{"id":806213,"date":"2020-04-09T07:51:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T13:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=980404"},"modified":"2020-04-09T07:51:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T13:51:30","slug":"bright-light-bright-light-debuts-empowering-this-is-my-house-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/bright-light-bright-light-debuts-empowering-this-is-my-house-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Bright Light Bright Light Debuts Empowering \u2018This Is My House\u2019 Video"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This wasn\u2019t supposed to be how it went down. For the past four years, Rod Thomas, who performs under the alias Bright Light Bright Light, has DJ\u2019d an afternoon dance party called \u201cRomy & Michele\u2019s Saturday Afternoon Tea Dance\u201d in New York City at Manhattan\u2019s Club Cumming and Brooklyn\u2019s C\u2019Mon Everybody. Last month, he released the first track, \u201cThis Is My House,\u201d a fantastically fun disco<\/a> bop off his forthcoming album, Fun City <\/em>(due out in September). And for the video, which debuts today, he involved a slew of New York performers \u2014 Glow Job, the Illustrious Blacks, Angelica Torres \u2014 as well as other activists, philanthropists, and friends to share their joy of nightlife. Instead, every club in the country is shuttered and queer people around the globe are attempting to forge virtual party bonds.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really strange balance between not trying to contextualize and do too much overthinking about putting out in a time of crisis,\u201d Thomas explains by phone from his apartment in the East Village of Manhattan. \u201cI\u2019m being mindful about wanting to share with people about how they can stay safe and \u2014 listen to my new song! At least it\u2019s an upbeat song people have enjoyed dancing to at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The video for \u201cThis Is My House\u201d opens with Thomas lounging on a sofa in his living room, a big glittering disco ball between his thighs as he calls up his pals on a pink phone while playing a board game. \u201cThis was my house and I was not supposed to worry \u2019bout it\/ This was the place that I was not supposed to fear,\u201d he sings. The lyrics are meant as an ode to LGBTQ<\/a>+ safe spaces, and should be a new staple for Pride events everywhere, but it\u2019s easy to now interpret public health crisis with millions urged to shelter at home while social distancing. \u201cIt\u2019s cold outside\/ And this should be my shelter\/ Nothing here is comfort to me\/ Oh it\u2019s cold outside\/ But I can brave the weather,\u201d it continues in its bittersweet vein.<\/p>\n

Thomas says he\u2019s grateful he\u2019s a \u201cmom-type\u201d artist, planning and prepping way in advance, so he actually filmed the video (which is directed, shot, and edited by Tyler Jensen) in February and had it ready to go. While he used his own apartment for the at-home scenes, the party shots were captured at Bedlam, an East Village club staple. \u201cFinally it\u2019s paid off, all that planning!\u201d he says with relief. But he\u2019s quick to share his concern for the clubs and bars and staff who are all struggling economically. \u201cThese spaces have been threatened and they feel even more attacked than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

While firmly rooted in our contemporary world \u2014 the song was produced by Initial Talk, best known for his remixes of songs like Dua Lipa\u2019s \u201cNew Rules\u201d and Rihanna\u2019s \u201cBitch Better Have My Money\u201d \u2014 the throwback references are also strong (and not just because of those pink leg warmers). Thomas credits Madonna\u2019s \u201cTruth or Dare\u201d and its ensemble for introducing him to queer culture, so having Niki Harris and Donna De Lory \u2014 Madge\u2019s longtime backup singer duo \u2014 on it meant the \u201cworld to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the moment it seems a disco vibe has seeped into the mainstream, with pop artists such as Dua Lipa and the Weeknd releasing their own take on the catalog. And Bright Light Bright Light\u2019s latest song offers its own buoyant beat to dance through pain and trouble. \u201cFor me, it\u2019s sort of dancing through pain and struggle; the subject matter of disco is turmoil and defiance,\u201d Thomas explains. \u201cYou have this call to arms: don\u2019t give up, push on through, find the joy where you can.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This wasn\u2019t supposed to be how it went down. For the past four years, Rod Thomas, who performs under the alias Bright Light Bright Light, has DJ\u2019d an afternoon dance party called \u201cRomy & Michele\u2019s Saturday Afternoon Tea Dance\u201d in New York City at Manhattan\u2019s Club Cumming and Brooklyn\u2019s C\u2019Mon Everybody. Last month, he released […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-806213","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-16 19:12:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}