'Bad Habit' Singer Steve Lacy Addresses Reports About His Sexuality & Viral Concert Incident
Steve Lacy is speaking out.
The 25-year-old music star is on Variety‘s second Power of Young Hollywood cover.
During the conversation, the “Bad Habit” singer addressed his fame, rowdy audiences, coming out, the camera smashing incident, influencing youth, his next project, and more.
Keep reading to find out more…
Find out what he had to say…
On ‘the industry’:
“I don’t think I’m in the industry. I know what it is, but I feel so far removed from it.”
On his chart-topping “Bad Habit”:
“Labelheads felt strongly about it. I didn’t like it that much.”
On his next project:
“I’m making something completely new. It’s still me, but … it’s way different.”
On fame:
“I don’t crave to be super famous, but I also try not to be afraid of that. If that’s where things want to go.”
On headlines around him coming out via a response on Tumblr:
“But I didn’t really come out. I didn’t try to — it just kinda happened. I don’t care to announce who I’m into sexually. I think it’s silly. I never felt like I needed to come out.”
On cutting a concert short and smashing a disposable camera after an audience member hit him with it:
“Maybe I could’ve reacted better? These moments just go viral. As soon as anything has virality to it, it’s like that’s everything you’ve done. That’s what I hated most about that moment.”
On the reaction to the above incident:
“People were pissed at me for it, but now they’re like, ‘He was f-ckin’ right — y’all shoulda listened to Steve!’ I didn’t apologize for that sh-t because I’m not wrong!”
On influencing a younger generation’s musical taste:
“It’s f-cking dope that I get to develop these kids’ musical ears. I’ve grown to be super grateful for this rowdy, youthful craziness.”
On coming around to his younger audience:
“I had to accept that this is how these kids are. I was pissed at first — they want so much. But as much as it f-cking annoys me sometimes, they’re just young. A lot of these kids — it’s their first concert, so they don’t even know what concert etiquette is. I’m starting to love them, and I couldn’t imagine my shows without them. They don’t give a f-ck how uncool they look, and I appreciate that.”
On the idea that fans only know snippets of his song from TikTok:
“I hate that narrative. No, motherf-cker! I’ve got mad hooks that everybody sings along to. Let me get the fucking record straight there: That happened at a couple shows, and only because I was doing too much, trying to get them to sing the whole verse. That was on me.”
Older
