Fuck Saving the World When You Have a Crush

Watch Lava La Rue’s gay music video for ‘LOVEBITES.’

We’ve all fantasized about what it’d be like for a sexy alien to drop from the sky and think we’re so hot that they completely forget about their mission to save the planet and instead spend their brief stay with their tongue in our mouths. If you haven’t, you will now.

Lava La Rue, a London-raised musician and non-binary queer lesbian, released a music video for their song “LOVEBITES,” and it’s some of the most realistic dyke representation I’ve ever seen, complete with a failed long distance relationship (the distance being between earth and whatever planet the alien’s from — so pretty long), pained prolonged eye contact, and a pair of Jibbitz-laden Crocs.

In the video, which is shot like a short film, La Rue’s character, Star Face, is woken up on a beach in the UK by another incredibly hot queer, Alya (Topia Adebayo). Star Face explains that they’re an alien sent to earth on a mission to save the planet. Alya is like “ha ha totally, I feel like that some days, too.”

Alya helps Star Face to their feet and when they touch, Star Face has an intense vision (à la Raven Baxter) of the two of them frolicking on a beach and just generally being really cute and gay. Alya interrupts this daydream by introducing Star Face to her boss/boyfriend. Womp womp.

“My girlfriend has a boyfriend,” La Rue sings. “He hasn’t met me yet / Don’t know if he knows I exist / It might make him upset.” Yikes! (But also kinda hot!)

Alya shows Star Face around town (and earth). They ride bikes and frolic on the beach — (I tried to find a synonym for “frolic” since I already used “frolic” but no word really says “frolic” like “frolic,” “they capered on the beach” or “they scampered on the beach” just sounds wrong) — and are very fucking adorable together. Love how a lesbian alien was sent to earth on a very important mission and within minutes they’re like “fuck saving the world, I have a crush.”

Sadly, their lil day date ends with Alya’s boss/boyfriend picking her up and taking her home. We see them do a bunch of couple-y stuff while Star Face looks on, suffering/lusting. Then they put on a CD and start dancing and it acts as some kind of…