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Tom Goss talks to GSN about stunning new video for his song Breath and Sound
Openly gay singer-songwriter Tom Goss unveiled a stunning new video this week for his song Breath and Sound.
But don’t expect to see the blond-haired, blue-eyed stunner in it.
Instead, the video features three couples – one straight, one gay, one lesbian – dancing the same beautiful and very complex dance.
‘I want people to be moved,’ Goss tells Gay Star News. ‘I want them to see their own story in the dancers. If they can see their own story in one of the couples, they can relate to the other stories as well. At the end of the day, we are all moving through the same emotions.’
With videos portraying the LGBTI experience not a priority of major labels, Goss raised $19,500 earlier this year – more than double his original goal – through a Kickstarter campaign to make videos that tell these stories.
‘We shot the video in a day at YouTube Space LA,’ Goss says. ‘It was an extremely busy day, but artistically invigorating and inspiring. We actually shot a whole setup of me, singing and playing, but ultimately cut it. I had hours and hours of footage, so much beauty to play with.’
The video was directed by Michael Serrato who brought choreographer Andrew Pirozzi to the project who would also be one of the dancers.
‘It was a pleasure to work with Andrew because he really understood the idea, and the possible impact, from the get go,’ says Goss. ‘His dance partner was easy to cast, it’s his real life wife! They have two kids together. The other two couples were cast through a dance agency. We really wanted to cast a wide variety of people. We wanted the cast to be diverse, to reflect the reality in which we live.’
‘I want people to be moved,’ he adds. ‘I want them to see their own story in the dancers. If they can see their own story in one of the couples, they can relate to the other stories as well. At the end of the day, we are all moving through the same emotions.’
Goss tours internationally and has released five albums: Naked Without,, Back to Love, Turn It Around, Lost Songs and Underdogs and last year’s Wait.
Many of his songs and music videos speak to LGBTI issues and culture such as marriage equality, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.
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