Years & Years’ debut album Communion has been spotted by a fan in a record shop which was placed in a specially created genre labelled ‘Gay’. The fan sent the band a message via twitter informing them of their newly found genre.

Frontman Olly Alexander said this in response to the tweet:

“If u think my music is gay that’s cool i love being gay and i love my gay music but can u really label a sound or style of music “gay.”

Olly Alexander then continued the response seeing light of the issue:

“Hi what kind of music do you make? gay.”

However, with closer inspection it has been analysed that a member of the public could have gathered this small collection of albums and sneaked them under the ‘Gay’ category of DVD films in order to create the photograph. Either way, Years & Years are proud to have publicity.

Olly Alexander has openly discussed how growing up in a world where he could not openly be gay caused depression and anxiety. He actively campaigns to help young people who have the same restrictions in life that he had experienced growing up; helping people to discover their identity. He is an avid helper for the LGBT community and mental health organisations. Olly Alexander said of this:

“There was just this stage where I realised that people were listening to what I was saying and I could actually say something I believe in and, like – why wasn’t I doing that?”

“It’s not because I think I have a responsibility as a popstar or whatever; it’s because I think I have a responsibility as a human being.

“I care more about that than trying to maintain a distance or keep any kind of mystique going as an artist.”

Recently, Olly Alexander was speaking out against homophobia and spoke of homophobic abuse via social media:

“I get some people who are really gross and make rape jokes about me.”

“It’s f**ked up. That’s why I can’t read too much anymore because I don’t need to be seeing that shit.”

Years & Years are working on new material for their second album.