[Cover photo credit to Jason Kruppa]

Singer/songwriter, Producer, and performer Boyfriend has released the single “Bite” from In The Garden, a new concept album reimagining the biblical story of Adam and Eve through a feminist and queer lens. “Bite” which refers to the moment that Eve bites the forbidden apple, is a mostly instrumental Electronic track built around synths and acoustic guitar.

The artist says about “Bite”:

“BITE’ is the catastrophe (in modern terms, climax) itself, the culmination of the building action, where Eve finally crosses the boundary she’s been pushing against from the start and takes the bite. The song opens with Eve asking questions – as she is the desire for knowledge personified – and these questions lay out the paradox of this origin story.

The song is mostly instrumental, allowing the listener to envision the action unfolding and giving contemplative space to an otherwise very lyric-dependent project here at the crucial moment of action. If Eve embodies curiosity, and this project aims to recast her as the hero and curiosity as a virtue rather than a failing, then the project itself seeks to not only offer questions, but space for questioning. This instrumental moment in the album has purposeful sonic scene changes, including lyrics from the other characters in rhythmic overlapping samples.”

A fusion of music, theater, and social commentary, In the Garden blends storytelling and a cast of collaborators including Scissor Sisters’ frontman Jake Shears, Billy Porter, Peaches, and Big Freedia. In the Garden arrives Friday, May 9, 2025 via Big Freedia’s Queen Diva Music, distributed by The Orchard.

BOYFRIEND – TOUR 2025

APRIL

26 – New Orleans, LA – Esplanade Studios

27 – New Orleans, LA – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

MAY

3 – New Orleans, LA – Toulouse Theatre*

6 – New York, NY – Joe’s Pub

*Backed by Members of The Revivalists