Gay Boy Thailand

Come jump in the hay

This is the British boyband Billiam. The Guardian wrote this about them:

New boy band Billiam are being sold on a near-the-knuckle naked shot. It’s in their press pack, on their MySpace front page, and in their first photoshoot for the gay magazine, AXM. It’s quite a convincing pastiche of gay porn, right down to the bizarro location, distracting hair-don’ts and the “I hope nobody I know sees this” second-thoughts looks.

For a boy band to get their bits out before they’ve even had a hit marks a new low (or maybe high?) in pop marketing. It’s like being taken on a dinner date, and someone whopping their tackle on the table before you’ve even finished your starter. It also smacks of desperation. As if the image exists to divert attention from how unlistenable their music is. (Which, incidentally, it is.)

Silom Farang says: Sex sells. You want to be famous? Show us the goodies.