Despite having only formed in April 2024, Barcelona band Hekate Heads already know exactly what they want to do: high-voltage punk rock that feels inclusive, accessible and instantly catchy, with a bold attitude and no interest in asking for permission. They want to inspire other women to get on stage whenever they feel like it. Everyone Is Gay confirms that instinct is real, and that Hekate Heads are only at the beginning of something that feels ready to grow.
The song opens with guitars pushed right to the front, dry distortion and a melody that grabs you straight away. It hits that sweet spot between punk urgency and pop hook, the kind of balance that immediately brings The Muffs to mind. Before each chorus, the track builds just enough tension before bursting into riffs that sit closer to L7 than to anything metal. The result is direct, infectious and full of punch.
The lyrics begin with “straight… but never straight”, and from there, “straight” stops working as the default setting. Normality is no longer in charge. The main hook, “it seems today everyone is gay”, is not trying to deliver a lecture; it pokes fun at the need to label everything, in the most cheeky way possible, and sticks in your head as part joke, part provocation, part punk chorus.
The song is at its most honest when doubt cuts through the noise: “what way is right for you?”, “what the fuck you want me to do?”. Even outside the norm, there are still expectations, and that is where the song finds its irony. Lines like “gay friends, it must be the DNA” and “how are they supposed to guess?” add a shared, almost in-joke kind of satire, as if the song were mocking all those attempts to explain, detect or justify identity. That is where they tap into a Bad Cop/Bad Cop kind of energy: melodic, combative punk rock, but here it comes across drier, more urgent and less polished.
The closing lines say it all without trying to sound deep: “okay I am okay / someday I’m gay”. It is not a fixed label, and it is not just a joke either; it is more of a “we’ll see”. There is no need to sort anything out today. For a band just starting out with this much personality, that ambiguity ends up being the most punk thing about the whole song.
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