WATCH: Bronski Beat’s “Why?” gets reinvented with a striking new video 40 years after its original release

Image Credit: ‘Why?,’ directed by Matt Lambert for Bronski Beat, courtesy of London Records

This month marks the 40th anniversary of The Age Of Consent, the landmark debut album from British synth-pop trio Bronski Beat, initially made up of musicians Jimmy Somerville, Steve Bronski, and Larry Steinbachek.

Powerful, propulsive, and unabashedly gay, the group’s music was a much-needed calling card for the LGBTQ+ community in the ’80s, especially at a time when Margaret Thatcher’s conservative reign was actively silencing queer voices in the U.K. and HIV/AIDS continued to spread.

While first single “Smalltown Boy” remains Bronski Beat’s most enduring hit, their followup “Why?” is just as potent and deserves to also be remembered as a timeless queer anthem.

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