Later in the song Khalid refers to “losing” this person but the tone of the song remains more sweet than bitter, reflecting on how good it was to be together and saying he wished he could revisit that time. So despite feeling inhibited by being a teenager who is still living at home with parents who aren’t ready to accept his homosexuality, had this loving partner and good outlook on life. When looking at it as a gay song, it’s uplifting to have lots of other positive lines in there like “shake away all the stress off my shoulders/ gonna have a good day”, “I never fell in love/ I saved those feelings for you”, “it’s me and you/ just me and you”, “you were there when times were at their darkest/ always showing me the way”. Khalid has managed to keep his private life low key. His mother was his biggest inspiration figure. There is some speculation around the industry, however, that Khalid may be bisexual. And he has never spoken out about his sexuality. The R&B singer has been notoriously private about his personal life. And its not AT ALL clear that hes interested in romantic relationships with men. Khalid: Real Name/Full Name: Khalid Donnel Robinson: Gender: Male: Age: 23 years old: Birth Date: February 11, 1998: Birth Place: Fort Stewart, Georgina, United States: Nationality: American: Height: 1. During his senior year, he started writing, producing, and uploading his music on sound cloud bearing in mind. While Lil Nas X has come out as gay, Khalid has not. South Fulton is 92 percent Black, according to the U.S. Khalid attended Americans High school, and in the year 2016, he graduated. Khalid Kamau said it would mean more to happen in what he calls America’s Blackest city. A line about having (or not having) “understanding” or “accepting” or “non-judgemental” parents etc is always gonna make my gay brain think it’s about someone being out to their family, I know it could be about all sorts of things but that’s just my queer little brain working overtime to feel represented, I guess. South Fulton’s first LGBTQ city councilmember wants to become its first LGBTQ mayor. The main reason I think of this song as at least a little gay is because of part of the chorus where Khalid compares his lovers’ parents to his own, saying “Because I’m eighteen/ And I still live with my parents/ Yeah they’re not like yours/ Oh yours are more understanding”. My read on the song, that it’s about being a gay kid, would probably be fine by Khalid given he wrote this tweet a while ago about purposefully not using pronouns in his songs so people can relate no matter who they are and what their sexuality is. Today’s implicitly gay song is ‘8teen’ by Khalid, a beautiful pop anthem about being reckless while you’re young and you can.