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• THE BT PRODUCTS TO HELP YOUR FAY TRAVEL SMOOTHLYOPEN MENUVIOSHOPCULTUREFAYWELLNSFOODLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICYYOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTSCHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICYINTERT-BASED ADSTERMS OF USEDO NOT SELL MY INFOCONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHCULTUREHOW UNTRY SGER CHRIS HOMAN IS SHOWG 'Y’ALL MEANS ALL' WH HIS MIC1:45WOMAN'S POWERFUL POST ON BEG A BLACK UNTRY MIC FAN GO BYCHRIS HOMANAPRIL 16, 2021, 4:02 AMYOU MIGHT NOT KNOW CHRIS HOMAN'S NAME YET, BUT THE PENNT UNTRY MIC SGER-SONGWRER IS MAKG WAV WH HIS NEW SONG, "BLUENECK" -- ONE HE SAID HE WISH HE HAD HEARD WHEN GROWG UP.THE SONG, WHICH DROPPED APRIL 7, FEATUR PROGRSIVE LYRICS -- PECIALLY FOR ONE THE GENRE -- SUCH AS: "CAN'T A UNTRY KID WANNA SEE THE GLASS CEILG SHATTER / WANNA SEE A WORLD WHERE BLACK LIV MATTER." EVEN JT THE TWO L TOUCH UPON THE NEED FOR BETTER REPRENTATN OF WOMEN AND BLACK ARTISTS UNTRY MIC, TWO POTS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCSED WILY RECENT YEARS.IN "BLUENECK," HOMAN, WHO IS GAY, SCRIB A PERSON LIKE HIMSELF, WHO IS A "LIBERAL REDNECK," SOMEONE WHO IS LIBERAL POLIL AND SOCIAL IOLOGY BUT LIV OR GREW UP A NSERVATIVE SETTG OR A "RED STATE."BELOW, HOMAN, 31, TRODUC HIMSELF TO THE WORLD A PERSONAL SAY FOR "GOOD MORNG AMERI," TAILG HIS JOURNEY LIFE TH FAR AND EXPLAG HOW, WH "BLUENECK," HE WANTS TO SHOW THAT UNTRY MIC N BE FOR EVERYONE. AS HE SGS, "I THK Y'ALL MEANS ALL AND I KNOW WE ALL / JT WANNA KNOW THAT WE BELONG."GROWG UP AS A GAY KID IMMERSED UNTRY MIC, ON A KANSAS FARM NEAR A TOWN OF ONLY ABOUT 200 PEOPLE, I CERTALY ALWAYS FELT DIFFERENT.WHILE I LOVED THE '90S UNTRY SONGS I WAS HEARG ON THE RAD AND PERFORMG AT SHOWS STARTG AT THE AGE OF 7, I KNEW EP DOWN THAT THEY NEVER TOTALLY APPLIED TO ME. IN "BLUENECK" -- MY NEW SONG THAT WENT VIRAL ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA APP TIKTOK AND WAS THE NO. 1 SELLG UNTRY SONG ON ITUN FOR A TIME LAST WEEK -- I WROTE THE SONG I WISH THAT I HAD HEARD GROWG UP. ONE WHICH, AS A LE THE CHOS SAYS, "Y'ALL MEANS ALL."AFTER G OUT AT 18 -- HAVG NEVER MET AN OPENLY GAY PERSON BEFORE -- I MOVED TO NASHVILLE TO ATTEND BELMONT UNIVERSY AND PURSUE MIC. BUT I QUICKLY HAD A REALIZATN: I ULD NTUE TO CHASE THE UNTRY MIC DREAM, OR I ULD LIVE MY H, OPENLY QUEER SK.I CERTALY DIDN'T THK I ULD DO BOTH. WHY WOULD I? I HAD NEVER SEEN DONE BEFORE OM AN UNKNOWN AND UNSIGNED ARTIST. SO I PUT MIC ON THE BACK BURNER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WHILE I GRADUALLY GOT MORE FORTABLE WH MYSELF.IN 2014, MY WORLD WAS FLIPPED UPSI DOWN WHEN I BROKE MY NECK A EAK FLATABLE WATERSLI ACCINT. AFTER ONE WEEK ICU AND A NE-HOUR SPAL FN SURGERY -- DURG WHICH I LOST NTROL OF THE LEFT SI OF MY BODY AT ONE POT -- I WAS SO CREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO WALK, WH HELP, OUT OF THE HOSPAL.TO SAY THAT EXPERIENCE WAS EYE-OPENG WOULD BE A MASSIVE UNRSTATEMENT. I REMEMBER CRYG TO A SPOONFUL OF MARONI AND CHEE, SO EXCED THAT I WAS ABLE TO FEED MYSELF -- EVEN IF I BARELY HAD ENOUGH STRENGTH TO DO SO. I SPENT THE NEXT THREE MONTHS A NECK BRACE AND ANOTHER THREE MONTHS AFTER THAT SLOWLY REGAG MY STRENGTH. BUT THE STRONGT THG I VELOPED OM THAT TRAGEDY WAS MY NEWFOUND PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE.I REMEMBERED THAT I HAD E TO NASHVILLE TO SG, PERFORM AND WRE SONGS -- NOT TO WORK A 9-TO-5 STG AT A PUTER ALL DAY LIKE I WAS DOG AT THE TIME. I JUMPED AT THE FIRST CHANCE TO LEAVE MY SK JOB AND PLAY SHOWS FOR A LIVG, TOURG ACROSS THE UNTRY AND PLAYG AT 150-PL LLEG.WHEN THE LLEGE SHOWS SLOWED DOWN, I FOCED ON -WRG WH OTHER SONGWRERS TOWN -- WHICH I WOULD DO EVERY DAY, UNPAID, BEFORE WAG TABL AT NIGHT TO PAY THE BILLS. THOUGH ONLY PART-TIME NOW, I STILL WA TABL.AS I NTUED TO GROW TO MYSELF -- PECIALLY THIS WILD LAST YEAR -- I STARTED TO UNRSTAND THAT I ACTUALLY HAD QUE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THE GENRE THAT CLAIMS TO BE "THREE CHORDS AND THE TTH” YET SHUTS OUT A LOT OF TTHS OM BEG TOLD. AS SOMEONE WHO SPENT A LARGE PORTN OF MY LIFE FEELG EXCLUD OM UNTRY, WHERE THE WORD "EEDOM” IS ED AND IDOLIZED EQUENTLY, I SAW AN OPPORTUNY AND NEED FOR CHANGE THAT WOULD MAKE SOME MORE FOLKS CLUD, EE AND SAFE TO BE THEMSELV.SO WHILE THE OVERWHELMGLY POSIVE RPONSE -- MORE THAN 4 LN LLECTIVE VIEWS AND NEARLY 100,000 FOLLOWERS ON TIKTOK -- TO THE SONG I WROTE ABOUT BEG A "RED STATE BLUENECK” JT A MONTH AGO HAS BEEN A PLEASANT SURPRISE, ALSO MAK PLETE SENSE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE WOULD FEEL SEEN WHEN GIVEN A SPACE THAT THEY'VE NEVER BEEN ALLOWED TO SHE BEFORE.THIS "BLUENECK” HAS SO MUCH MORE TO SAY, AND N'T WA TO MAKE THE "Y'ALL" UNTRY MIC FALLY MEAN "ALL."YOU N FOLLOW CHRIS HOMAN ON FACEBOOK, TWTER AND TIKTOK. "BLUENECK" IS AVAILABLE ON SPOTIFY AND ON ITUN.UP NEXT CULTURE—'LOOK WHAT YOU MA ME DO (TAYLOR'S VERSN)' FEATURED 'WILRNS' TEASER: WATCH HEREAUGT 23, 2023BEYONCE REQUTS THIS BIRTHDAY WISH OM FANS ATTENDG RENAISSANCE TOURAUGT 23, 2023ZENDAYA OPENS UP ABOUT HER WORST OUTF EVER: 'YOU ULD’VE DONE BETTER!' AUGT 23, 2023TENNIS STAR CHRIS EUBANKS 'READY TO GET BACK ON THE URT' AT US OPEN, PRACTICG WH CO GFFAUGT 23, 2023UP NEXT CULTURE—'LOOK WHAT YOU MA ME DO (TAYLOR'S VERSN)' FEATURED 'WILRNS' TEASER: WATCH HEREAUGT 23, 2023BEYONCE REQUTS THIS BIRTHDAY WISH OM FANS ATTENDG RENAISSANCE TOURAUGT 23, 2023ZENDAYA OPENS UP ABOUT HER WORST OUTF EVER: 'YOU ULD’VE DONE BETTER!' AUGT 23, 2023TENNIS STAR CHRIS EUBANKS 'READY TO GET BACK ON THE URT' AT US OPEN, PRACTICG WH CO GFFAUGT 23, 2023

THE BT PRODUCTS TO HELP YOUR FAY TRAVEL SMOOTHLYOPEN MENUVIOSHOPCULTUREFAYWELLNSFOODLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICYYOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTSCHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICYINTERT-BASED ADSTERMS OF USEDO NOT SELL MY INFOCONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHCULTUREHOW UNTRY SGER CHRIS HOMAN IS SHOWG 'Y’ALL MEANS ALL' WH HIS MIC1:45WOMAN'S POWERFUL POST ON BEG A BLACK UNTRY MIC FAN GO BYCHRIS HOMANAPRIL 16, 2021, 4:02 AMYOU MIGHT NOT KNOW CHRIS HOMAN'S NAME YET, BUT THE PENNT UNTRY MIC SGER-SONGWRER IS MAKG WAV WH HIS NEW SONG, "BLUENECK" -- ONE HE SAID HE WISH HE HAD HEARD WHEN GROWG UP.THE SONG, WHICH DROPPED APRIL 7, FEATUR PROGRSIVE LYRICS -- PECIALLY FOR ONE THE GENRE -- SUCH AS: "CAN'T A UNTRY KID WANNA SEE THE GLASS CEILG SHATTER / WANNA SEE A WORLD WHERE BLACK LIV MATTER." EVEN JT THE TWO L TOUCH UPON THE NEED FOR BETTER REPRENTATN OF WOMEN AND BLACK ARTISTS UNTRY MIC, TWO POTS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCSED WILY RECENT YEARS.IN "BLUENECK," HOMAN, WHO IS GAY, SCRIB A PERSON LIKE HIMSELF, WHO IS A "LIBERAL REDNECK," SOMEONE WHO IS LIBERAL POLIL AND SOCIAL IOLOGY BUT LIV OR GREW UP A NSERVATIVE SETTG OR A "RED STATE."BELOW, HOMAN, 31, TRODUC HIMSELF TO THE WORLD A PERSONAL SAY FOR "GOOD MORNG AMERI," TAILG HIS JOURNEY LIFE TH FAR AND EXPLAG HOW, WH "BLUENECK," HE WANTS TO SHOW THAT UNTRY MIC N BE FOR EVERYONE. AS HE SGS, "I THK Y'ALL MEANS ALL AND I KNOW WE ALL / JT WANNA KNOW THAT WE BELONG."GROWG UP AS A GAY KID IMMERSED UNTRY MIC, ON A KANSAS FARM NEAR A TOWN OF ONLY ABOUT 200 PEOPLE, I CERTALY ALWAYS FELT DIFFERENT.WHILE I LOVED THE '90S UNTRY SONGS I WAS HEARG ON THE RAD AND PERFORMG AT SHOWS STARTG AT THE AGE OF 7, I KNEW EP DOWN THAT THEY NEVER TOTALLY APPLIED TO ME. IN "BLUENECK" -- MY NEW SONG THAT WENT VIRAL ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA APP TIKTOK AND WAS THE NO. 1 SELLG UNTRY SONG ON ITUN FOR A TIME LAST WEEK -- I WROTE THE SONG I WISH THAT I HAD HEARD GROWG UP. ONE WHICH, AS A LE THE CHOS SAYS, "Y'ALL MEANS ALL."AFTER G OUT AT 18 -- HAVG NEVER MET AN OPENLY GAY PERSON BEFORE -- I MOVED TO NASHVILLE TO ATTEND BELMONT UNIVERSY AND PURSUE MIC. BUT I QUICKLY HAD A REALIZATN: I ULD NTUE TO CHASE THE UNTRY MIC DREAM, OR I ULD LIVE MY H, OPENLY QUEER SK.I CERTALY DIDN'T THK I ULD DO BOTH. WHY WOULD I? I HAD NEVER SEEN DONE BEFORE OM AN UNKNOWN AND UNSIGNED ARTIST. SO I PUT MIC ON THE BACK BURNER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WHILE I GRADUALLY GOT MORE FORTABLE WH MYSELF.IN 2014, MY WORLD WAS FLIPPED UPSI DOWN WHEN I BROKE MY NECK A EAK FLATABLE WATERSLI ACCINT. AFTER ONE WEEK ICU AND A NE-HOUR SPAL FN SURGERY -- DURG WHICH I LOST NTROL OF THE LEFT SI OF MY BODY AT ONE POT -- I WAS SO CREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO WALK, WH HELP, OUT OF THE HOSPAL.TO SAY THAT EXPERIENCE WAS EYE-OPENG WOULD BE A MASSIVE UNRSTATEMENT. I REMEMBER CRYG TO A SPOONFUL OF MARONI AND CHEE, SO EXCED THAT I WAS ABLE TO FEED MYSELF -- EVEN IF I BARELY HAD ENOUGH STRENGTH TO DO SO. I SPENT THE NEXT THREE MONTHS A NECK BRACE AND ANOTHER THREE MONTHS AFTER THAT SLOWLY REGAG MY STRENGTH. BUT THE STRONGT THG I VELOPED OM THAT TRAGEDY WAS MY NEWFOUND PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE.I REMEMBERED THAT I HAD E TO NASHVILLE TO SG, PERFORM AND WRE SONGS -- NOT TO WORK A 9-TO-5 STG AT A PUTER ALL DAY LIKE I WAS DOG AT THE TIME. I JUMPED AT THE FIRST CHANCE TO LEAVE MY SK JOB AND PLAY SHOWS FOR A LIVG, TOURG ACROSS THE UNTRY AND PLAYG AT 150-PL LLEG.WHEN THE LLEGE SHOWS SLOWED DOWN, I FOCED ON -WRG WH OTHER SONGWRERS TOWN -- WHICH I WOULD DO EVERY DAY, UNPAID, BEFORE WAG TABL AT NIGHT TO PAY THE BILLS. THOUGH ONLY PART-TIME NOW, I STILL WA TABL.AS I NTUED TO GROW TO MYSELF -- PECIALLY THIS WILD LAST YEAR -- I STARTED TO UNRSTAND THAT I ACTUALLY HAD QUE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THE GENRE THAT CLAIMS TO BE "THREE CHORDS AND THE TTH” YET SHUTS OUT A LOT OF TTHS OM BEG TOLD. AS SOMEONE WHO SPENT A LARGE PORTN OF MY LIFE FEELG EXCLUD OM UNTRY, WHERE THE WORD "EEDOM” IS ED AND IDOLIZED EQUENTLY, I SAW AN OPPORTUNY AND NEED FOR CHANGE THAT WOULD MAKE SOME MORE FOLKS CLUD, EE AND SAFE TO BE THEMSELV.SO WHILE THE OVERWHELMGLY POSIVE RPONSE -- MORE THAN 4 LN LLECTIVE VIEWS AND NEARLY 100,000 FOLLOWERS ON TIKTOK -- TO THE SONG I WROTE ABOUT BEG A "RED STATE BLUENECK” JT A MONTH AGO HAS BEEN A PLEASANT SURPRISE, ALSO MAK PLETE SENSE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE WOULD FEEL SEEN WHEN GIVEN A SPACE THAT THEY'VE NEVER BEEN ALLOWED TO SHE BEFORE.THIS "BLUENECK” HAS SO MUCH MORE TO SAY, AND N'T WA TO MAKE THE "Y'ALL" UNTRY MIC FALLY MEAN "ALL."YOU N FOLLOW CHRIS HOMAN ON FACEBOOK, TWTER AND TIKTOK. "BLUENECK" IS AVAILABLE ON SPOTIFY AND ON ITUN.UP NEXT CULTURE—'LOOK WHAT YOU MA ME DO (TAYLOR'S VERSN)' FEATURED 'WILRNS' TEASER: WATCH HEREAUGT 23, 2023BEYONCE REQUTS THIS BIRTHDAY WISH OM FANS ATTENDG RENAISSANCE TOURAUGT 23, 2023ZENDAYA OPENS UP ABOUT HER WORST OUTF EVER: 'YOU ULD’VE DONE BETTER!' AUGT 23, 2023TENNIS STAR CHRIS EUBANKS 'READY TO GET BACK ON THE URT' AT US OPEN, PRACTICG WH CO GFFAUGT 23, 2023UP NEXT CULTURE—'LOOK WHAT YOU MA ME DO (TAYLOR'S VERSN)' FEATURED 'WILRNS' TEASER: WATCH HEREAUGT 23, 2023BEYONCE REQUTS THIS BIRTHDAY WISH OM FANS ATTENDG RENAISSANCE TOURAUGT 23, 2023ZENDAYA OPENS UP ABOUT HER WORST OUTF EVER: 'YOU ULD’VE DONE BETTER!' AUGT 23, 2023TENNIS STAR CHRIS EUBANKS 'READY TO GET BACK ON THE URT' AT US OPEN, PRACTICG WH CO GFFAUGT 23, 2023

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