Country music—especially from straight male artists—has a long and storied tradition of songs about the mighty majesty of trucks. Sure, the babes can come and go, and every ice cold beer will eventually reach *shudders* room temperature. But trucks? Trucks are forever.
So, leave it to viral country star Dixon Dallas to queer one of the genre’s trustiest tropes.
His newest song, “F150,” might take its name from the popular Ford pickup truck, but give a close listen to the lyrics and you’ll notice what it’s really about: Hot, hot gay sex. Naturally!
It starts off innocent enough, with Dallas singing about locking eyes with someone from across the bar. But by the time the chorus hits, all bets are off—and so are the clothes:
“When wе get to sippin’ whiskey / And we gеt a little frisky / I climb up on him, ride him like a F-150.”
It’s another barn-storming bop from Dallas, whose been all over the internet thanks to the success of the single “Good Lookin'” this summer, a song about the simple pleasures of bouncing off booty cheeks and kissin’ on b*ssy. (That song, by the way, is still sitting atop Spotify’s Viral Country chart, and ranks in the Top 5 of both the U.S. and Global editions of the music streamer’s Viral 50 playlists.)
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“There’s no law that says I can’t write a song about getting my booty cheeks bounced off of.”
Don’t you just love country music???
“F150” arrives alongside another new single called “Better Without You.” To our surprise, the hip-hop beat-driven country track is a much more straightforward and sincere breakup song.
It’s also not explicitly gay (in both senses of the phrase), but it certainly proves that Dallas has a beating heart beyond all those raunchy lyrics he first got attention for.
Dixon Dallas is a country-fried alter ego of Jake Hill, an Alabama-based musician whose previous work combines elements of hip-hop and “metalcore.” Occassionally, Hill also performs and releases music under the moniker ‘ur pretty,’ delivering more overtly gay and sexually explicit lyrics with a pop-punk sound.
With the crossover success of “Good Lookin’,” many have speculated whether or not Hill, himself, identifies as gay. Earlier this month, he—as Dixon Dallas—gave an interview to Pride, responding to queerbaiting accusations and addressing the rumors while avoiding a straight (no pun intended) answer:
“Of course you’ll have people saying I’m gaybating and queerbating,” Dallas said at the time. “Growing up in the south, you’re taught how to think a certain way. I reached a point where I started thinking for myself. My music is a big f*ck you to my past. No, I haven’t disclosed my sexuality. I could be gay. I could be straight. I could be bi. At the end of the day, I feel like it doesn’t matter. There’s no law that says I can’t write a song about getting my booty cheeks bounced off of.”
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While that’s certainly true—and while everyone should be given the space to come out on their own terms—some remain skeptical. On TikTok and Twitter, musician Zee Machine, has pondered why someone singing about gay sex so openly and explicitly would choose to be “coy” about their own sexuality:
So is Hill/Dallas trolling the LGBTQ+ community by just pretending to be gay? Or is he trolling the mainstream country music industry itself, a notoriously restrictive genre that seldom makes space for anyone that’s not white, cis, and straight? (An industry that, by the way, is currently championing songs like Jason Aldean’s racist dogwhistle, “Try That In A Small Town.”)
We sure hope it’s the latter, because we could use more artists unabashedly bringing queerness to country.
In his latest TikTok, the musician announces he’s finally “clearing the air,” responding to folks who believe he’s portraying himself as something he’s not. But, no, he’s not making any big declarations about his sexuality, he’s just responding to comments saying he looks like The Once-ler from The Lorax, or JoJo from Horton Hears A Who!
@iamactuallyjakehill Dixon Dallas is clearing the air #fyp #dixondallas #countrymusic ♬ original sound – Jake Hill
As the raunchy gay country hits keep on rolling, it looks like Dixon Dallas is just going to keep on trolling.
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abfab
That mansplay. He’d last two seconds on the subway.
”At the end of the day, I feel like it doesn’t matter”………..you’re right. It doesn’t. Now f u c k off and grow up.
bachy
I dunno. I think he’s being playful and taking the piss, punking extremists both left & right.
ScottOnEarth
Small-minded people worrying about a stranger’s sexual orientation. When will people realize that no one owes them anything, including Dixon Dallas/Jake Hill? He can write music about any topic he wants and isn’t obligated to bow to losers who demand to know about his private life.
CatholicXXX
He’s straight and doing it to troll the homophobic country music fanbase. He even added bits about budlight
Donston
These comments really let you know how tired, old, basic, under-educated this site’s demo is.
Anyways, it’s not up to any of us to determine anyone else’s “sexuality” or where someone is in the gender, sexual, affection, romantic, emotion, commitment spectrum. Even when I heard the first song, I took it as a semi parody of “gays” and hyper-sexual songs in general, even more than some sendup of right-leaning folk. It was somewhat funny. But that type of thing gets old pretty quickly. It’s a one-joke parody without much wit. He’s hardly Cupakke.
FreddieW
I think the lyrics are better than dialogue in a porn flick, and it has a catchy tune.
I think I’ve changed my dirty mind about him. I enjoyed listening to it like I enjoy reading Martial’s “Epigrams”.
Kangol2
Whose versions of Martial? Here’s a great one of his epigrams:
Book VII: 76 The reality
“If powerful men take you up,
at meals, theaters and porticos,
like riding and bathing with you,
wherever you happen to go,
don’t be too proud, Philomusus:
you give pleasure, it isn’t love.”
FreddieW
My copy is from The Modern Library Classics, selected and translated by James Michie. Book 7 skips from 61 to 87, so I guess I need to see about getting an unabridged edition. Thanks!
FreddieW
Which version were you quoting?
ShaverC
His music is really catchy, who cares if he’s gay or not?
SDR94103
super star and so cute.
Kangol2
Comical!
Wheelerman
He has a great voice made for country music. His songs as Dixon Dallas are catchy and fun. I hope he will someday come out, but in the meantime; I’ll keep putting his songs on my Playlist. I need to look up his music under his other names.
My heart still belongs to out country singer Orville Peck!
Diplomat
Deeyam F150 has some kick-ass lyrics! Love it.
b.dot
Queerty – if the fact this guy won’t come out bothers you so much, maybe save the word count and use it to profile out-and-proud country stars. Hayden Joseph? Chris Housman? Steve Grand? Yeah maybe you don’t get to quote such juicy lyrics but instead of stoking anger at someone who may or may not be gay, you could support some artists who definitely are part the of LGBTQ+ community
trell
‘Queerbaiting’ is such an ugly word, and it is a bit unfair to dismiss someone who is subversively getting songs about how great gay sex is, into bible-belt America.
Like others have said, whether he identifies as gay, straight, bi, fluid or none-of-your-f**king business, he’s writing great songs, challenging the puritanicals, and having a great time doing it. If he’s LGBT+, he’ll come out in his own time. If not, he’s still an advocate, or at the very least, an activist for our side!
Diplomat
This guy did come out in his songs. If you don’t think he’s not a cum guzzling fag, as Prince Henry says in Red White and Royal Blue, “you’re as thick as it gets”.
Diplomat
This guy did come out in his songs. If you don’t think he’s a cum guzzling fag, as Prince Henry says in Red White and Royal Blue, “you’re as thick as it gets”.
humancobras666
TERRIBLE MUSIC!!!
EZinHTown
If you listen to his more explicit music under the pseudonym, Ur Pretty, under which he releases more pop oriented music, I’m pretty hard pressed to think he’s not at least Bi. Bottom line, who cares? If he wants to sing about having sex with guys more power to him. This is a free country. Why y’all getting upset? It’s not like he’s denigrating us in his music. And if it’s a big FU to Nashville, all the better. But like I said, under Ur Pretty he’s not country. I did listen to a couple of songs under his real name but it’s a lot hip-hop and rap and I didn’t like it enough to listen to the lyrics long enough.
stevieboy3362
Bitch, bitch, bitch, piss and moan. Jesus H. Christ, are you queens EVER friggin’ HAPPY? The negativity that pours out is ENDLESSLY ANNOYING.
LET. PEOPLE. ENJOY. THINGS!!!!