• Log in
    PoliticsBusinessA&ETransgenderBisexualityReligionFamiliesVoicesVideo
    OUTPrideOut TravelerPLUSADVOCATE CHANNEL
    SubscribeSubscriber ServicesEmail Newsletter Signup
    CONTACTStaffCAREER OPPORTUNITIESADVERTISE WITH USPRIVACY POLICYPRIVACY PREFERENCESTERMS OF USELEGAL NOTICE
    © 2023 Pride Publishing Inc.
    All Rights reserved
    Advocate.comAdvocate.com
    Scroll To Top

    By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Private Policy and Terms of Use.

    Accept

    With New Music and Photos, Colton Ford Proves He's Here to 'Stay'

    Advocate Contributors
    | 03/12/21

    With New Music and Photos, Colton Ford Proves He's Here to 'Stay'

    Catch up with Colton Ford

    Colton Ford

    Colton's Ford's new single, "Stay," is an up-tempo ballad with a haunting melancholy vibe, about how opening ourselves up to love can trigger our fears, but that vulnerability is the most important ingredient to having a trusting, intimate relationship with someone. "I think most people have issues of abandonment in one way or another," says Colton Ford. "Mine stemmed from childhood; an absent father and a stepfather I didn't get along with. It was one of the things that I started addressing when I first began therapy at 30. How I was abandoned by my father early on in life, and how it could negatively impact any relationship I had as an adult if left unaddressed." Written and produced by Colton Ford, Ron Schrader, and Spin Sista, Colton Ford's "Stay" is a Woop Woop Productions release, distributed by Woop Woop Music and available on all major digital platforms. The music video is on YouTube.

    Photography: Kevin Hoover

    Colton Ford

    "I am very focused and ambitious, and I know it can be a lot," Colton Ford admits. "I am an artist who is driven by his passion and need to create and pursue his dreams. Unless you are afflicted with this powerful energy and desire, it's hard to understand the dynamics involved in the experience. There are no set hours, I'm on the road for periods of time, I can be pulled into things at the drop of a hat that make me not as available on a regular basis as someone who is in a career that has a more predictable steady rhythm."

    Along with the original version, Colton Ford is releasing a House/Buddha Bar/Soul remix of "Stay" by Spin Sista and two music videos directed by Kevin Hoover: a YouTube friendly version and an uncensored version that Colton Ford will release on his OnlyFans page. "Both videos will offer viewers a peek through the blinds of a couple doing their thing," Colton Ford explains. "One will just dive in a bit deeper."

    Check out the video here.

    Colton Ford

    "At times I have questioned whether or not my partner was going to be able to stay the course," he continues. "One partner, years ago, told me he was my biggest fan, but in the same breath said, 'I think your career is going to ruin our relationship.' In that moment, that statement hit me smack in the face, and I realized that we really wanted different things and that ultimately the relationship wasn't going to work."

    Colton Ford

    Colton Ford is launching his OnlyFans page in tandem with the release of "Stay." "It wasn't something I thought about doing until recently. When we were talking about the video and making it more provocative, the question was where and how we would make the more adult edit available to people."

    Colton Ford

    Members of Colton Ford's OnlyFans page will have access to content they won't get anywhere else including brand new and never before released images, collaborations with other OnlyFans creators, a vlog where Colton talks about the issues of the day, and, of course, the OnlyFans explicit edit of the "Stay" video.

    Colton Ford is 58 years old but doesn't subscribe to the notion that men in their fifties should stop embracing their sexuality. "I am an artist and an exhibitionist. I enjoy taking chances and pursuing my dreams, and I'm entitled to it all! Too many of us don't live the life we truly want, because we are too concerned about the judgments of others. I'm going to talk about that on my OnlyFans vlog: how I've navigated these things and continue to live the way that I want to live and express myself the way that I want. Let the haters and naysayers try and get in my way!"

    Colton Ford

    Colton Ford was signed to Grammy-nominated producer/songwriter Denise Rich's production company, MIDE Productions, and had two deals with Virgin in the '90's, the first of which had him paired up with the Godfather of House Music, Frankie Knuckles. He's released four full-length albums, Tug of War, Under the Covers, The Way I Am, and Glenn Soukesian; two EPs, Next Chapter and Unity; and numerous Billboard charting singles. His collaborators include Frankie Knuckles, Chris Willis (David Guetta), Nervo (Kelly Rowlands, Kesha, Britney Spears), Wawa (Kylie Minogue), Redtop (Beyonce, Taio Cruz), Larry Peace (Prince) and Erik Griggs (Jordan Sparks, Chris Brown) to name just a few, as well as his current creative partners, Ron and Spin. He's had several hit singles and videos, including the Billboard charting releases "The Way You Love Me," "That's Me," "Losing My Religion," "Let Me Live Again," and "Signed, Sealed, De- livered" with dance diva Pepper Mashay. He was also a featured singer on Chris Reece and Mischa Daniels's 2010 albums on Armada Music (The Divine Circle and Where You Wanna Go, respectively), writing the toplines for "Tonight" and "The Story."

    Colton Ford

    Colton was also named in AfterElton's Top 50 Gay Male Musicians, he was featured in Cyndi Lauper's video for her hit "Into the Nightlife," and also performed on the Lauper-helmed 2008 True Colors Tour. He was the subject of the acclaimed 2003 documentary, Naked Fame, and has been featured in the films Another Gay Sequel and John Schlesinger's The Next Best Thing starring Madonna and Rupert Everett. Glenn co-starred for three seasons playing Sheriff Trout on Here! TV's The Lair and was also a featured panelist on the channel's resident chat fest, Threesome. He made his off-Broadway debut in 2012 co-starring in Little House on the Ferry, and also co-starred in Studio C's Production of Howard David Rivers' critically acclaimed play, And All the Dead, Lie Down, in Hollywood California, 2018.

    Colton Ford

    In 2019, Ford began a collaboration with Ron Schrader and Spin Sista to develop material for Ford, but also to collaborate with and develop material for other artists. Collectively, they are known as Woop Woop Productions. "Stay" follows Ford's anthemic EP by Woop Woop Productions, "Unity," also available on all digital platforms.

    Follow Colton Ford on Facebook, Instagram and OnlyFans.

    Latest Stories

    Nico Tortorella, Janelle Monáe, and Brandon Urie
    Pansexual
    Badge
    gallery

    12 Pan Icons to Celebrate Pansexual Visibility Day

    May 24 2023 7:17 PM
    'Red, White, and Royal Blue,' the Gay R-Rated Rom-Com, Debuts Key Art
    film
    Badge
    gallery

    'Red, White, and Royal Blue,' the Gay R-Rated Rom-Com, Debuts Key Art

    May 24 2023 11:06 AM
    Jake Daniels
    People
    Badge
    gallery

    Gay Soccer Star Jake Daniels, 18, Shares About His Partner, 46

    May 22 2023 1:35 PM
    5 Victims of Club Q Shooting Remembered
    Crime
    Badge
    gallery

    5 Victims of Club Q Shooting Remembered

    May 19 2023 10:03 PM
    30+ Images Celebrating Out Magazine's Kim Petras Pride Cover Drop
    Slideshow
    Badge
    gallery

    30+ Images Celebrating Out Magazine's Kim Petras Pride Cover Drop

    May 19 2023 4:45 PM
    Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
    Activism
    Badge
    gallery

    Meet the L.A. Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

    May 19 2023 4:30 PM
    Honorees at the GLAAD Media Awards in NYC
    Media
    Badge
    gallery

    69 Photos Celebrating the Star-Studded GLAAD Media Awards in NYC

    May 18 2023 11:19 AM
    Selfies at the Little Gay Pub in DC and the bar’s owners Dusty Martinez, Benjamin Gander and Dito Sevilla
    Business
    Badge
    gallery

    51 Steamy Selfies from The Little Gay Pub, D.C.'s Hottest New LGBTQ+ Spot

    May 16 2023 5:00 PM
    Gio Benitez and the hosts of GMA weekends
    People
    Badge
    gallery

    23 Pics to Help You Get to Know Gio Benitez, the New Gay Co-Anchor of ‘GMA’ Weekends

    May 16 2023 4:01 PM
    Colton Underwood and Jordan C. Brown
    People
    Badge
    gallery

    Gay 'Bachelor' Star Colton Underwood Marries Jordan C. Brown

    May 15 2023 12:55 PM
    mothers
    Families
    Badge
    gallery

    More Than 50 of Our Favorite LGBTQ+ Moms

    May 14 2023 10:27 AM
    15 Sensual and Intimate Paintings of Male Relationships by Dani Torrent
    Art
    Badge
    gallery

    15 Sensual and Intimate Paintings of Male Relationships by Dani Torrent

    May 11 2023 4:16 PM
    Stranger Things and Yellowjackets
    television
    Badge
    gallery

    Here Are 9 LGBTQ+ Shows Shut Down By the Writers Strike

    May 10 2023 6:00 PM
    Images from the WeHo Drag March
    Drag
    Badge
    gallery

    ​19 Spectacular Photos of the Inaugural L.A. Drag March

    May 10 2023 4:11 PM
    Drag isn’t dangerous participant queens
    Drag
    Badge
    gallery

    41 Photos of Drag Isn’t Dangerous Fundraiser That Raised the Big Bucks for LGBTQ+ Rights

    May 09 2023 10:00 AM
    Cast of Drag Me to Dinner
    television
    Badge
    gallery

    Neil Patrick Harris and David Burka Serve Up New Series 'Drag Me to Dinner'

    May 08 2023 7:00 PM
    LGBTQ+ shows to watch in May: The Other Two, RuPaul's Drag Race, and The Ultimatum.
    Arts & Entertainment
    Badge
    gallery

    16 LGBTQ+ TV Shows and Movies to Watch in May

    May 08 2023 4:00 PM
    Aubrey Plaza, Bella Ramsey, Keke Palmer, Pedro Pascal
    Arts & Entertainment
    Badge
    gallery

    Here Are the LGBTQ+ Nominees at MTV's Movie and TV Awards

    May 05 2023 5:00 PM
    Harvey Guillén in Christian Siriano
    People
    Badge
    gallery

    Photos: Harvey Guillén on Bringing His Queer, Fat POC Self to the Met Gala

    May 02 2023 8:15 PM
    Karine Jean-Pierre, Tina Kotek, Tammy Baldwin, and Sharice Davids
    Politics
    Badge
    gallery

    12 Lesbians Who've Made U.S. Political History

    April 28 2023 1:00 PM