{"id":2232302,"date":"2026-01-12T22:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2232302"},"modified":"2026-01-12T22:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:51:08","slug":"monday-mixtape-new-music-by-mika-raegan-and-kara-major","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/monday-mixtape-new-music-by-mika-raegan-and-kara-major\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Mixtape: New music by MIKA, RAEGAN and Kara Major"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Queer Music News is a smattering of what\u2019s going on in music by LGBTQ+ artists and the artists we love. Here\u2019s a wrap-up of new music we\u2019ve received in recent days for your Monday Mixtape.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MIKA drops new single ahead of album and tour <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Multi-platinum, BRIT Award-winning, and GRAMMY-nominated pop singer MIKA released the official music video for his new single \u201cImmortal Love\u201d just before the end of the year. The song comes from his new album <em>Hyperlove<\/em>, his first English-language studio album since 2019. The album will drop on Jan. 23 via Republic Records.<\/p>\n<p>The new single follows the track \u201cModern Times,\u201d that marked the beginning of MIKA\u2019s new era.<\/p>\n<p>To support the ne record, MIKA will tour North America this spring. <em>The Spinning Out Tour North America<\/em> launches April 29, in Boston. The tour stops in Dallas on May 9 where he will headline The Bomb Factory in Deep Ellum. Tickets for the show are available <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yomika.com\/home\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Watch the video for \u201cImmortal Love\u201d below:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"perfmatters-lazy-youtube\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bDVoaLoYQI4\" data-id=\"bDVoaLoYQI4\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" onclick=\"perfmattersLazyLoadYouTube(this);\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MIKA - Immortal Love (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bDVoaLoYQI4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>RAEGAN previews new EP with the single \u201cRAEGAN CORE\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Jan. 7, pop singer RAEGAN released the single \u201cRAEGAN CORE\u201d which also serves as the title track from her forthcoming EP out this summer. She mixes a musical theater vibe with forward-thinking pop. Her music mixes queer girl vibes with theater kid ebullience. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wrote this song about being a campy girl in the city, claiming the night like it\u2019s my stage and refusing to dim for anyone,\u201d she said in the single\u2019s announcement. <\/p>\n<p>Watch the video for  \u201cRAEGAN CORE\u201d below:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"perfmatters-lazy-youtube\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2mVLgqIcoDM\" data-id=\"2mVLgqIcoDM\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" onclick=\"perfmattersLazyLoadYouTube(this);\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/2mVLgqIcoDM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RAEGAN - RAEGAN CORE (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2mVLgqIcoDM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Indie artist Kara Major gives sick beats with \u201cGay in the Light\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kara Major, LGBTQ+ activist and electronica artist released her new single, \u201cGay in the Light\u201d in November. The dub beat track also serves as the singer\u2019s coming-out anthem. <\/p>\n<p>Listen to \u201cGay in the Light\u201d below:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"perfmatters-lazy-youtube\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mj8p0i1SHBU\" data-id=\"Mj8p0i1SHBU\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" onclick=\"perfmattersLazyLoadYouTube(this);\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Mj8p0i1SHBU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gay in the Light\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mj8p0i1SHBU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Concert calendar:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Jan. 17: BRESH at SILO Dallas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Jan. 17: Carlita at It\u2019ll Do Nightclub.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Jan. 21: Austra at Club Dada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Jan. 23: MANIA \u2013 The ABBA Tribute at Majestic Theatre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Jan. 24: Dr. Fresch at SILO Dallas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Feb. 6: Bill Murray, Blood Brothers at Majestic Theatre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Feb. 7: Felix Da Housecat at It\u2019ll Do Nightclub.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Feb. 7: New Edition, Boyz II Men, Toni Braxton at American Airlines Center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Feb. 13: Fantasia at Dickies Arena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Feb. 22: Chaka Khan, Stephanie Mills, Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle at Dickies Arena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Feb. 27: Aimee Mann at Longhorn Ballroom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Feb. 28: Jeremy Jordan &amp; Age of Madness at Club Dada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Feb. 28-March 1: Lady Gaga at Dickies Arena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">March 3: Nine Inch Nails at American Airlines Center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">May 3: Maren Morris at the Majestic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>\u2013Rich Lopez<\/em><\/p>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><span id=\"tbmarker\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<section id=\"block-7\" class=\"below-content widget widget_block\">\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"block-6\" class=\"below-content widget widget_block\"\/>\t<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source dallasvoice.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queer Music News is a smattering of what\u2019s going on in music by LGBTQ+ artists and the artists we love. Here\u2019s a wrap-up of new music we\u2019ve received in recent days for your Monday Mixtape. MIKA drops new single ahead of album and tour Multi-platinum, BRIT Award-winning, and GRAMMY-nominated pop singer MIKA released the official [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2232303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[431874,431875,22190,420501,418563,431876,418564,431877,418565],"class_list":["post-2232302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-concert-calendar","tag-kara-major","tag-lgbtq","tag-mika","tag-monday-mixtape","tag-new-music-monday","tag-queer-music-news","tag-raegan","tag-rich-lopez"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Monday-Mixtape-New-music-by-MIKA-RAEGAN-and-Kara-Major.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2232302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2232304,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232302\/revisions\/2232304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2232303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2232302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2232302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2232302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}