Flamboyant (Song)

**"Flamboyant"** is a song by Dorian Electra and the title track from their debut studio album *Flamboyant.* It was released as the albums third single and is the albums second track. It was released on April 25, 2019 alongside a music video. The music video currently has over 2 million views, making it Electra's most-viewed video on their YouTube channel.

## Background

Speaking to Apple Music, Dorian said this on the albums title track: “I encountered the word ‘flamboyant’ first when I was reading a biography about Oscar Wilde when I was a kid and I thought it was an interesting phrase. I'd always heard it used in a derogatory way to mean over the top, extravagant, sometimes tacky, but also a coded word for gay or queer. I researched the history of the word before I chose it as the name of the album. I read about how it came from this French stained glass that was flame-shaped in French Gothic cathedrals because stained glass was one of the most colorful, psychedelic, brightly colored things that people in the medieval world had to look at. To me, flamboyant means something that's begging to be looked at, something that can't be ignored because it's colorful and bright. There's so much interesting history to that word that I wanted to positively reclaim it and take away the derogatory context. Don’t be afraid to be yourself, to be out there and loud and proud—that's something really meaningful to me.”

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**

I'm a very flaming, flammable guy

Some say my fire burns way too high

Some say they find me too hot to touch

But I, I think it's not enough

**[Pre-Chorus]**

Don't tell me what to do

Don't tell me what to say

You know I like it loud

'Cause that's the only way

No taste for subtlety

And no time for restraint

No, I go all the way

**[Chorus]**

I'm flamboyant, I go all the way

I'm flamboyant, I go all the way

Flamboyant, every day

I'm flamboyant, I go all the way

**[Verse 2]**

You always see me putting on a show

I entertain until it's time to go

You know I like to put it on display

I like to work and I like to play

I've always been this way, since I was young

I like to steal the show from you for fun

I do it big and take up lots of space

You know I like to get up in your face

**[Pre-Chorus]**

Don't tell me what to do

Don't tell me what to say

You know I like it loud

'Cause that's the only way

No taste for subtlety

And no time for restraint

No, I go, I go, I go all the way

**[Chorus]**

I'm flamboyant, I go all the way (They say)

I'm flamboyant, I go all the way (All the way)

Flamboyant, every day (Every damn day)

I'm flamboyant, I go all the way

**[Bridge]**

Turn down? I never do

I turn down, turn down for what?

They ask me

Turn down? I never do

I turn up, I turn up, I turn up

**[Chorus]**

(All the way)

I'm flamboyant, I go all the way (All the way)

I go all the way (Baby)

I know it drives you crazy

I know it drives you crazy (I go all the way)

I'm flamboyant, I go all the way (All the way)

All the way, all the way, yeah

I'm flamboyant, I go all the way (All the way)

Flamboyant, every day (Every day, all the damn way)

Flamboyant, baby, yeah

## References

1. ↑ https://music.apple.com/us/album/flamboyant/1464724121