Would this be weird?

I'm turning 40 this year. My best friend in high school and I bonded over music back then. We were into anything that sounded good and that wasn't on the radio, or was at least 10 years old by that time. In South Africa that meant: The Shins, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Portishead, Bonnie Prince Billy, Dogs die in hot cars, the first Yeah Yeah Yeahs album, the first Kings of Leon album and some other stuff that I have forgotten. My friend also had a lovely singing voice, and sang in pretentious bands with cringy lyrics in university.

We lost some contact, and about 10 years after school, my friend came out publically. I was very happy to hear that he started to love himself and found someone to love as well.

Now, last year, I discovered Orville Peck. And his singing voice reminded me so much of my friend, that I actually wanted to get in touch with him and catch up. But since my friend is gay, would it be weird if I send him a message like: "Hi guy! I recently discovered Orville Peck, and it reminded me so much of you! (Not the gayness, just the voice.) How have you been?"