’re doing amazing
0 likesI love this so much well done you're amazing
0 likesDodie Dodie Dodie! I’m so happy you posted this! I know you’re on other social media but I don’t really do those so I’ve missed you!
0 likesOh my gosh dodie, slay your songs!! Love them so much!!!
0 likesDodie this is beautiful. I love this so much. You go girl
0 likesThis song is so beautiful 😍👏🏼
0 likesWhat a bittersweet ending to the pride month 💖 I love dodie and being bi 💖💜💙
0 likesHonestly I use this as a lullaby 😂😍
0 likesYou’re the reason I keep picking up my ukulele. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
0 likesI love your voice ☺️ and your so beautiful like how😩❤️❤️❤️
0 likesI love this song as a bisexual dyslexic dyspracic it made me tear up instantly, it really speaks to me
0 likesi love this so much ! dodie, your words are so powerful omg
0 likesT_T I hope everyone had a happy pride month!! <3
0 likesPlease put this on Spotify ❤️
0 likesthank you for this dodie. you're such a wonderful soul
0 likes:’) love it as always
0 likesThis was wonderful. You're truly great.
0 likesthank you for bringing this song to my ears.
0 likesPlease put this on Spotify ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
0 likesThis made me smile, and cry, both from pure happiness
0 likesPlease post this on Spotify as well!😍
0 likesGorgeous
1 likeThis song is just, just amazing.
I am bisexual and it’s still quite hard for me to be accepted. Rainbow Pride 🏳️🌈❤️💫
Smiling with happy tears down my face, proud to be part of the LGBT+ community
0 likesyou’re my favorite ever! i adore u!
0 likesSo beautiful! Thank you so much Dodie <3
0 likesthis is so damn sweet love ya work hon💕💕💕
0 likesNice
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beautiful song, dodie! <3
0 likes😍😍😍😍 OMG I'M FANGIRLING I LOVE IT!!!!
0 likesAbsolutely stunning xx you really are a rainbow dodie 💕💕
0 likescan you put this on spotify?💛 i need this on my playlist
0 likesAhhh! Thank you xo this is beautiful.
0 likessuch a wonderful song!! I love it so much
0 likesthis is so beautiful 😍
0 likesthis is incredibly awesome!
0 likesYAAAAS QUEEN HIT ME WITH THAT NEW MUSIC AND THE WONDERFUL MESSAGES BEHIND IT!!!!!
0 likesAHHHH IM CRYING!!!! happy pride mah peeps
0 likesi love this. je t’aime cette chanson. bonne travaille dodie. great work dodie i love you and this song i lové lové lové lové lové everything you produce because it means a lot to everyone in different ways
0 likeseverything you write makes me cry
0 likesi wish i could give you a hug
thank you
Hey love, I love this song so much and being bisexual really just makes this song hit me at home. You think you could post a tutorial of this song? I'd love to learn it.
0 likesbloody hell this is amazing!! x
0 likesyou are a rainbow, dodie!! You're awesome and you're great!! We love you so much!! Keep being you!
0 likesI love your tunes girl. Keep up the great stuff
0 likesSo good 💜💙🖤🏳️🌈
1 likeWell done, dodie! 🌈
0 likesThank you, dodie! 💙
0 likesEverytime Dodie puts up a new song, I'm awestruck anew by how exceedingly talented she is, and how amazingly beautiful she sounds.
0 likesSo soothing 💕
0 likeswe love you, dodie 💞
0 likesYour angelic voice has fixed all the homophobic shit I've gone through, thank you dodie 🌟💛
0 likesI love this 🌈🌈
0 likesLove from Taiwan! 🇹🇼🏳️🌈
0 likesi really needed this
0 likesas someone who has struggled (and still struggles) to be proud of who she is, i really needed this
Omg I love this song so so much
0 likesWhat are the chords for this? <3
0 likesGoosebumps 💞
0 likesimmediate goosebumps... I am in love yet again
0 likeschills chills chills i love this thank you thank you thank you
0 likesthis song is so beautiful and inspiring. im still very scared of what my parents will say when I tell them that I'm not straight. what will happen when I come out.. im so proud of those people who have had the courage to come out to their family and friends. you are all beautiful rainbows!💓💕💙💜💛💚
0 likesanyone know if this song is available on spotify?
1 likethank you thank you thank you dodie, your words can always make sense of things that so few people can and I love you so much for it. I'm lucky to have been accepted by my close friends and family but you gave me the courage to come out and make me feel safe so I can't thank you enough. love youuuuuuuu
0 likesthis is perfect. thank you.
0 likeslove this :)
0 likesthis has just become my new anthem (quiet happy tears from closet)
0 likesThis song is so cute omg
0 likesI was gonna go to pride but my parents said whrn i'm older. I've been crushing on girls a lot more thsn boys lately... ily dodie. Pride's over, but i hope we can still feel prideful. ♡
oh wow this is so beautiful
0 likesWoah.. This song is so captivating... :3
0 likesThis song made me feel happy. 🌻 Hi Dodie, I'm Sash, and I've been with my girlfriend for over two years. It's been a real nice time and almost everyone is accepting, but there are a few very important people who don't think of our relationship the way I wish they would. It's either not a part of their culture, or generation. There are some places where we aren't even allowed to hold hands and I never thought much about it, but when I do, I realize that I do have those problems, those where I'm being messed with or getting my feelings hurt or even being in danger just for being who I am. And well, this song reminded me that I'm not going through it alone. And nothing's wrong with my love. 🌹🌹 thank you, for writing yet another song that speaks to my heart. xxxx, Sasha
0 likesP.S.
This gives me some of the strength to push through and keep moving forward. If it all works out, you're invited to the wedding! ;)
Stay strong everyone. Until next year pride month :) (even though pride month is over don’t forget to stay prideful)
0 likesI love this song its so beautiful!! I also love that you are filming on a grey background wearing grey (I don’t know if this was planned) because its like you are giving in to societies belief that there is no need for this rainbow and societies belief that you are wrong but your song is the message of acceptance that society needs and it is a rainbow in itself. I don’t know I just love it xx
0 likesthis is so so beautiful
0 likesOh man I love this so much. I'm planning on coming out to my parents soon but I'm so scared. I know that they will probably be supportive but what if they don't see me the same? What if my dad makes some stupid joke about it? I'm so lucky to have friends who know and are supportive because otherwise I would probably go crazy. And I'm lucky that my parents are supportive of lgbt people and will probably be fine with me. I'm just so so scared
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Louise Backlund aww thank you so much 💛💛 yeah I'm sure it'll be fine. I'll let you know how it goes!
0 likesThis is beautiful
0 likesI’m bisexual but too scared to come out to anyone, but this song made me feel really comforted :’)
0 likescan i just say i love this song more than anything else in the whole world
0 likesFuck this got me. Thank you Dodie for creating this beautiful ass song to make me feel like i belong.
0 likesis this going to be up on spotify? :)
0 likesiM YELLING I LOVE YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU THANK YOU I LOVE YOU
0 likesThe way she said the words "I'm not" just hit so hard oof
0 likeshappy pride month dodie. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
0 likesthis is so beautiful and resonated so hard all i want to say is just thank you for this !!! the feeling of feeling wrong or different when you’re trying to be yourself, especially when you’re trying to figure out your sexuality is so blurry and confusing but to feel like you are part of a community where you are a rainbow, where you’re told you’re colourful and bright is so beautiful so thank you for capturing that !!! i love this i love you thank you 💛🌈✨‼️
0 likesBeautiful Love you so much ❤💛💚💙💜💕
0 likesI relate to this song an incredible amount. I've been having problems with my family because of the fact I'm Bisexual. Like many other parents, mine think it's just a phase I'm going through (despite the fact I've known since i was 13) They made quite a big deal out of it when i came out, and my step mum didn't talk to me for weeks afterwards. They don't talk about it anymore, they've never met any girlfriend of mine. My (very religious) Grandma and whoever else says that if i pray hard enough the gay will go away, but i'm not that religious, and i don't WANT it to go away, it's part of who I am and I wouldn't be the same without it. Thank-you for this song, Dodie. I don't think you will ever truly know how much you help me. :)
0 likesDodie this is art and I love you
0 likesThank you dodie really thank you
0 likesSo good !!!
0 likesis july a great month or what? so many amazing songs
0 likesi love you so fucking much. thank you for this.
0 likesThat little smile at the end... it's a sad song, yes, but also a happy song and a hopeful song and a this-can-change-we-can-make-it-change song. And that little smile at the end - that is what it's about.
0 likesBe proud of who you are, and one day hopefully no one will feel ashamed of who they are and who they love <3
I made a promise to myself at the beginning of pride month that I would come out as Bisexual to my parents.
0 likesIt’s now July 1st, and I’m still in the closet
Fr so many “rainbows” get so much back talk for no fucking reason
1 likeI ain’t a “rainbow” but I think ALL rights belong to them🤞🏼
oh, okay, im crying, i love you.
0 likesLyrical genius
3 likesSo soft and comforting but the message is something everyone can relate to somehow! Thank you dodie ily! <3
0 likesI adore this! Xxx
0 likesthis is so beautiful but it hurts so much oh my god
0 likesi wiLL FUCKING STAN YOU UNTIIL THE DAY I DIE
2 likesGoosebumps
0 likesI love this and you
0 likesListening to this right after my dad has reprimanded me off a post I made about supporting the lgbt community, this had me in tears. I may no longer be active in your community but this means so much to me Dodie. Thank you so much.
0 likesI love you so much oh my god.
0 likesI love you so much, my bestfriend is bisexual, and being black and bisexual us twice as hard, but I like how u shine light on this plus ur voice is amazing
0 likes❤💛💚💙💜... rainbows man... best things ever
0 likesi love you dodie
0 likesi love you dodie
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0 likesthis is so beautiful. The comments are so inspiring.
0 likesi love you dodie clark
0 likesBloody hell Dodie 😱😄👌🏻💜
0 likesIM IN LOVE
0 likesWhy is she crying 😂 this is the best time to be LGBTQ+
0 likesBut this is a very cool song, I love the chords
I came out to my parents as bi a year ago, it wasnt planned but i was sick of fear.
0 likesMy dad was so supportive but my mom wasn’t so keen on the term. But over this year my family is supportive and makes jokes about it. And I’m so happy. They accept me and i love them for that. Thank you for the amazing song dodie
🌈 ♡
0 likesoh fuck yeah this SLAPS i teared up
0 likesgot goosebumps after she said rainbow and started crying
0 likesI can't seem to sing the chorus without crying.
0 likesAt first I was like, yay a new dodie song, and then I realized it was gay and I've never felt happier
0 likes💞🏳️🌈
0 likesThis
89 likesThis
Yes
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💖
0 likesi'm coming out to my classmates so soon... and i'm scared but i also can't wait, because that'll mean i can also be more open about my sexuality on social media, where they follow me. i've put the quote "my hair is as straight as i am" as my yearbook quote, because i have curly hair ánd i'm NOT straight. and eventho i will not see most of them ever again (i'm going to another university than almost everyone) it still scares me out, because they have never really accepted me. i have always felt different and they also made me feel i didn't belong with them. while i didn't know what i was doing wrong. but in fact, i wasn't doing anything wrong!! if you are or feel different than the others, that's okay!! there's nothing wrong with being you. your sexuality is yours and everyone should accept and respect that. if they don't, they suck not you! and love is love, and love is the most beautiful thing on earth. so don't be afraid to show your love <3
0 likesI did not interpret this as a way of feeling different in the rest of the world bcs I'm part of the lgbtq+ community bur rather as being different as a person per se, lovely song Dodie <3
0 likesThis has literally been the most important pride of my life. I recently came to terms with my sexuality (I am gay and ace) and it was honestly so relieving because even though everyone says not to label myself, it's nice to have some way to explain myself to people. So, this was the first pride month that I actually got to celebrate. I'm still not out but I did have the chance to go on my first date ever with a really pretty girl. It was a month of achievements for me honestly. This song literally made me tear up because while I haven't been discriminated against yet, I acknowledge the struggles of the community. Dodie, you never fail to make me smile with your absolutely beautiful voice. There's a special place in heaven for you.
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Yea, my friend has warned me not to label myself a thing im not. She accepts me, and shes striaght. I'm happy to have her as my closest friend.
0 likesJust recently I went to a pride fest, and some but not a lot of people shouted that "jesus was our savior" which i am cristaian. But their using it wrong.
I dated a girl before, and since her family is strict and homophobes, we had to break up. Now im with a cute and nice boy, and he accepts me for who i am. Which, I am Bisexual. Even I tried to come out to my parents, and they say that its just a phase, which it isnt. They just dont understand. A lot of people dont. I have a video expaining my sexuality and how I view the community
Does anyone know the name of the ukulele Dodie is playing? xx
0 likesIN LOVE
0 likesthank you.
0 likesSo i listened to this in the back if the car on a family trip and had to hold back to tears. I figured out i was gay a while ago and it was hard coming out but much easier and simpler than what im going through now. I figured out im trans and i have been through this whole battle with myself internally because my mom, when i told her, told me not to force myself into a box, that i should want to change my body. But knowing what i am finally, feels so comforting yet for some reason its wrong? And idk thank you for this
0 likesI'm so sad pride month is over :(
10 likesThis is so beautiful
3 likesThank you so much
I am bi (or pan or whatever, I don't know what is PC anymore), and questioning my gender, but I have so much internalised prejudice from being brought up in a heteronormative household that I actually identify as lesbian to avoid absolutely having an identity crisis
It's things like this that keep me sane
Thank you so much for this video, I needed it rn
You would be so good at writing musicals! This song sounds like the main character's big number where they explain or find themselves, kinda like waving through a window. You are really good at telling stories with your songs. I really love it and you, see ya Xx
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oh my god, that would be the best musical ever. and the main character would play the uke while singing, the other cast members would do the harmonies... it would be beautiful and Dear Evan Hansen-like.
1 likeI really want to tell this girl I love her . She’s my best friend and I love her more than anything. But I’m scared to ruin everything.
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Jennifer Park thank you . I just don’t want to ruin our friendship . I’m sure she wouldn’t treat me differently but I’ll hold off for now
0 likesamazing as always .
3 likesi love the emotion in this one ❤️
3 likesThis song hits home... especially at this time...
0 likesYou're a rainbow dodie! <3
5 likes💜❤💛💚💙🌈💐
0 likesyour music is my fav
3 likesThis has truly made me realize how amazing it is to be me, to be the graysexual panromantic 14 year old that I am. Last year I was able to come out to my brother and then two months ago I was able to come out to my other brother. They have been really supportive but the thing is my parents and the rest of my family are the complete opposite and sometimes make me question if I'm sane and make me wish I was straight and, "normal" but hearing this beautifully written and performed song, it reminds me once again that I am a human, I am not wrong, I simply have a heart that can love any person and all people. Thank you, Dodie, for ending pride month with a "BANG!"
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Olly Rose this is lovely. Stay true to youreself, and remember that nobody else can tell you how to be YOU. ❤️❤️☺️
1 likeJulianna P AHH thank you so much! That just made my morning and my whole day😊
0 likesYES DODIE YESS QUEEEN
0 likesqueen of timing
4 likesSheds tear I'm not crying. It's just allergies I swear.
0 likeshey i love u legend.
31 likes💞💜💙
0 likesthank you for this <3
41 likesI relate to this on such a deep level that it scares me. No one around me believes that I could be the "accursed bisexual" and I have no support from my family, but I wouldn't trade the people I've met or how much I've grown within myself after finding what put words to my feelings for anything. This pride month has especially done that, and I've been allowing myself to feel happy for the first time since coming out.
3 likeslOVE YOU DODIE
5 likesI nearly shattered my phone screen from hitting the notification so aggressively
4 likesit doesn't matter who you are. gay, straight, black, white—or somewhere in the middle. in the end, we're all in the same prime of the universe, stumbling around with wide eyes, leaving stardust in our wake. 🏳️🌈
1 likeRain has evolved this is beautiful
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oh my gosh bahahaa!!! thats so clever lol
2 likesThat's why it's so important to accept bisexuality and other ignored and stigmatised sexualities into the LGBTQ+ community!
0 likes<3 I love it~ (are you trying to kill me)
3 likes🏳️🌈
0 likesdodie wyd? it’s 1am! i hope people who wake up to this song is happy and have a good day :))
3 likesBeautiful beautiful beautiful
5 likesFuck the lyrics..."how can i be proud of something people shout at me i'm not" soo trueee
0 likesi love you
0 likesanother amazing song
8 likesfirst two lyrics are already up on my status as per the usual
3 likesah yes once again you have made a song that i am immediately obsessed with
4 likesI love it
3 likesThe is the Theme to the LGBT movement (Maybe)
0 likeswhat do you guys think?
is it weird that Im straight but I still feel left out?
0 likesI can relate to the song since im pan and my mom is homophobic
4 likesEdit: I'm also trans and my dad is actually accepting of me being trans and pan
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im a tordtila I’m pan too and I’m so sorry about your mum . It will be okay on the end trust me it will be okay . 💖💛💙
1 likei’m not crying you are
0 likesHappy Canada day everyone!
0 likesim sending this to anyone who asks why there's no straight pride
0 likesI’m queer and people tell me that this is not even real... this song is just perfect
0 likesalready obsessed
4 likesI’m a rainbOW
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rainbowwstar 10/10 profile picture
1 likepaige s. THANK UUU💖
0 likesrainbowwstar you are welcome lol :)
0 likesthe first lines reminded me of "does anybody have a map" from dear evan hansen
0 likesif this isn’t on trending i will sue
0 likesme: working a food pantry
0 likesyoutube: dodie uploaded
me: gtg dodie is more important than this shit
GORGEOUS
4 likesLiked it before I’d even watched it
0 likeslook at my bisexy queen go
0 likesI’m sorry, don’t hate me for saying this, but it is also so so hard to be straight. every single day i see “gay pride” or “gays are the best!” and then continually i get bullied for being straight because i’m not “special enough” (someone’s exact words).
0 likescan we make a full pride?
like, with not just bi, pans, etc,
but with straights and everyone involved.
❤️❤️🏳️🏳️🌈🏴🏁🚩
im not crying you’re crying
0 likesnvm this is the only shit i’m gonna listen to from here on out
0 likesGOOD CONTENT
Please please please please PLEASE PUT THIS ON ITUNES SOON
0 likesLove u
0 likesbrb sobbing
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3 likes💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
0 likeswe're crying
2 likes💛💚💙💜❤
0 likesEveryone i know is Christian. They wouldn’t accept me if i told them who I truly was. The only place i can even attempt to feel proud is on the internet. I can never tell my family. Ever. I just want to move away and finally be me. Im bisexual and im ok with it. It took a long time for me to admit it to myself but its who i am. Im trying to be proud. Thank you dodie ❤️
0 likeswhat a great end to pride month
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