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Fall Out Boys’ “Thnks fr the Mmrs” appears to have a bisexual undercurrent. Pete Wentz had quite a bit to say about the song in question.
LGBTQ themes are more common in rock music than a lot of people seem to think. For example, Fall Out Boys‘ “Thnks fr th Mmrs” appears to have a bisexual undercurrent. Pete Wentz had quite a bit to say about the song in question. He didn’t exactly deny LGBTQ interpretations of the song.
1 Fall Out Boy song seems to be about a man who has relationships with men and women
Every Fall Out Boy song is oblique. The band goes out of its way to use unusual metaphors. That means that Fall Out Boy songs tend to stand out but it can be difficult to parse out what they mean.
“Thnks fr the Mmrs” seems to be a song about casual sex. In the song, Pete Wentz brags about his sexual prowess to a woman. He also tells her “He tastes like you only sweeter.” For that reason, I interpret the track as being about someone who has had relationships with men and women.
What makes the song stand out
That makes “Thnks fr th Mmrs” unusual for multiple reasons. Aside from Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl,” very few pop hits from the late 2000s had overtly LGBTQ themes. On top of that, Fall Out Boy was part of the emo scene. Many of the men in that scene were considered androgynous, but few of them sang about male-male relationships.
Even to this day, that’s not a common subject in popular music. For example, Troye Sivan doesn’t have the same reach as Justin Bieber. Fall Out Boy deserve some credit for being progressive by putting out “Thnks fr th Mmrs” — and they haven’t received that credit yet.
Pete Wentz discussed the meaning of ‘Thnks fr th Mmrs’
During an interview with Genius, Wentz discussed the song’s theme. “To me, it’s the whole idea of FOMO [fear of missing out],” he said. “You know, when you’re not out, and you’re looking at people’s Instagram, and you’re like, ‘Aw man I should be there! That would be so amazing.’ And then you’re there, and it’s like kind of amazing. It looks more amazing on Instagram, though. I have that about literally everything I do. Like looking at Coachella? I’m like, ‘Coachella looks so amazing.’ But then I’m like, ‘Dude I’d be sitting in a hot dusty line, right now.’”
He revealed that the line “he tastes like you / only sweeter” was lifted from the film adaptation of the play Closer. “That film walks a really human line between the way romance and sex and all that exists,” he said. “In a way that you don’t always see in film. In that specific moment, I don’t really need to go into it, but it’s that thing where you’re really wanting somebody to tell you everything about a situation, and then they do, and you’re like, ‘I didn’t really actually want to know that much.’”
Wentz didn’t comment on whether or not the song is about a relationship is between two men. He didn’t exactly deny it either. As always, it’s up to fans to decide what they think of Wentz’s lyrics.
“Thnks fr th Mmrs” is one of Fall Out Boys’ most ambiguous singles and that’s what makes it so fascinating.
