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Raehwan, formerly known as a member of the K-Pop group BIGSTAR, now goes by the name from20, a soloist under Way Better. He made his solo debut in 2021 and has recently been teasing his upcoming album, R-Rated.
The album was already suspected of leaning into sexual content, as many of the songs on the album were banned for explicit content.
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On June 26, it was released, along with the music video for the title track, “Big Boy.”
The video featured a refreshing amount of different types of people, and the lyrics are very pro-everyone. At one point, the idol sings that his “gay boys, they love me.”
Big girls, you know you’re sexy
My gay boys, they love me, I like it
— “Big Boy” Lyrics
The music video also exhibits this, but it also appears to give some accidental advertisement to something else.
At one point during the music video, the screen becomes an advert for “big boys,” showing a phone number listed as “1-800-BIG-BOYS.”
With American phone numbers, the digits are assigned letters on the keypad, meaning that “1-800-BIG-BOYS” would be “1-800-244-2697.” When calling this number, an automated system welcomes to the “Hottest Gay Voice Dating” in North America.
Further listening reveals that the service is based on membership, but kindly offers a five minute free trial.
The audio does not give a specific name for the gay hotline, but you can see for yourself if you’d like.