{"id":194278,"date":"2025-10-13T18:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T22:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/10\/13\/lukas-gage-was-told-to-stop-singing-girl-songs-as-a-kid-nevertheless-he-persisted-and-has-a-new-audiobook-to-show-for-it-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T18:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T22:15:13","slug":"lukas-gage-was-told-to-stop-singing-girl-songs-as-a-kid-nevertheless-he-persisted-and-has-a-new-audiobook-to-show-for-it-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/10\/13\/lukas-gage-was-told-to-stop-singing-girl-songs-as-a-kid-nevertheless-he-persisted-and-has-a-new-audiobook-to-show-for-it-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lukas Gage Was Told to \u2018Stop Singing Girl Songs\u2019 As a Kid. Nevertheless, He Persisted (and Has a New Audiobook to Show for\u00a0It)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tBritney Spears played a central role in Lukas Gage\u2019s childhood upbringing, and in his new memoir<\/a>, I Wrote This for Attention<\/em>, the actor says he often turned to Spears\u2019 music as a retreat from the \u201cchaotic\u201d world around him.<\/p>\n

\n\tI Wrote This for Attention<\/em> is available now on hardcover<\/a> and as an audiobook<\/a> narrated by the White Lotus <\/em>and You<\/em> star. In the new book, the actor writes candidly about his tumultuous family life, past run-ins with the law and even a diagnosed personality disorder, but some of the most memorable moments revolve around music.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn an early chapter, Gage recalls listening to Spears\u2019 song \u201cLucky\u201d on repeat in the bathroom and belting it out at the top of his lungs, despite being bullied by his older brother\u2019s friends for \u201csinging like a little bitch.\u201d Though he was momentarily red-faced, Gage says he quickly realized music \u2014 and Britney \u2014 had the ability to heal him.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI think she\u2019s made an impact on so many queer people,\u201d Gage tells Billboard<\/em>, adding that he was \u201calways drawn to these eccentric pop stars and people in pop culture; I was enamored.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAs Gage details in the book and audiobook, he quickly got over what little embarrassment he had from the bathroom incident, and would proudly declare his love for some good power pop from then on. \u201cI had this little karaoke machine and I would sing 4 Non Blondes\u2019 \u201cWhat\u2019s Going On\u201d and I remember kids in my neighborhood being like, \u2018You have to stop singing the girl songs,\u2019 and \u2018You have to sing Sum 41 or Blink 182,\u2019 and I was like, \u2018No, I\u2019ll never!’\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tElsewhere in the book, Gage writes about his love for American Idol<\/em> (he\u2019s a Kelly Clarkson stan) but also notes that he grew up loving punk and metal music, owing to his brother and stepfather\u2019s musical tastes (in a 2022 Rolling Stone<\/em> interview<\/a>, Gage even revealed that he was once part of a punk band called \u201cReckless Youth). The actor\u2019s brief marriage to hairdresser Chris Appleton, meantime, was officiated by Shania Twain, but it\u2019s barely mentioned \u2014 nor a noteworthy nugget \u2014 compared to all the other juicy reveals in the book (and Gage has since apologized to Twain<\/a> for \u201cwasting her time\u201d).<\/p>\n

\n\tStill, Gage has always loved a pop star, and while he\u2019s hanging with the likes of Charli XCX and Remi Wolf these days, he tells Billboard<\/em> there was another pop-rock rule breaker he was obsessed with as a kid: \u201cI loved Ashlee Simpson\u2019s album,\u201d he says. \u201cWhen it came out, I remember knowing every single song on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tGage\u2019s memoir is available now as a 320-page hardcover book and also as an audiobook, with a run time of seven hours and 30 minutes. The actor says he encourages fans and curious folks alike to stream the audio version, to hear his big personality come to life. \u201cI really like the Audible [version],\u201d he says. \u201cWhat I\u2019ve been told from a lot of people that have listened to the audiobook, is that it\u2019s a very, very different experience for them, and they find it more fun. I\u2019ve been told it\u2019s more fun to hear me play these different parts.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tIf you want to listen to I Wrote This for Attention<\/em> on audiobook, you\u2019re in luck: Amazon is currently offering a free trial to Audible<\/a> that will let you stream or download Gage\u2019s new memoir for free. Use the for Gage\u2019s book and you can keep it for free, even if you decide not to keep your Audible membership. The free trial also gets you unlimited listening on select audiobooks, Audible Originals, and podcasts. Pricing goes up to $14.95\/month after your free trial is over.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs for where Gage sees himself in the future: \u201cI definitely have some achievements, and I\u2019m proud of myself for how far I\u2019ve come,\u201d he says, \u201cbut I still feel like I\u2019m just beginning. I\u2019m still auditioning for every role [and] I\u2019m never getting offers or anything like that. I\u2019ve definitely come a long way from when I started, but I\u2019m still learning all the time, and I\u2019m still learning from my peers that have done it so much longer than me. I\u2019m excited to keep writing and to just watch the growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Britney Spears played a central role in Lukas Gage\u2019s childhood upbringing, and in his new memoir, I Wrote This for Attention, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}