Drew Afualo

And I don't know if it ever gets easy, but I'm grateful to.

have been swimming against the current for 10 plus years.

And I have been around for a long time.

And so it's been exciting to have this movie kind of start a new generation and a new cycle and chapter.

Well, I don't know if we talked about it, but I also have an album coming out that was inspired by the film.

And I think when I did this movie, I just was like, I gotta give it everything I got.

we're gonna direct the movie, we're gonna co-write it, and we're gonna do an album.

And we have all these amazing queer artists on the album, which I think is either out now or might be out in a couple of weeks, depending on when this comes out.

It'll be out in a couple weeks.

But my goal for that too is people who may not have access to the film, or my international fans are able to at least listen to the album and getting to experience it.

um but yeah i really appreciate it it's been a really hard journey i've learned a lot but i'm just really proud to still be existing and to still be putting out some queer content and joy and i'm so grateful for the fans sticking with me and um hopefully you know exploring new fans in a new era i'm excited to maybe thrive as opposed to feel like i'm

you know swimming for my life no i know i for real and that's why i think it's so important to tell you how amazing i think you are because i do think sometimes when you do it the right way and you do it the authentic way sometimes it's the longer way it takes a lot longer like why am i going the longest route possible and no and then it sometimes i feel like feels like um

almost like sherpas when when white people want to go up mount everest right no one ever credits sherpas for having made that trek oh my gosh thousands of times to the top but they are transporting white people up there right and that's and sometimes it takes a while to get the recognition but it's worth it and that's where i think you're i'm a sherpa yeah i'm a sherpa too just so we just so we're clear where are the sherpas on the mountain unfortunately yes

But we are on the mountain.

We're on the mountain and we get to the top.

Exactly.

And we survive and come right back down and help people up.

And then we do it again.

Yeah.

And I think that's far more important.