Alex Sampson: How does a 22-year old singer/bodybuilder bring back West Hollywood memories? With modern singer d*cks

  

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Someone named Alex Sampson appeared on the teen idol site with a dozen flexing muscle photos.

Whoa.

I need a hero -- I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight

--"Holding Out for a Hero" (1984)

Sampson or Samson is a traditional name for a muscleman (n*de on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends).

I'm living in the forest of my dream
I know the night is not the way it seems. I must believe in something, so I'll make myself believe that this night will never go

-- "Self Control" (1984)

So who is Alex Sampson?  His tattoo says "The True North, strong and free," so he's Canadian. 

There's nothin' left to talk about
Unless it's horizontally:

Let's get physical, physical

Let me hear your body talk.

-- "Physical" (1981)

And gay, or at least open to gay fans.  An Instagram follower says, "No shirtless gym pics!"  Alex responds, "There are people here, Dave."  

People, not women.  He's aware that gay men are looking at his muscles. 

They say they have to see his real personality
That's alright for them, but  it ain't enough for me
I need what the eyes can see: his anatomy.

I want muscles.

-- "Muscles" (1982)

We've established that you've got muscles, you're Canadian, you heart Korea, and you're gay or gay-positive.  Have you done anything else, like..acting?

 Whoops, he's just a singer.  I don't usually profile singers, since I don't listen to music much -- it's too distracting for background noise while doing anything else, except maybe housework and the treadmill at the gym, and then I listen to the music popular during my years in the gay mecca, West Hollywood.

But how can profiling a singer born in 2004 bring back memories of the 1980s?

Alex was born on January 20th, 2004, in Atikokan, northwestern Ontario, the "canoe capital of Canada."  Very isolated, 2 1/2 hours from Thunder Bay. 

People always told me, 

Be careful what you do, 

Don't go around breakin' young men's hearts.
And Mama always told me,

Be careful who you love,

Be careful who you love...
-- "Billie Jean" (1983)

He knew that he wanted to become a singer from elementary school, when he sang "Gold" by Owl City at a talent show. 

Never heard of them, but the lead singer is Adam Young (n*de photo on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends).  

Maybe he sings off key, but that's alright with me.
'Cause what he does, he does so well,
Makes me wanna yell,
Let's hear it for the boy

-- "Let's Hear it for the Boy" (1984)

He began posting covers on TikTok, and released his first original song in 2019. Several others followed.  In 2023 he signed on with Warner Records, and released several singles.  He was named one of People Magazine's Emerging Artists of the year.

More after the break

In 2024,  Alex was a semi-finalist on the 19th season of America's Got Talent.  One of the judges called him a cross between Shawn Mendes. 

I don't know who they are, but here's an artist's interpretation of Chris Isaak (n*de on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends)

Tonight for the first time
Just about half past ten...
For the first time in history
It's gonna start raining men

-- "It's Raining Men" (1982)

And Shawn Mendes modeling for Calvin Klein

All I know is that to me

You look like you're lots of fun

Open up your lovin' arms

Watch out, here I come. 

-- "You Spin Me Round" (1984)

Alex has 18 music videos listed on the IMDB.  Most of the titles are hetero-exclusive: "Pretty Baby," "If You Were My Girl," "The Girl Who Cried Love."  But so were most of the songs we listened to in West Hollywood.  We fixed them:

He ruined everything for me
Restaurants and movie screens
I don't even know me anymore
My friends are getting sick of me
Cause all I do is talk about him

--   "The Girl Who Cried Love," with the lyrics fixed

 

"All That We Could Have Been" drops pronouns, so it could apply to men or women

You tied my hands behind me,

Brought me to my knees
I gave up happiness, just to see you pleased
But I have come to realize that love is just a war
I've given up, no, I won't fight no more

Doesn't look like you've given up.  Shall we start here, or do you want to turn around?

Dang it, Dude is straight, with a girlfriend, but he pretends to be gay on occasion, or else he's sorta bi.   Here he's in Paris, "looking for a baguette."

Ils m'entraînent au bout de la nuit, 

Les démons de minuit

Ils m'entraînent jusqu'à l'insomnie, 

Les fantômes de l'ennui

-- "Les Démons de Minuit" (1986)

Could we see your baguette, Bro? 

N*de on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends)

No, we can't dance together

No, we can't talk at all, but

Please take me along when you slide on down.

-- "Hey, Nineteen" (1980)

Thanks.  Now I'll slide on down.

See also: Jake Rory: The Shropshire Lad plays gay-vague on EastEnders, falls in love with Mercutio, gets n*ked in a third of his on-screen roles.

Leon Mallett:Checking the East Anglia Boy's impressive n*de photos first, researching his potential gayness and celebrity status later

Spencer Lloyd: From "American Idol" to a homophobic church, with n*de hockey and an adult video in between

It's Raining Men

Let's Hear it for the Boy