One of many standout performances on the World Pleasure Music Competition in DC over the weekend got here from R&B singer Khalid. He appeared yesterday on a line-up that additionally included Doechii, Cynthia Erivo and David Archuleta.
Khalid got here out final November after he was outed by an ex-lover on social media.
The 27-year-old “Location” singer, full identify Khalid Donnel Robinson, responded by posting to X a rainbow emoji and a remark studying, “There yall go. subsequent matter please lol.”
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In a later tweet, he mentioned, “I obtained outted and the world nonetheless continues to show. Let’s get this straight (lmao) I’m not ashamed of my sexuality! In actuality it ain’t nobodies enterprise! However I’m okay with me 🖤 love yall.”
On Sunday, whereas on stage, Khalid revealed that not solely was it his first time acting at Pleasure, but it surely was additionally his first time attending. He obtained tearful as he addressed the group and thanked them for his or her help.
“These are joyful tears … I need to thanks guys a lot. For supporting me. It means the world to me. It makes me so joyful. I really feel like I’m house right here on this stage.”
“I didn’t know I used to be going to cry,” he provides, wiping away tears.
@kirstieandchristine @Khalid had us sobbing as he talked about feeling liked, seen, and accepted by the LGBTQ+ group at @WORLD PRIDE DC 📍@CapitalPrideDC @Go to Washington, DC #worldpride #only1dc #pridemonth #khalid ♬ original sound – kirstieandchristine
Khalid actually slayed his first pleasure! World Pleasure! pic.twitter.com/UI7ZubDskf
— @DCHomos (@DCHomos) June 9, 2025
Response to Khalid’s popping out
Khalid heralds from El Paso, Texas. He launched his debut single “Location” in 2016. It and the 2017 follow-up “Younger Dumb & Broke” have been Billboard prime twenty hits. He launched his third album, “Honest” final August. He has nearly seven million followers on Instagram and slightly below 5 million on X.
Earlier this month, Khalid spoke to Billboard in regards to the expertise of publicly popping out. He talked of the aid he felt when he realized his sexuality made no distinction to his followers.
“I had a second the place I walked out and I appeared into the group, and I’m singing these songs that — I used to be clearly homosexual once I wrote them, however the world could not have recognized,” he mentioned. “All people is singing them the identical means they have been earlier than I used to be outed!
“Discovering that freedom comes from realizing I can simply be myself and nonetheless be embraced and appreciated,” he says. “That doesn’t change as a result of the world finds out I’m homosexual. As a result of I don’t change as a result of the world finds out I’m homosexual.”
Khalid’s most up-to-date collaboration was the somewhat good “All I Know’ with British dance act Rudimental. Test it out under.
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