{"id":484878,"date":"2019-04-19T08:44:33","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T14:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=824403"},"modified":"2019-04-19T08:44:33","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T14:44:33","slug":"lovelytheband-fights-for-lgbtq-rights-in-new-maybe-im-afraid-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/lovelytheband-fights-for-lgbtq-rights-in-new-maybe-im-afraid-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Lovelytheband Fights for LGBTQ Rights in New \u2018Maybe, I\u2019m Afraid\u2019 Video"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Indie pop outfit Lovelytheband<\/a> already released a video for their song \u201cMaybe, I\u2019m Afraid<\/a>\u201d earlier this year, but today they released an additional one. \u201cThe animated video touched on the overall theme of the song, whereas this new video touches a little more specifically on one person\u2019s story,\u201d says singer Mitchy Collins. \u201c[It\u2019s] something that we felt was important to tell.\u201d<\/p>\n

The video, shot last month by Andrew Sandler, is a poignant telling of a man\u2019s life and the years he spent struggling with his sexuality. Staring at a framed photograph of himself as a boy holding a baseball mitt, he traces his memory back through time, reflecting on his boyhood, turbulent teenage years and finally, his wedding day, when he marries his husband.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are so many things that we experience or believe that keep us from truly embracing who we are,\u201d Collins says. \u201cAs hard as it may be, [band members] Jordan, Sam and I feel true happiness comes when you start to fall in love with yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

The video\u2019s message is also linked to the \u201cBeyond I Do\u201d campaign, an organization that fights for the basic rights of the LGBTQ community. The band joined forces with \u201cBeyond I Do\u201d when they met with the Ad Council and were stunned by what they heard: \u201cThe reality is that in 30 states LGBTQ people don\u2019t have comprehensive protections from discrimination in housing, employment or services!\u201d says Collins. \u201cWe feel that equality is a right that everyone should have, regardless of who you love. We immediately wanted to get involved and help in any way we could.\u201d<\/p>\n

Collins hopes the video will reach out to those who need it most. \u201cNo matter what they have gone through in their life, no matter what their personal struggle is, maybe this video can help them realize that being comfortable with exactly who they are is everything that they need to be happy,\u201d he says. \u201cOur goal is to help promote acceptance, empathy and understanding for all LGBTQ Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Indie pop outfit Lovelytheband already released a video for their song \u201cMaybe, I\u2019m Afraid\u201d earlier this year, but today they released an additional one. \u201cThe animated video touched on the overall theme of the song, whereas this new video touches a little more specifically on one person\u2019s story,\u201d says singer Mitchy Collins. \u201c[It\u2019s] something that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-484878","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 15:09:45","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}