Country singer Sam Williams chose to come out to the world in a beautiful music video for his new single “Titled Crown”. The fact that he can sing so well is no surprise as he is the son of country music star Hank Williams Jnr. and the grandson of the legendary Hank Williams. But with such a deeply conservative father we can only imagine how rough it was to reveal his true self.
Sam said “I identify as gay, and I’ve never said that to anybody else. I mean, people at my label know and people in my personal life know, but this is the first time that I’ve ever been, besides a show or two, that I’ve ever been this public about it.”
In the video, Williams watches a play of his life, which includes his famous lineage. But he makes certain to point out that the fatherhood references are not specifically about his own life.
“In the video there’s an older man character that puts the cowboy hat on the little boy, takes his cape off and is kind of aggressive in some of these scenes, and that’s not necessarily playing my dad, that’s playing society as a whole … that’s supposed to portray society as a whole and pointing young kids in direction of like, ‘This is what girly girls do. You wear this pink bow and you go to Sunday service.’ Or, like with little boys, ‘You go hunting.’”
Labels: 2022, coming out, Hank Williams, music video, Sam Williams, Titled Crowns
