Our Favorite Queer Music Videos of December 2023

The Veronicas - "Detox"

The Veronicas lean heavily into their identical twin aesthetic for the "Detox" video, which very effectively mirrors their charged emotions as they bang their heads and rock out to their new single. It's a fierce and furious track, and the twins push and pull us along for the ride, which ends with them floating and twirling underwater in a pool, "sinking into the toxic feeling."

Kat Cunning - "Bedroom Angel"

"Bedroom Angel" opens with Kat Cunning kneeling in a confessional booth, set to the lyric "Can I keep you, in my bedroom / Can I make you mine?" When the chorus hits, a black latex-gloved hand roams their body, followed by a bedroom scene of Cunning (wearing a full-length lace bodysuit) entwined with someone in a matching outfit. It's very much giving "Can we get Sabrina Carpenter's lawyers on the line? Because we sense another church frowning upon how their location was used..." – which is obviously iconic. The video turns into an orgy in the chapel pews, and it's all beautifully filmed and brilliantly conceptualized to represent the artist's exploration of kink and powerful self-discovery.

Lauren Sanderson - "She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not"

"She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not" seems like a shot-on-tour in between venues video-collage, which gives it a boost of really fun, very Lauren Sanderson IDGAF energy. We see them eating on the staircase in front of a building, consuming endless coffee and candy, contemplating cutting their bangs, playing drums through VR goggles, and drinking from a garden hose – all in quick cuts set to the beat of this song.

Shygirl ft. Cosha - "thicc"

The video for "thicc" is very "2000s pop girl visuals to be played on the big screen at the club while we dance to the song," which nails the vibe conveyed by Shygirl's flirty rhythm and catchy repeating lyrics like "Hot when you drip / Give me just a sip."

Rina Sawayama ft. Amaarae - "Imagining"

This is technically tour visuals, but the video is so dynamic, inviting, and engaging that it's definitely worth watching. It's part tour video diary, part behind-the-scenes "making of" footage, and part wild, welcoming, neon celebration that was this tour. Watching this feels like reaching through the screen and harnessing all the electric energy that was on stage and in that booming room while Sawayama and her dancers performed.