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- SUGARLAND'S JENNIFER NETTL TALKS GAY RUMORS: A LOT OF PEOPLE ASSUMED I WAS A LBIAN
- EXCLUSIVE: JENNIFER NETTL GIV THE GAYS SOME SUGAR(LAND)
- SUGARLAND’S JENNIFER NETTL CELEBRAT HER GAY FANS
SUGARLAND'S JENNIFER NETTL TALKS GAY RUMORS: A LOT OF PEOPLE ASSUMED I WAS A LBIAN
But at the same time — the last song on the album, ‘Not the Only, ’ pecially speaks to this — a lot of still feel very alone and very unseen, and I hope that wh the queer muny, wh the gay muny, the trans muny — the LGBTQA! Jason Merrt/Getty ImagOver the last few years, Sugarland's Jennifer Nettl has been at the center of gay mors, partially due to her suggtive lyrics a few h songs. "I had such a strong lbian followg, and the gay muny as a whole, I've always had so much support om them, " she said.
The song tells the story of a young gay man, and she says she was approached repeatedly by gay fans at meet and greets across the untry, sharg "how happy they were to feel seen and reprented wh the untry muny. Although a rary to be polilly outspoken on liberal topics the untry muny, sger Jennifer Nettl, never strayg om her beliefs and nvictns, bravely took her artistry to another level of passn and benevolence performg this powerful and heart-wrenchg song about a gay teen mtg suici. Nettl feels very passnate about brgg awarens to LGBTQ teen suicis, and also has hop of ultimately bridgg the gap between the ually nservative untry muny and the gay muny.
EXCLUSIVE: JENNIFER NETTL GIV THE GAYS SOME SUGAR(LAND)
Obvly the song is very nontg and sadly about gay teen suici.
The were not only the statistics of gay suici, but they went even further, which I thk is so great.
Do you know anyone personally wh the gay muny who has experienced a siar issue? I feel that you are bridgg the gap between untry artists and the gay muny. ” She to speak to the duo’s gay fans – even though so few untry artists do.
SUGARLAND’S JENNIFER NETTL CELEBRAT HER GAY FANS
Consirg your ver choic, om Beyonce’s “Irreplaceable” to “Love Shack” and even “Stayg Alive, ” I’m startg to thk that maybe Jennifer Nettl has the mil taste of a gay man. ” om now on I will say that of a gay man. Around the time the album was released, there was a higher reportg of suicis among gay youth – and the song “Stand Up” om “The Incredible Mache” felt particularly relevant.
Jt as you’re sayg ronated wh you regardg the bullyg and gay teen suicis, if the song n be a place of healg and a place of spiratn – man, I mean, that’s why we do what we do as artists. Do you get much feedback om gay people who are spired by your mic? Sometim people share them out and openly and say “this was my specific experience as a gay person”; sometim people jt say, “Hey, you helped me through a hard time, ” and they don’t go to specifics.