Saturday Morning Music: Ari Gold

While openly gay women like Melissa Etheridge and kd lang have enjoyed a level of success that has traditionally been denied to gay artists, gay men still have a tough time "breaking through" to the mainstream. But if anyone can change that, it's Ari Gold. A sexy street kid with edgy fashion sense and crazy good looks on his side, the New Yawk stud has become somewhat of a superstar on the Pride circuit with his smooth R&B-tinged pop tunes.

Take a look at his trippy, Shakespearian clip--a sort of Midsummer Night's Wet Dream--for his cover of Human League's '80s staple "Human" above, then click below to check out the animated video for "Where the Music Takes You" and his black-and-white clip for Space Under Sun's "Wave of You" (an homage to the Herb Ritts-directed videos for Janet Jackson's "Love Will Never Do Without You" and Madonna's "Cherish").

Ari Gold: "Where the Music Takes You"

Ari Gold: "Wave of You"