Singer-songwriter Todrick Hall is back
with a charming new love song, and its all-inclusive message couldn’t feel more
pertinent in the wake of recent
tragedies.
The stunning
video for “Color” depicts a biracial, same-sex relationship, showing Hall
canoodling amidst flowers and waterfalls with “Quantico” and Broadway actor Jay Armstrong Johnson,
who also lends his vocals to the track.
“Maybe the
world will never understand our kinda love,” Hall sings. “I’d like to be the
kinda man you’d like to love/We’ve got a right to love.”
“Color” is a
cut from “Straight Outta Oz,” Hall’s 17-song, Beyoncé-style “visual
album,” which was released June 23. The video itself features a subtle nod to
“The Wizard of Oz” in that it gradually shifts from black and white to color as
the music swells, much like the classic 1939 film.
“I wanted to
create something to make people think about life and look at life through a
different set of glasses ― some that aren’t so rose-colored,” Hall told Out magazine July 7. Like Dorothy Gale
in “The Wizard of Oz,” the YouTube
sensationsaid, “I always wanted to find a place that was more colorful,
more accepting.”
In addition to
Johnson, “Straight Outta Oz” features appearances by “Glee” starAmber Riley,
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” champion Bob the Drag Queen, “American Idol” veteran Jordin Sparks and
actor Joseph
Gordon-Levitt, among others. The visual album itself has over 1.3
million YouTube views.
Bravo, Hall,
for giving us a shot of optimism when we really needed it.
Beatiful...
ReplyDeleteps. Carinho respeito e abraço.