I felt so strongly about these issues and this song that I had to do a video that would command some attention, even if it makes some viewers uncomfortable. But with this one I wanted to challenge the listener to ask themselves: Is the love shared by two people of the same gender, really that different than the love I have for my partner of the opposite sex? And finally, I just felt it was crucial for some of us in the Hip Hop community to speak up on the issues of teen suicide, bullying, and the overall anti-homosexual sentiment that exist within Hip Hop culture. It’s also a love song, which is nothing new for me. The first was to be an advocate for people close to me who are out, and those who have yet to come out.
In Murs’ own words: “Animal Style is a song I did for many reasons. A brave song, in which Murs tackles some controversial topics for a Hip Hop artist: homosexuality and homophobia, bullying, and suicide.
Murs‘ “1st Love” or “The Pain” would have been obvious and more than fitting picks for a list like this, but we chose to select “Animal Style” to represent Murs in this list. “Fresh out of high school, glad cause he hated it / Everybody in the senior class’ll call him gay but it / It never bothered him, his name Johnathan / Best friend Julie, she was cool, she went to prom with him / The principal said prom was no place for a queer couple / If he showed up with a boy then it’d be real trouble…”
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