29 May 2026<\/time>\n <\/p>\nKim Petras has \u201crarely\u201d met men that have \u201copenly wanted to date\u201d her. <\/p>\n
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Kim Petras – February 2024 – Avalon – Eventim Apollo, London<\/p>\n
\nThe German singer-songwriter started identifying as a female aged two, began hormone therapy at 12 and was dubbed \u201cthe world\u2019s youngest transsexual\u201d when she had gender-affirming surgery in 2008. <\/p>\n
\nShe\u2019s gone on to become a huge pop star, but admitted during an interview with Stereogum that lots of men over the years have wanted to hide relationships with her. <\/p>\n
\nKim said: \u201cIn my dating experiences, I’ve rarely met guys who openly wanted to date me. It was always kind of like DL, and I really wanted to address that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nReferring to her song 101, she added: \u201cI love that that song does it in such a sweet way, because it just reminds me of an older version, and this new version of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nOn her new album Detour, Kim also tackled the concept of dating athletes – \u201cthe closeted feeling that sports sometimes have and the tension in that\u201d – particularly with the songs B**** Ball Out and Basketball. <\/p>\n
\nShe explained: \u201cIt fit narratively really well into this project, because it’s also kind of different guys, I’m dating different people, I’m becoming (different) when I’m dating them, when I’m seeing them \u2014 so having this undertone of dating an athlete, and it’s under wraps, and no one knows, and that tension was really interesting to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nElsewhere in the interview, Kim reflected on why she\u2019s \u201cconstantly changing\u201d and the importance to her of coming up with different personas to play around with.<\/p>\n
\nShe said: \u201cI\u2019m a pretty shy person, and the music allows me to live out the parts of myself that I am maybe too afraid to live out in real life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI think that’s why I\u2019m constantly changing. I like reinvention and the use of persona, and it’s what really fascinates me about pop stars \u2014 that element to me is amazing, because it shows that you can always change your life and your perspective and everything around, and it’s never too late or too early to do that. <\/p>\n
\n\u201cYou’re allowed to change your mind and be a fluid person that goes in all kinds of directions and finds or looks at all the ugliest and most beautiful parts of themselves \u2014 so that to me is a super important part.\u201d<\/p>\n
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