"Younger Me" Younger me Made it harder than it had to be Trying hard to dodge my destiny Would get the best of me Younger me Way too young to pace a bedroom floor Always dreamed of kicking down the door What were you waiting for Younger me Was as reckless as he should have been Close calls and down falls and getting back up again And doing it all again Younger me Overthinking, losing sleep at night Contemplating if it's worth the fight If he only knew he'd be alright Younger me Youth ain't wasted on the young These trips around the sun I needed every one To get where I'm standing now It's an uphill road to run For my father's son Keep it together It won't be that way forever Younger me Hanging out but not quite fitting in Didn't know that being different Really wouldn't be the end Younger me Youth ain't wasted on the young These trips around the sun I needed every one To get where I'm standing now It's an uphill road to run Yeah, for my father's son Keep it together It won't be that way forever Younger me You got me where I am today Got a few things right along the way You'll see just wait Younger me Please note lyric video is available in my Gay Music Artist Youtube Playlist and the Music Video is available in my Country Music Youtube Playlist. Update, Monday, April 19, 2021 Rolling Stone, "Brothers Osborne Offer an Anthem of Encouragement in 'Younger Me" American Songwritter, "Brothers Osborne Open Up About Anxieties & Coming Out"

"Was it wishful thinking," I mused. "Was the recent music video release, "All Night," a prelude to something more?" 

It is no secret that I am a huge country music fan and have been a huge Brothers Obsorne fan ever since I saw their music video "Stay a Little Longer" that featured couples including a gay one. In mainstream country music it is very unusual for anything homoerotic to be featured. And while there have been country stars that have come out, those singers were frankly second or third rate ones who barely had a career prior to announcing they "batted for the same team". But the Brothers Osborne had me hooked and they have never disappointed as they poured out hit after hit and became a national force in the music industry.  

The release of their recent album "Skeletons" had me intrigued. What was this all about? Little did I know that it was a prelude to the news that one of the brothers, T.J, would come out in a Time Magazine article to admit he is gay. One of the music videos "All Night" quite frankly had my gaydar going off the charts. It was homoerotic on so many levels and was so layered in intrigue as to what message was going to be offered later.

I thought that that first music video of theirs that I had seen five years ago was just a teaser and being inclusive in an industry that doesn't do much more than pay lipservice for gay artists (unless they strike it out on their own and take their production to independent labels); but here we have a huge national country star admitting that he's a gay man.

Kudos to T.J. You are quite the man as well as quite the performer. 

Below are the three music videos mentioned above.   First, "Stay a Little Longer" and followed by "All Night" and "Skeletons" (in your closet).