Jay McKenzie is a twenty-year-old blogger in Christchurch, New Zealand. When he’s not busy studying music production or hanging out in the park with his mates he publishes It’s Jay Bitch – a Tumblr blog that acts as a shrine to Britney Spears, interspersed with homemade videos of Jay dancing in his underwear to Britney, plus a selection of nude photos that male readers email in, tit bits of non-Britney pop culture (like Rihanna’s latest shots), plus sporadic splashes of actual gay porn. It's the sort of blog Warhol would have loved. Jack of Hearts caught up with him online to find out who this Britney-mad boy actually is:Hey Jay! I love your Tumblr, especially the dancing videos, do you film them whilst your parents are busy doing housework downstairs or something? >>> Haha, I don’t know about that, but from the age of 7-14 I took professional dance classes – so thanks dude - you should see me at the club after a few drinks!
When did your Britney obsession start? >>> Oh here we go! My friend introduced me to her when I was sixteen. It started with 'In The Zone' I think, tracks like Toxic, and I became obsessed with this sexual erotic mid-tempo track called 'Breathe On Me' it’s amazing, I’d love to have sex to it, and yeah it went from there - I started getting her CDs and getting really into it. She makes great pop music! I’ve flown to Sydney twice to see her.
Lots of boys send you photos of themselves naked, do you ever date or meet up with your Tumblr fans? >>> They’re one of the perks of running a Tumblr like mine, I only publish some of them, haha. No I haven’t met up with any, there are none that I know of that live in my city anyway. I’m quite fussy too, but yeah I mean I guess if people wanted to meet me I could arrange something, haha!
What's the gay scene in Christchurch like? >>> It’s alright I guess. I’m an out and open gay guy but I don’t really associate myself with the 'scene'. They know who I am and I know who most of them are, I just don’t want to be a part of it. It’s kind of bitchy and slutty here, is that like most gay scenes? Some people think it’s a bad thing being picky, and I hate myself for it sometimes, but my friend reminded me that even though I’m a flirt I can still take my time with choosing guys and making sure that I only get the best for myself. In real life I am a lot more reserved, I'm usually not one for casual sex I would much prefer a relationship.
What kind of guys do you like? >>> You get the idea by following my Tumblr, it’s basically anything that tickles my fancy, I guess you could say I like youthful boyish looking guys with masculine bodies.
What are your favourites blogs? >>> I love this dude and my buddy fakeblood on Tumblr (but he’s working on getting internet) he runs a sort of similar Tumblr to mine. I’ll leave it at that otherwise we’ll be here for a very long time!
So you’re studying music production - who are your influences? >>> I love pop music, I want to develop a sound that’s like electronic, but like harder and evil, but quite urban at the same time. It’s hard to explain – I’ll hook you up when I have something to share with you. Definitely britney, her music is great, there’s no bullshit with her - she is what she is and she does her thing and she puts out great music. Blackout the album specifically, I love the whole sound and then producer-wise Danja, William Orbit, Benny Blanco, Dr Luke, Max Martin, Billboard, Laze and Royal – there are so many I could just go on and on.
Have you had many homophobes or haters online? >>> A couple who think I’m a jerk, which I kinda am sometimes, but other than that not really. If you choose to come onto a clearly gay tumblr and hate about it - that would look pretty funny. I surround myself with great friends and family and so have never had any homophobic bitches hatin’ on me!
Do you have female fans too? >>> Sure do, got tonnes of girls following! I mean it’s their choice, they clearly know I post peen and sometimes other stuff like anal sex! Errrrr, haha, it’s kind of awkward but they can always unfollow me.
Has anyone in your family seen your Tumblr? >>> Errrm yup, haha, my sister has Tumblr too and she has seen it. It’s kind of awkward but she’s cool about it and jealous of all my followers!
Will you ever bridge the gap between dancing and the porn on your Tumblr, and make a sex tape? >>> I don’t think so, I like to get a bit rowdy sure but the half-naked amateur pictures seem to be working for now!
If you could have a night out with Britney, or ten nights out with the ten hottest guys on your blog - which would you choose? >>> That’s SO unfair! I need to get laid right now - so the guys, but not like an orgy or anything like that, I’d only do it with them one at a time, haha.
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Tumblr? What is this boy talking about?
With a considerable worldwide following that is soaring by the thousand, Jay has managed to crack the website Tumblr. Whilst Facebook and Twitter are still filtering their way into the mainstream media’s vocabulary, teenagers have leapt onto Tumblr more and more to share their likes and experiences.
Condemned by some as ‘lazy blogging’, praised by others as the adolescent equivalent to Guardian-style live blogging, Tumblr is a site that lets you rapidly share photos, links and videos that you find online and then mix it up with your own thoughts and comments from your friends too. The result in many cases is an overly regurgitated pile of shit in which teenagers clamber over each other in a nauseating pyramid of celebrity, self-love, shallow art and naivety. Not for Jay.
With It’s Jay Bitch, he has successfully managed to pin a niche that essentially boils down to Britney, hot boys and bumming, but is of a consistent good quality in its selection (the secret of good Tumbling). Jay’s own contributions – videos of him dancing naked in his bedroom – are a way of creating some original content to ensure that the blog doesn’t become an anonymous third-person perve forum, the flashes of hard-core porn take the pressure off the genuine nude shots that boys email in, whilst the Britney theme is just genius.
Refreshing, daring and addictive – It’s Jay Bitch!
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