Chloe Qisha’s He Likes Boys Turns an Impossible Crush Into Pop Gold

Falling for someone who will never fancy you back is painful enough. Finding out he likes boys? Chloe Qisha has turned that particular romantic disaster into a fabulous new pop song.

Sometimes love is complicated. Sometimes the timing is wrong. And sometimes, darling, the boy you fancy simply likes boys.

That’s the wonderfully bittersweet premise behind Chloe Qisha’s new single He Likes Boys, released on 26 October 2026 alongside an official music video.

The Malaysian-born, London-based pop singer transforms unrequited attraction into a glamorous, emotionally honest track that combines heartbreak with a welcome sense of humour.

And honestly, we’ve all had a crush that should probably have remained a crush.

What Is Chloe Qisha’s He Likes Boys About?

The song explores the frustration of developing feelings for someone whose romantic interests make a relationship impossible.

Rather than turning the experience into a straightforward heartbreak ballad, Qisha approaches it with self-awareness, humour and a touch of theatrical exaggeration.

Behind the playful title, however, lies something genuinely personal.

According to the singer, the track was inspired by a crush she developed after working on a music video with a man who was gay.

The attraction went nowhere romantically, but the experience became an important creative starting point.

And instead of pretending it never happened, Qisha wrote a song about it.

Relatable? Painfully!!!

A Song That Helped Create an Entire Mixtape

Qisha has described He Likes Boys as one of the most emotionally honest songs she has written.

The experience behind it helped inspire her forthcoming debut mixtape, Fantasize.

In comments reported by EQ Music, the singer explained that the crush became a driving creative force behind the project.

The mixtape, arriving on Friday 30 October, features ten tracks exploring desire, attraction, emotional confusion and the complicated world of modern relationships.

Rather than hiding behind polished romantic fantasies, Qisha embraces the awkwardness of wanting someone who cannot return those feelings.

It’s messy, funny and occasionally devastating.

In other words, excellent material for a pop song.

Watch the Official He Likes Boys Music Video

The official video was released alongside the single and directed by Soren Harrison and Amir Hossain.

It continues Qisha’s commitment to stylised visuals and storytelling, combining pop aesthetics with the song’s romantic frustration.

Qisha has also discussed the creative direction of the project in a recent interview with The Line of Best Fit.

The conversation reveals an artist who takes the visual identity of pop music just as seriously as the songs themselves.

For Qisha, the image, the performance and the music are all part of the same creative world.

Why This Song Belongs in the Queer Pop Conversation

He Likes Boys is not necessarily a song about queer identity from the perspective of its narrator.

But its story intersects with something familiar to LGBTQ+ audiences: the complicated relationship between attraction, sexuality and romantic expectations.

It also belongs to a growing wave of pop music in which artists are increasingly open about desire, vulnerability and relationships that don’t fit conventional romantic narratives.

Artists such as Troye Sivan and Chappell Roan have helped make those conversations more visible in mainstream music.

As The Gayly Mirror recently explored in our feature on Troye Sivan and masculinity, music can create space for emotions and experiences people may have struggled to express.

Qisha approaches the subject from a different perspective, but the appeal is similar.

She’s telling an awkward, personal story without apologising for it.

And the result is refreshingly human.

Fantasize Arrives This Friday

Qisha’s debut mixtape Fantasize arrives on 30 October.

The release coincides with her headline performance at Heaven in London, a venue with a long association with LGBTQ+ nightlife.

For an emerging pop artist with an increasingly distinctive visual identity, the timing feels particularly fitting.

Her music combines the confidence of classic pop divas with the emotional chaos of contemporary dating.

And He Likes Boys offers a particularly entertaining introduction to that world.

Sometimes the Best Pop Comes From the Worst Crushes

Not every love story ends with two people falling into each other’s arms.

Sometimes the feelings are one-sided, the attraction is impossible and the only sensible thing to do is move on.

Or, if you’re Chloe Qisha, turn the whole experience into a fabulous pop song.

He Likes Boys is funny without dismissing the heartbreak underneath it, and vulnerable without losing its confidence.

Because sometimes the boy doesn’t love you back. But at least you get a brilliant song out of it.