Every piece in the video is also imbued with its own unique meaning. “I knew that fashion would be an important element of our story,” says Pope.
Pope looks equally at home in a pair of black puffer trousers as he does in the ivory ruffles of Mikhael Kale’s floor-length gown.
Stylist Juliann McCandless utilized a variety of runway looks that keep with the sleekness of the visuals while reflecting a luxurious sensibility that flouts traditional gender constructs. Within the video, that progression is represented through clothing. “It was me trying to get back to the core of who I am.”
“That first line, ‘Why do we overcomplicate things?’ You can say that to someone, or you could be saying it to yourself,” says Pope. Even without the background info, its themes of heartache, confusion, and love are universal. has provided so much healing.” It’s this sense of vulnerability that lends the song a special resonance. “I’ve had to learn to love both the masculine and feminine sides of myself. “As an openly queer Black man there are ideas that society puts on you, limitations about what you can and cannot do,” he says. Still, it took time for him to feel comfortable enough to share his own journey and break from the expectations he felt imposed upon him. Onscreen, Pope has explored queer Black identity throughout several of his roles. “But it’s through music that I’ve been able to explore who I am as a person.” “As an actor, you’re presented with characters to play, and you connect with things to portray them,” says Pope. Though he’s used to taking on new personas for work-his performances as ambitious screenwriter Archie Coleman in Ryan Murphy’s mini-series Hollywood and elite prep school student Pharus in Broadway’s Choir Boy earned him an Emmy and Tony nomination, respectively-working on the song allowed him the chance to present himself to the world anew. The resulting video, directed by C Prinz, distills Pope’s vision into an expressive clip that brims with style as he reveals new layers of himself while singing, dancing, and commanding the screen with swagger. “ I started to piece everything together for me, the song isn’t complete until there is a visual.” I was struggling and trying to find a resolution, so it was an interesting but vulnerable place to be in,” he says. What does it even mean to love all versions of yourself?” The process of channeling such introspective questions into music may be difficult, but Pope transformed his feelings into lyrics after an intense therapy session.
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“I came to the conclusion that I wasn’t sure how to love myself. “I spent a lot of time going inward and facing my insecurities,” he says on the phone from Mississippi, where he’s filming Elegance Bratton’s autobiographical Marine Corps drama, The Inspection. The first song off his forthcoming album, the track explores identity and self-love, two things Pope found himself reflecting on during the past year. I wanted to insult those particular black people.Most music videos are all about escapism and fantasy, but when Jeremy Pope began to brainstorm his latest, “Worth a Million,” his vision was firmly rooted in the personal. The word ‘nigger’ doesn’t necessarily mean black.” In 1992, he added: “I was pissed off about some black people that were trying to rob me. I used the word ‘nigger’ because it’s a word to describe somebody that is basically a pain in your life, a problem. I don’t like being told what I can and what I can’t say. The song was condemned on its release, and guitarist Slash later said: “I don’t regret doing One in a Million, I just regret what we’ve been through because of it and the way people have perceived our personal feelings.” The Guardian has requested a comment from the band via their UK representatives.Įxplaining the lyrics in 1988, singer Axl Rose said they were inspired in part by African American con artists in Los Angeles, and added: “Why can black people go up to each other and say, ‘nigger’, but when a white guy does it all of a sudden it’s a big putdown? I don’t like boundaries of any kind.
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