Not Ready to Open the Relationship, and Not Ashamed to Say It: Mike Sain't Louis Turns a Very Ordinary Gay Dilemma Into “Scott Bonehill”

MADRID, October 25, 2026 — Every couple eventually has the conversation. Sometimes it comes up over brunch, sometimes at 2 a.m. after a party, sometimes in a fight that started about something else entirely. Should we open the relationship? In queer life, the question is so common it has become almost routine, the stuff of group chats, podcasts and endless advice threads. What is much less common is a song told from the point of view of the person who says, plainly: I'm not ready.

That is what Mike Sain't Louis, an indie alternative artist based in Madrid, does in “Scott Bonehill.” It is one of the shortest songs in his catalog, and one of the most honest. In just a few lines, it captures a moment many gay men will recognize: the fear of being called old-fashioned, the guilt of not being “modern” enough, and the memory of a previous attempt that did not end well.

The song: a breakup conversation in miniature

“Scott Bonehill” opens with the oldest line in the breakup book, turned inside out: it's not you, it's me. The narrator doesn't want to be a burden. He admits his self-esteem is low. He asks his partner not to push him to the limit when the hugs have already stopped. The relationship, he says with dark humor, is missing only a tombstone, a shovel and a gravedigger on a bad night.

And then comes the line that sets up everything:

“Ya solo nos falta abrir la relación” (“All that's left is to open up the relationship”)

The sting is in what follows: the worst part, the narrator admits, is that his partner is right. He knows the relationship is struggling. He knows the argument makes sense. He just can't do it.

What follows is a short list of self-accusations — maybe he's not modern, maybe he's headed straight to hell, maybe he's always bitter — that all lead back to the same point:

“Te repito que no estoy preparado” (“I'm telling you again, I'm not ready”)

The final verse explains why. The first time they tried, one summer, his partner ended up falling for someone else. The song names that someone in its title and repeats the line three times, like a bruise you can't stop pressing.

“I wanted to write the version of this story that people don't post about,” Mike Sain't Louis says. “Everyone talks about open relationships like they're a sign of maturity. Sometimes they are. But sometimes one of the two people is just scared and nobody wants to hear that. I wanted to give that person a song.”

Everyday queer life, without the filter

Much of Mike Sain't Louis's work lives in exactly this territory: the everyday texture of queer life, told without polish. His songs deal with love and heartbreak, with exes and nosy neighbors, with life as a gay man in Spain, with liberation and with mental health. They are cheeky, uncensored and full of camp humor, and some are sexually explicit, which he treats as part of the work rather than something to hide.

“Scott Bonehill” is quieter than many of them. It doesn't need jokes about cruise buffets or soap-opera exes. Its humor is darker and drier — the gravedigger, the trip to hell — and its subject is something that rarely makes it into pop songs at all: the negotiation of rules inside a gay relationship, and the feeling of being the one who doesn't fit the script.

“There's a lot of pressure to be relaxed about everything,” the artist says. “Relaxed about sex, about jealousy, about rules. And if you're not, you feel like a bad gay. That's ridiculous. You're allowed to need what you need.”

That frankness connects to something Mike Sain't Louis has spoken about publicly. With professional support, he turns years of relationships with narcissistic partners into music, to bring visibility to narcissistic and psychological abuse and the marks it leaves on mental health, and so that people who live through it feel seen and believed. “Scott Bonehill” isn't framed as a song about abuse, but it shares that core concern: taking seriously the feelings of the person whose self-esteem is on the floor.

Who is Mike Sain't Louis?

Mike Sain't Louis presents himself as “the first AI singer-songwriter,” and he means something specific by it. He writes every lyric. The music and the vocal performance are made with artificial intelligence, which he uses as a production and arrangement tool. The words, the ideas and the artistic direction are his.

He is a lyricist, composer and music producer, as well as the art director and CEO of his own independent label, MIKE SAIN'T LOUIS. There is no record company behind him and no middlemen between him and his audience.

His project, PLANETA GAYFOLK, includes 273 singles and more than 280 music videos released over roughly two years of steady work. At its heart is the GAYFOLK trilogy, three albums conceived as a single journey: “Descubierto un nuevo planeta llamado GAYFOLK” (“A New Planet Called GAYFOLK Has Been Discovered”), “Ojalá se pudiera viajar a GAYFOLK” (“If Only You Could Travel to GAYFOLK”) and “El día de la liberación” (“Liberation Day”). The destination is a planet where everyone can live exactly as they are.

Stylistically, his catalog moves from electropop to copla, the traditional Spanish torch song, and from alternative pop to ballads. Most songs are in Spanish, with others in English, French and Portuguese. Many listeners first found him in 2024, when his song “Tan Cateto” went viral on TikTok.

Why it matters to American listeners

In the United States, conversations about queer relationships have moved a long way in a short time: from fighting for the right to marry to openly discussing what kind of relationships people actually want. Open and non-monogamous arrangements are widely discussed in gay culture, often framed as a sign of liberation. That openness is real progress. But it can also leave little room for the person who wants something different.

“Scott Bonehill” speaks directly to that person, and to anyone who has been in that conversation from either side. It doesn't argue that monogamy is better or that open relationships are wrong. It simply describes what it feels like to be told you're behind the times when what you really are is hurt. For American listeners who follow independent, queer and international music, it is an unusually candid entry point into a large and very personal body of work.

“I don't write to give advice,” Mike Sain't Louis says. “I write so that someone, somewhere, hears a line and thinks: oh, so it's not just me.”

There is also something to be said for the song's brevity. In an era of long, overproduced pop, “Scott Bonehill” says what it has to say and stops, the way real conversations often end — abruptly, with something left hanging.

About the photo

The image accompanying this release shows Mike Sain't Louis in a backstage dressing room, wearing a black jacket with sequined lapels, seated on a leather sofa in front of a mirror ringed with light bulbs. It is a picture of the moment before or after the show, when the sparkle is still on but the performance is over. That in-between space suits a song about the gap between how we are expected to act and how we actually feel.

Listen and download for free

“Scott Bonehill” and Mike Sain't Louis's entire catalog can be streamed and downloaded for free at https://mikesaintlouis.com, where every song is published with its full lyrics. Nothing is for sale: the music is there to be heard, read and shared. His songs are also available on Spotify, Deezer and other major streaming platforms. New releases, videos and photos are posted on Instagram at @planetagayfolk.

For English-speaking listeners, the lyrics pages are worth a visit. Even with a quick translation, the economy of “Scott Bonehill” comes through: a whole relationship in a handful of lines.

About Mike Sain't Louis

Mike Sain't Louis is a Madrid-based indie alternative artist who describes himself as “the first AI singer-songwriter.” He writes all of his own lyrics and creates the music and vocal performances using artificial intelligence as a production and arrangement tool. A lyricist, composer, music producer and art director, he runs his own independent label, MIKE SAIN'T LOUIS, as its CEO. His project PLANETA GAYFOLK spans 273 singles, more than 280 music videos and the GAYFOLK trilogy, with songs in Spanish, English, French and Portuguese about love, heartbreak, queer everyday life and mental health. All of his music is free to stream and download at mikesaintlouis.com.

Press contact

Mike Sain't Louis — MIKE SAIN'T LOUIS (independent label) Email: info@mikesaintlouis.com Website: https://mikesaintlouis.com Instagram: @planetagayfolk