Chad Kg and Ian Axel, the duo behd A Great Big World, talk to NBC OUT about their mic, their approach to creative llaboratn and how they “celebrated" after Chad me out as gay.
Contents:
- A GREAT BIG WORLD'S NEW VIO CAPTUR GAY MAN'S RELATNSHIP WH DYG FATHER
- A GREAT BIG WORLD FEARLSLY CELEBRAT GAY AND STRAIGHT LOVE ‘HOLD EACH OTHER’: LISTEN
A GREAT BIG WORLD'S NEW VIO CAPTUR GAY MAN'S RELATNSHIP WH DYG FATHER
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Directed by Se Oh, the clip morn dance to nvey a story about a young gay man (alternately played by Ayd Eyikan and Travis Wall) and his actured relatnship wh a homophobic father (Col Cunliffe). “I’ve spent many years therapy reflectg on my childhood trmas, ” said Kg, who is gay. The most provotive song may be “Everyone Is Gay, ” which the duo preach tolerance for people whose sexual inti are neher gay nor straight.
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A GREAT BIG WORLD FEARLSLY CELEBRAT GAY AND STRAIGHT LOVE ‘HOLD EACH OTHER’: LISTEN
"The duo's puttg the fishg touch on their sophomore LP and say that the album will still be classic A Great Big World, jt a b more "grown up. Mil duo A Great Big World is not aaid of sgg about gay love, and that's unual for a mastream pop act the days. Their new track “Hold Each Other” featur sets of lyrics sung by Ian Axel, who is straight, and Chad Kg, who is gay.
Kg, who me out as gay eight years ago, told The Huffgton Post an terview that he and Axel didn't tend for “Hold Each Other” to be a polil statement. Instead, he hop the pronoun swap will ronate among listeners who have experienced the stris ma toward gay and lbian equaly over the past several years. “It was a ltle unfortable for me, even as someone who is gay, bee you're jt not ed to hearg that a pop song.