And that was Neon Trees, singing their smash hit, Everybody Talks.

They're also known for the song Animal.

And of course, the song, Sleeping with a Friend.

Sleeping with a Friend is one of my all-time favorite favorite neon tree songs,

but not because that is something I have any experience with.

Okay, but in all seriousness, since releasing their first studio album about 10 years ago,

Tyler Glenn, the lead singer of Neon Trees, has really gone through a public transformation.

And maybe that's too strong of an assessment from me, but Neontrees came to public fame as a band of

musicians who were all Mormon. That was a huge part of their identity. And since then, Tyler

has come out of the closet, and also more recently he's left the Mormon church. Leaving it,

he says, was even harder than coming out. As you will hear Tyler

described today, now his life looks wildly different than it did just 10 years ago, and I think

you will find that he is incredibly generous in sharing what that has been like, and sharing

the fact that he doesn't have it all figured out yet. He is still figuring out what he wants, what he wants his life to look like,

and that is something I think we need to hear more of from public figures.

So thank you to Tyler for that.

And lastly, of course, we also talk about the brand new Neon Tree's album.

It's called I Can Feel You Forgetting Me.

From The Advocate magazine in partnership with Glad, I'm Jeffrey Masters, and this is LGBTQ and A.

You know, as artists become more famous, their lives and their experiences often become less relatable. And I think we see that show up in their work. And I bring that up because I think

the things you're singing about on this new album are shockingly relatable and relevant

to the people listening.

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