i hope you know this song is about you
by Douglas Messerli
Conan Gray (composer and
performer), Danica Kleinknecht (director) This
Song / 2025 [4:40 minutes] [music video]
Before Brando (Corey
Fogelmanis) and Wilson’s (Conan Gray) breakup in Vodka Cranberry, in May
of 2025 Gray wrote This Song, a simple paean to the love between the two
boys, in which director Danica Kleinknecht visually recreates a small town
scenario in which we see Brando, who works at a fast food stand, flirting with
a girl, but later slipping in the window to join Wilson in bed.
For his part, Wilson simply loves to be
around Brando having most definitely fallen in love; unlike Carly Simon’s taunt
in You’re So Vain, Wilson is only too happy to let his friend
know that “this song” is all about him, that “I wrote this song about you.”
We drive through the suburbs
And you're playin' all of
your favorite songs
You joke 'bout your mother
She can't help but cry when
she hears Elton John
You're singing obnoxious,
I'm laughing like spring
Your brown racer jacket, my
hands through the sleeves
The smell of your perfume is
all over me
I can't wash it off, so it's
easy to see
That I wrote this song about
you
Something I wish you knew
Something I've tried to say
But now I'll say it straight
I wrote this song about you
You know that I love you
Is it dumb believing you
might love me too?
Yeah
Now you know that I love you
Wilson kisses Brando, and by the end of
the video, Brando even kisses Wilson. These boys are most definitely in love.
Los Angeles, December 1,
2025
Reprinted from My Queer
Cinema blog (December 2025)
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