How Singer Jason Mraz’s Bisexuality Changed His Music — Both Old and New

Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz is opening up about how coming out as bisexual impacted his music.

The artist released his new pop album Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride in June and reflected on his career over the past 15 years in an interview with the Associated Press published Friday.

As the "I'm Yours" singer has gotten older, he's acknowledged, "I'm not final. And the more we grow and spread our wings, I think the more queer all of us may become. Because when we don't limit ourselves to some construct of who we're supposed to be in love with based on our society's laws … we could find ourselves falling in love, or becoming attracted to all walks of human life. That's what I found was happening to me."

Today, Mraz believes he knows who he is and enjoys sharing that openly. "I don't know what my future holds and what future relationships I'm going to have," he said. "I love doing stand-up with some friends of mine and I find myself talking about my dating experiences in the queer community and what that's like. And just the ability — the freedom — to have that type of healthy banter with peers is a big step, versus who I was in 2018 when it was just a few secret peeps that I would share with."

Mraz came out as bisexual in 2018 but has become more open and content with who he is over the years. That's also led him to naturally edit some of his songs while performing.

"I find even with my old songs, when I perform them live, some I've either just retired or I find new ways where I can make them gender-neutral," he said. "I grew up hearing songs that had 'girl' in the title, and I don't fully connect with that or even want to limit my audience to just, you know, 'girl' … that's been the biggest change."

With all the changes in his life, Mraz said he's "so happy to be where I'm at today."

Mraz recently celebrated the 15th anniversary of his debut album We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. We Deluxe Edition that includes previously unheard demos, an unreleased song and other new exclusives.