In the video, GIA melodically croons that “only a girl knows how a girl feels, only a girl can make me feel this way” as she leads an all-girl group of bikers through the streets and parties on a tennis court while suggestively eating soft serve ice cream. Her debut single “Only a Girl” is a dark pop banger that doubles as a coming-out letter. While most queer folks start their journey by confiding in a family member or a close friend, Los Angeles-based singer GIA came out to the world as a lesbian at the same time she introduced herself to everyone as a musician. Bet you can’t stop listening.Ĭoming out can be challenging, but it’s also often incredibly cathartic and healing. And by making this song so simplistically beautiful, Frank made a different kind of powerful statement, almost as if he was teasing anyone who dare take issue with his sexuality. The singer’s landmark coming-out letter - which he posted to his Tumblr account in July 2012, only one week before the release of his debut album Channel Orange - will forever be queer canon. “My eyes don’t shed tears, but boy, they pour when I’m thinking ‘bout you,” Frank Ocean sings over a sparse beat on “Thinkin Bout You,” pronouncing “boy” loud and clear, so it’s almost impossible to ignore that the person on the other side of this love song is a man.