Jett Blyton’s song about being the token gay goes viral
By ACOMSDave / October 5, 2025
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Canberra’s Jett Blyton didn’t plan to release Apeshit—until 2.5 million people decided otherwise.
“If you said a month ago I’d be releasing a song called Apeshit this year, I wouldn’t have believed you. It didn’t exist yet,” Blyton said.
At the end of July, the Australian alt-pop artist performed the track once on TikTok.
The song exploded.
Over 2.5 million views on TikTok and 300,000+ on Instagram, inspiring 100+ user-generated videos.
With that viral spotlight, Jett had no choice but to officially release it.
‘The only gay dude in a room full of straight guys’
“I wrote this song about being the only gay dude in a room full of straight guys and how tokenistic it can feel,” Blyton explained.
“The fact it resonated with over 2.5 million people now is so insane.”
The Canberra teen has been making waves—featured in Triple J Unearthed High Yearbook for 2023 and 2024, and nominated for Music ACT Music Awards (MAMAs).
His wonky, zany sound is attention-grabbing.
So good for him for capitalising on this moment.
“I took the song to my friend Thomas Porter and said, ‘let’s get this out ASAP,'” Blyton said.
“With some final touches from Aleksiah and Harry O’Brien (from Pacific Avenue), this is my favourite song I’ve ever put out.”
‘Everybody here used to bully me’
Apeshit opens with a girl calling Jett: “I know you said you didn’t wanna come out tonight, but my boyfriend’s thing is on, and I literally don’t know, like, anyone else going.”
Jett sings: “I don’t wanna drink, but there isn’t a choice, they’re dapping me up like I’m one of the boys. And everybody here used to bully me in 8th grade.”
The track captures that universal feeling of being alone in a crowd—drinking through discomfort and struggling with feelings nobody else in the room understands.
The official version brings Jett’s unapologetic honesty to the forefront with electronic alt-pop energy.
Following his recent single Needingabreak, his most supported track on Australian radio, Jett’s earned shoutouts from Sabrina Carpenter and Tove Lo.
His Double Vision (Vol. 2) EP drops in November.
You can listen to Apeshit now.
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