Is griz gay

Instead of giving into that fear and sadness, we need to shine.

Yes, there is a lot of negativity and hate. These bountiful pride parades, seminars, workshops, picnics, parties, concerts, and more are meant to honor and celebrate the diversity across gender and sexual orientation identities and to commemorate the lives lost to hate crimes and HIV/AIDS. Turns out, the DJ is gay and wants you all to know about it.

Kwiecinski writes about knowing that something was different about him when he was younger, eventually repressed those feelings for fear of scrutiny and all the other things closted LGBTQ people face when coming out.

“For most guys, thoughts about girls went from “gross” to “I wonder what boobs feel like,” from “ew, koodies” to “let’s mack on some cuties,” Kwiecinski writes.

Kwiecinski’s piece is a celebratory and triumphant coming out statement, but more importantly, a highly necessary one. “But then you choose toride the next wave with confidence. So I waited. During Pride Month this year, GRiZ was tapped to be the face of national underwear brand MeUndies’ Pride collection, donating a portion of the profit to the Happy Hippie Foundation, a nonprofit that rallies young people to fight injustice facing homeless and LGBTQ youth.

Keep on doing you, GRiZ! He also debuted the 15-piece GRiZ Live Bandat the beloved venue in 2017.

A shining force of positivity, GRiZ has preached his lifelong ‘Show Love, Spread Love’ mantra via his ongoing charity work and community activism. His live performances—which mix improvised saxophone, guitar, vocals, and more over booming basslines and head-knocking drops—have become massive draws around the world.

I was definitely…definitely gay, and I didn’t want to accept it or want anyone to know.”

Kwiecinski goes on to explain how he went through the motions of having girlfriends, taking girls to prom, and even losing his virginity all in order to keep up an appearance that he was straight. GRiZ summarizes it best: “There’s so much growth on this album.” Cohesively, RideWaves captures the everyday experiences of human existence, all while soundtracked in GRiZ’s funkytastic fashion.

Metro Detroit native and rising EDM superstar GRiZ (also known as Grant Kwiecinski) wrote a blog post for the Huffington Post today detailing his journey with coming to terms with his sexuality.

Everything seemed to balance except for one big thing. Years. And, I started to believe they were. Shine so brightly that it inspires your community to do the same. Since openly coming out as gay via a personal blog post on Huffington Post in 2017, GRiZ has remained a vocal supporter and active member of the LGBTQ community.

All the swells, all the tides—they come and go.”

Since the album’s release,GRiZ has released a series of EPs that stay true to his bass-heavy, dubstep-fueled roots, aptly titledBangers.Zip.The EPs are a call-back to his early musical stylings,one of which feature the massive hit “Griztronics”–an epic collab with riddim producer Subtronics that has reached nearly 1 billion streams via Tik Tok, #9 on the BillboardDance/Electronic Songs chart and a total of 7.5million streams across major DSPs plus 14million across YouTube in the US alone.

Sharing his sonic journey with fans around the world, GRiZ set out on Seasons One of hi Ride Waves tour this past summer, selling out venues like King’s Theatre in Brooklyn, The Met inPhilly, and two nights at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater in Wilmington for the second year of his personal-favorite GRiZMAS In July events.Season Two saw him return to the iconic RedRocks Amphitheatre for his fifth-year of double sold-out shows before heading out on an 18-city trek across North America with stops at Berkeley’s Greek Theatre, LA’s Palladium and Chicago’s Navy Pier.

GRiZ has remained one of the leading independent artists in electronic music throughout the years, from his 2011 debut album to his breakout album Good Will Prevail(September 2016) which debuted at #1 on the iTunes Electronic chart and charted on the Billboard200 chart—an impressive feat for a free release.A champion of the live electronic landscape, GRiZ’s live show is a spectacle unto itself.

It’s nice to know that queer kids who are into the electronic music/rave scene will actually have a DJ that they can identify with and look up to. It gets better,” co-opting the namesake catch phrase from the It Gets Better Foundation, which serves to empower and give hope to LGBT youths. . It won’t always be easy, but the battle is worth it.