{"id":64476,"date":"2020-08-14T11:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=64476"},"modified":"2020-08-14T11:00:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T10:00:14","slug":"singer-cory-liner-releases-latest-single-short-boys-suck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/08\/singer-cory-liner-releases-latest-single-short-boys-suck\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer Cory Liner Releases Latest Single, &#8216;Short Boys Suck&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Taking inspiration from the sound of 2000s &#8220;bubblegum&#8221; pop, modern hip hop, psychedelic rock, and other genres, and artists such as Charli xcx, Cory Liner has created a unique sound, and has been making waves in the queer scene. This can be heard in all its glory on Cory&#8217;s latest single, &#8216;Short Boys Suck&#8217;. Although at first it might seem as though the song is a diss track, it actually examines serious subjects, but using humour as a means by which to bring a light-heartedness to the themes.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Short Boys Suck&#8217; is about throwing stones at and destroying a romantic relationship because of your own insecurities. Giving shallow excuses, such as that referenced in the title, it reveals much about the way the speaker &#8211; not necessarily Cory herself &#8211; feels themselves. They say they don&#8217;t &#8220;give a fuck&#8221; when the clearly do. They&#8217;re wanting to get out of a situation before they get hurt &#8211; because presumably they have been hurt before.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find out more about Cory Liner online on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CoryLinerOfficial\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Coryliner\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/Coryliner\/\">Instagram<\/a>. Listen to more of Cory&#8217;s music on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/4pRaqO8I5PuWNNTtBUkBZ8?si=bdFxcfwHTMeooBcDNoft7Q\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Listen to &#8216;Short Boys Suck&#8217;:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Short Boys Suck\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/5Hf6FZGO5si4yqfzeAb65G?si=-Khll0sxROuOGJF9YvcmVQ&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking inspiration from the sound of 2000s &#8220;bubblegum&#8221; pop, modern hip hop, psychedelic rock, and other genres, and artists such as Charli xcx, Cory Liner has created a unique sound, and has been making waves in the queer scene. This can be heard in all its glory on Cory&#8217;s latest single, &#8216;Short Boys Suck&#8217;. Although at first it might seem as though the song is a diss track, it actually examines serious subjects, but using humour as a means by which to bring a light-heartedness to the themes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":64478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,9,21453,21446],"tags":[25903,11720,77,370,10508,116,25904,10677],"class_list":["post-64476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-single-reviews","tag-cory-liner","tag-lisa-hafey","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-queer","tag-review","tag-short-boys-suck","tag-single-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-gLW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69076,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/04\/austin-singer-songwriter-cory-williams-announces-the-birdmouth-lp\/","url_meta":{"origin":64476,"position":0},"title":"Austin Singer-Songwriter, Cory Williams, Announces The &#8216;BirdMouth&#8217; LP","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"30\/04\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Austin-based Cory Williams shares a love story, as well as an eulogy to lost love, in his album, 'Bird Mouth'.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cory-Williams.jpg?fit=650%2C649&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cory-Williams.jpg?fit=650%2C649&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cory-Williams.jpg?fit=650%2C649&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":39238,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/08\/an-old-friend-lady\/","url_meta":{"origin":64476,"position":1},"title":"An Old Friend &#8211; &#8216;Lady&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"10\/08\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"An Old Friend comes from Long Island, New York, and the quartet formed after their high school days. 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