Jason Mraz No Longer “Broadcasting As Hetero,” Now Accepts Queerness

Jason Mraz

American singer-songwriter Jason Mraz said he’s done “broadcasting as hetero” and is now accepting of his queer identity.

In an interview with Advocate, Mraz said, “I admit that I probably spent the first close to 20 years of my career just broadcasting as hetero.” Growing up in a conservative environment and around homophobia, he used ‘girl’ in his songs and felt like he “needed to protect some secret.”

Eventually though, thanks to the music industry and expression, he allowed himself to get “closer and closer” to being himself.

Mraz, 46, came out as bisexual in 2018.

“It helps you peel the layers off of yourself,” Mraz said in the interview. “It helps you continue to express yourself and understand the lessons you’re learning in life and understand why you have the loves and the interests you’ve had in your life.”

“I was having these curiosities and experiences on the side that were starting to influence who I am and the kind of fun I wanted to have in the world and the kind of person I wanted to be in the world, which is more honest and more loving and more inclusive.”

 

Since becoming more accepting of his queer identity, Mraz has felt more freedom and joy. He also said that this gave him “a clean slate.”

This explains why his latest album, Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride, released last June 2023, starts with ‘Getting Started’, ends with ‘If You Think You’ve Seen It All’, and its album cover is himself, something he has not done in 15 years. “Because I feel brand-new,” he explains. “I feel like I’m not trying to hide anymore from who I maybe didn’t want to be, and now I’m excited to be somebody that I could be.”

 

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