Is Hozier Gay? Irish Sger’s ‘Take Me To Church’ Leads Some To Make Assumptns About His Sexualy - uInterview

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• HOZIER’S MIC VIO ‘TAKE ME TO CHURCH’ IS A CHILLG COMMENTARY ON ANTI-GAY OPPRSN: VIDEO
• HOZIER 'TAKE ME TO THE CHURCH' BY BRENDAN {WIDTH:100%;BACKGROUND:VAR(--CHAKRA-LORS-GREY-BGMEDIA);}{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"VIOOBJECT","DIRECTOR":"BRENDAN CANTY","SCRIPTN":"HOZIER 'TAKE ME TO THE CHURCH' BY BRENDAN CANTY","NAME":"HOZIER 'TAKE ME TO THE CHURCH' BY BRENDAN CANTY","UPLOADDATE":"11/15/2013","THUMBNAILURL":","EMBEDURL":"}{POSN:RELATIVE;MAX-WIDTH:910PX;PADDG:0PX;BACKGROUND:VAR(--CHAKRA-LORS-GREY-BG);}>*:NOT(STYLE){OVERFLOW:HIDN;POSN:ABSOLUTE;TOP:0PX;RIGHT:0PX;BOTTOM:0PX;LEFT:0PX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:100%;}>IMG,>VIO{OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:0PX;NTENT:"";DISPLAY:BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.25%;}{WIDTH:100%;}{DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;}@MEDIA SCREEN AND (M-WIDTH: 48EM){{-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:ROW;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:ROW;FLEX-DIRECTN:ROW;}}{PADDG-RIGHT:0PX;WIDTH:100%;}@MEDIA SCREEN AND (M-WIDTH: 30EM){{PADDG-RIGHT:100PX;}}@MEDIA SCREEN AND (M-WIDTH: 48EM){{WIDTH:75%;}}{DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:ROW;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:ROW;FLEX-DIRECTN:ROW;PADDG-BOTTOM:VAR(--CHAKRA-SPACE-5);}>*:NOT(STYLE)~*:NOT(STYLE){MARG-TOP:0PX;-WEBK-MARG-END:0PX;MARG-LE-END:0PX;MARG-BOTTOM:0PX;-WEBK-MARG-START:0.5REM;MARG-LE-START:0.5REM;}{PADDG-TOP:VAR(--CHAKRA-SPACE-2);PADDG-BOTTOM:VAR(--CHAKRA-SPACE-2);}{PADDG-BOTTOM:VAR(--CHAKRA-SPACE-3);LOR:VAR(--CHAKRA-LORS-BLACK-400);FONT-SIZE:VAR(--CHAKRA-FONTSIZ-XS);LE-HEIGHT:VAR(--CHAKRA-LEHEIGHTS-BASE);LETTER-SPACG:-0.005REM;}{PADDG-BOTTOM:VAR(--CHAKRA-SPACE-3);LOR:VAR(--CHAKRA-LORS-BLACK-400);}DAVID KNIGHT - 15TH NOV {PADDG-BOTTOM:VAR(--CHAKRA-SPACE-4);LOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:VAR(--CHAKRA-FONTSIZ-MD);}BRENDAN CANTY HAS CREATED A GRIPPG, HARROWG DRAMA, ABOUT TWO GAY MEN TARGETED BY A HOMOPHOBIC GANG, FOR HOZIER'S PASSNATE TAKE ME TO THE CHURCH.IT'S SET THE IRISH UNTRYSI, AND SHOTS THE VIO OF GAY RSIANS MONSTRATG AGAST PUT'S HOMOPHOBIC LEGISLATN ON TV UNRLE THE POLIL AS WELL AS PERSONAL DIMENSN OF THE STORY. THIS IS A WORLD WHERE ANTI-GAY THUGS N ACT WH IMPUNY – AND THAT LEADS TO A TERRIFYG SUATN FOR ONE OF THE MEN. WHICH TURN IS A CHILLG EXPERIENCE FOR THE VIEWER. {FONT-FAY:ROUTER BOLD;FONT-WEIGHT:VAR(--CHAKRA-FONTWEIGHTS-BOLD);}BRENDAN CANTY: "AS TAKE ME TO CHURCH IS SUCH A POWERFUL AND THOUGHT-PROVOKG SONG WE FELT THE VIO NEED TO BE THE SAME. WE WANTED TO CREATE SOMETHG THAT CHALLENGED THE DIENCE AND MA THEM S UP AND REALLY THK."THE SONG IS ABOUT SEXUALY, HUMANY AND LIBERATN, SO AFTER MANY DISCSNS BETWEEN AND ANDREW WE ME UP WH A NCEPT DRAWG ON THE THEM AND ON THE CURRENT SUATN RSIA - I.E THE WISPREAD OSTRACIZATN OF HOMOSEXUALS AND THE WISPREAD NDONG OF THEIR TORTURE AND MURR. IT WAS A REAL CHALLENGE FOR AND WH A STORY AS BIG AS THIS, AND A SUBJECT SO TOPIL WE HAD TO GET 100% SPOT ON. "THE STG WAS CCIAL AND OUR TWO LEADS (DANIEL COUGHLAN AND EMMET O'RIABHAIGH) AND THE MA THUG (PATRICK SHEAHAN) GAVE PHENOMENAL PERFORMANC THIS VIO. 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HOZIER’S MIC VIO ‘TAKE ME TO CHURCH’ IS A CHILLG COMMENTARY ON ANTI-GAY OPPRSN: VIDEO

LONDON (Rters) - Grammy-nomated Irish sger-songwrer Hozier says people assume he is gay bee of his anti-Roman Catholic church anthem “Take Me To Church” and the anti-homophobia vio which acpani the Uned Stat the song, wrten followg a break-up wh a girliend, has reached No. 2, and is the same posn the Brish sgl may also w Song of the Year at the Grammys next Sunday, when Hozier - om Bray, County Wicklow, and whose full name is Andrew Hozier-Byrne - is schled to perform wh Annie “Take Me To Church” vio, which has attracted nearly 100 ln YouTube views, picts two men kissg before they are attacked by a homophobic mob.

“Y, people do make that assumptn (that I am gay), which is fe, but for me I don’t thk ’s the pot, you know what I mean.

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The vio follows the relatnship between two gay men and the vlently homophobic backlash that ensu when the muny learns of one of the man's sexualy.

Ireland's State noted that the vio, directed by Brendan Canty, echo the wave of vlence currently plagug the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny Rsia. Referenc the recent crease of [anized] attacks and torturg of homosexuals Rsia, which is subsequent to a long, hateful, and opprsive polil mpaign agast the LGBT muny. The song was always about humany at s most natural, and how that is unrmed ceaselsly by relig [anizatns] and those who would have believe they act s more rmatn on Hoozier and his "Take Me To Church" EP, vis the artist's webse, Bandmp or You GoStars Sound Off On Rsia's Anti-Gay Law Popular the CommunyYou May Like.

Hozier sgs of the relatnship between the church, worship, his lover, ss, and human to SpeakIf the Heavens ever did speakShe is the last te mouthpieceThe mic vio and lyrics make evint the song is about homosexualy and s relatnship to the church. The vio, directed by Brendan Canty, follows the relatnship between two gay men and the vlent homophobic backlash that ensu when the muny learns of one of the men’s sexualy.

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Some vigilante groups are forcg gay men to drk ure, others scribe their missn as a safari of huntg pedophil and gays, while others are lurg gay people to bully and torture explas the song:It’s about humany at s most natural, and I gus the song is very much about sexualy, about the sexual act self. Rather, clud the peaceful but clear disapproval of homosexualy. Directed by Brendan Canty of Feel Good Lost, Hozier says the vio “referenc the recent crease of anised attacks and torturg of homosexuals Rsia, which is subsequent to a long, hateful, and opprsive polil mpaign agast the LGBT muny.

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David Knight - 15th Nov 2013Brendan Canty has created a grippg, harrowg drama, about two gay men targeted by a homophobic gang, for Hozier's passnate Take Me To The 's set the Irish untrysi, and shots the vio of gay Rsians monstratg agast Put's homophobic legislatn on TV unrle the polil as well as personal dimensn of the story.

This is a world where anti-gay thugs n act wh impuny – and that leads to a terrifyg suatn for one of the men. E the wispread ostracizatn of homosexuals and the wispread ndong of their torture and murr.

IS Hozier Gay? “It’s people rryg out terrible acts through the jtifitn of far-right tradnalism, and also a long mpaign to make homosexualy equivalent wh thgs like pedophilia and btialy, which is absolutely appallg. While Hozier thks ’s an important subject, ’s not bee he’s gay – he’s said multiple terviews that he’s not – nor is bee there are a lot of people close to him who’ve experienced homophobia.