“UGLY CRYING IN THE CLUB:

ELECTRO-POP-STAR BENTLEY ROBLES’ NEW EP IS GLAMOROUS AND BLOODY”

“After years in New York City’s underground music scene, Bentley Robles’ new electronic pop has taken queer nightlife by storm, a tempest of equal parts glamour and blood. He aspires to the glittery exaltation of divas, and his music, like a cardiogram of the heart’s highs and lows, describes the intimate and wrenching moments of his life. His new EP, Ugly Crier, frames his ethos of glamor and vulnerability in one rarified package of music, offering the listener an exquisitely him, particularly Roblesian piece of music. The album cover— a portrait of Robles with his eyes whited-out like a man possessed— sums it up: his teartracks, glittery red rivulets on his cheeks, are the liquid version of his lyrics: they are lines, laid out— like any good poetry, any good art— in beautiful blood.”

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team credits

publication // ladygunn magazine

featuring // bentley robles

music // bentley pobles “IAM IAM IAM”

directed by sam & andrew white

creative direction & styling // phil gomez

photos // sam & andrew white

video // xian gunther

beauty // marci saucedo

photography assistant //nas mckay

story // joann zhang