Thai indie band ‘Gym and Swim’ implodes after guitarist mocks ‘boys’ love’ actors

A Thai indie pop band with a regional following broke up yesterday after its guitarist’s sexist and homophobic views came to light.

Gym and Swim, which has produced a number of pop anthems and toured Asia, lost its lead singer and announced a six-month hiatus after offensive tweets by guitarist Nitikrist “Terk” Attakrist were dug up in response to his homophobic comments.

Crude messages dating back to the band’s 2013 founding were brought to light after Terk wrote Saturday that Putthipong “Bilkin” Assaratanakul and Krit “PP” Amnuaydechkorn, stars of a recent boys’ love drama tapped to perform a massive Tokyo music fest, “should just fuck each other.”

Coming one day before Bangkok hosted its first Pride Parade in 16 years, Terk’s comments uncorked a fierce backlash, sent #BanGymAndSwim trending, and led people to his old tweets, such as…