Scissor Sisters reflect on being labelled a 'gay band'

The Take Your Mama hitmakers, whose songs have often explored themes related to the LGBTQ+ community, have opened up about being branded a "gay band". Bandmates Jake Shears, Scott 'Babydaddy' Hoffman and Del Marquis, who are all gay, said in an interview with NME that people used the label to put them in a box when they wanted their music to have a broader appeal. "I was looking at our straight counterparts, and, like, I had a bit of resentment…”