Alternative R&B artist Steve Lacy says his sexuality is “fluid.”

The description from the out bisexual singer comes in a cover story with Rolling Stone ahead of the release of his latest album, Oh Yeah?

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Lacy picked up a Grammy in 2023 for his single “Bad Habits.”

The 27-year-old mused on how his attraction to boys was complicated when he was growing up, and said that as a kid, he felt forced to hide his attraction to boys so people wouldn’t make assumptions about his sexuality.

“For example, I really love dance, all styles, contemporary, tap, hip-hop. I love modern dance. But growing up, I couldn’t explore that ’cause I never wanted anyone to call me gay before I told them I was anything, gay or whatever, you know?”

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“It’d probably be easier if it were just like, ‘I’m g-word,’ but I’m not g-word. It’s fluid, and queer is a lot harder to explain than just being a gay dude,” Lacy added.

Fans first got familiar with the singer’s sexuality in 2017.

Back when Tumblr was a thriving — and explicit — LGBTQ+ social media hub, Lacy was pressed by a fan on the platform about whether he would ever date a man. He casually responded, “Sure, why not?”

The media called it Lacy’s “coming out,” but he saw it differently, describing the whole concept of coming out as “silly.”

“I didn’t really come out,” he told Variety about his Tumblr interaction. “I didn’t try to, it just kinda happened.

“I don’t care to announce who I’m into sexually. I think it’s silly. I never felt I needed to come out.”

The music and lyrics speak for themselves on Lacy’s last studio album, Gemini Rights, and the track “Cody Freestyle.”

“Why you bother me?” Lacy asks an ex. “Don’t depend on me, no. Unless you’re swallowing, I could use your deep throat.”

“You was handsome with a heavy d**k,” he adds, “a cannon, you do damage.”

In his Rolling Stone interview, Lacy said he was proud of his sexuality, but detailed that he doesn’t represent the LGBTQ+ community as a whole, and he’s not looking to become a spokesperson for it.

“I feel like a lot of people use the gay bug to market their s**t,” Lacy told the music mag. “And I never did.”

Right now, for Lacy, it’s all about the “fluidity.”

“I love how my fluidity has just felt through the music,” he says.

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