{"id":91765,"date":"2019-06-24T12:25:24","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T16:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/exclusive-a-great-big-world-releases-cover-of-greg-holdens-boys-in-the-street-in-honor-of-pride-month\/"},"modified":"2019-06-24T12:25:24","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T16:25:24","slug":"exclusive-a-great-big-world-releases-cover-of-greg-holdens-boys-in-the-street-in-honor-of-pride-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/exclusive-a-great-big-world-releases-cover-of-greg-holdens-boys-in-the-street-in-honor-of-pride-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: A Great Big World Releases Cover of Greg Holden\u2019s \u201cBoys in the Street\u201d in Honor of Pride Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exclusive: A Great Big World Releases Cover of Greg Holden\u2019s \u201cBoys in the Street\u201d in Honor of Pride Month<\/b><\/p>\n

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In honor of Pride month, Grammy award-winning duo A Great Big World has released a new cover of Greg Holden\u2019s song, \u201cBoys in the Street.\u201d Listen to the exclusive cover below:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

A Great Big World\u2019s Chad King, who is openly gay<\/a>, spoke about why they chose to record this song and why it was so significant this Pride month:<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember being on tour with Greg Holden. And during a show he played a song he wrote called \u2018Boys In The Street\u2019 and I started crying immediately from it. It resonated so deeply with me. And for the rest of the tour I sat side stage every night when Greg would play that song.<\/p>\n

For me, the song reminds me of the shame I felt for over a decade of my life growing up. A time in my life when I was terrified to be my true self. A time when the thought of my true self disgusted me so much I developed a deep sense of homophobia.<\/p>\n

And that last verse is a reminder of the moment I finally let go of that shame. \u2018He\u2019s finally realized I\u2019m not lying. We sit in silence but we\u2019re smiling. Because for once we are not fighting.\u2019 It\u2019s the moment, for me as a gay<\/a> man<\/a>, after you\u2019ve come out and you stop holding on so tight to the idea of what you SHOULD be, and let yourself be exactly as you are.<\/p>\n

I feel so pulled to share this with the world because I know this experience is shared with so many others. I hope you enjoy this one. And Greg, thank you so much from the bottom of my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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