![]() ![]() You can read our full cover story with Calum Scott in the March 2018 issue of Gay Times, which is out now. “It was finally a sigh of relief after a year and a half.” She did say to Patrick that she’s given the thumbs up to my version, so I was like, ‘Thank god! I can sleep easy.’ “I had reached out, but never managed to get hold of her. “I met with a guy called Patrick Berger who is the other songwriter on that record, and I said, ‘I’m glad that you love this new life that’s been breathed into it, but does Robyn like it?'” he told us. So when we grabbed Calum on set of his first ever Gay Times cover shoot last month, we had to find out if he’d finally heard from the Swedish popstar yet. Of course, we can’t imagine she complained about the royalty cheque she received, but having validation from an artist whose song you’ve covered would give you peace of mind. He’d reached out on Twitter and he was asked in every interview what she thought of the track, but for more than a year he had no idea if she was happy with it or not. On an international scale, it’s been certified platinum in the US, it was a No.2 hit in Australia, and made him a household name across mainland Europe.īut while his version of the song gained him millions of fans, and even some famous ones in the shape of Ed Sheeran and Nile Rodgers, Calum didn’t hear from the lady who essentially helped launch his pop career: Robyn. ![]() It took another year before his emotional rendition started to gain steam, but once it did, it became a pop monster.Ĭalum’s version of Dancing On My Own has so far sold over 1.2 million copies in the UK, peaked at No.2 on the Official Top 40, and was even nominated for a BRIT Award. So further debate is pointless.When Calum Scott took to the Britain’s Got Talent stage back in 2015 to audition with a stripped-down version of Robyn’s Dancing On My Own, he had no idea what his version would go on to do.Įven immediately after his time on the ITV contest, there was no real inkling that the cover song would go on to be a hit. I mean, you can continue to debate if you want, but this is it in his own words. He is gay! It is 100% about a man singing about another man who is with a woman. You can feel like you’re never going to find anybody “It’s happened to me plenty of times where I’ve taken a fancy to a bloke and he’s turned out to be straight, because you just can’t tell sometimes. He added: “I purposely didn’t change the pronouns in Dancing On My Own, so that it was from a gay man’s perspective. “I’ve tried to write in a way that transcends beyond just sexuality and is more about letting go of our fear and trusting the people around us.” Not just specifically for sexuality, but for people who are scared of things in their life. “Now I’m in that privileged position where I can write about my issues and how I felt, which is hopefully a nice way of connecting with other people and maybe to be that voice that they need. “I trusted a couple of my friends at the time and I was abandoned for it so I always related talking about my sexuality as a barrier, and that I would lose friends, which is awful. The singer has faced some serious challenges in his lifetime – from wrestling with his sexuality to having his heart broken.Ĭalum said: “When I was a young lad, I struggled to try and understand it myself. ![]() Here it is in his own words in an interview in the Scottish Sun: Ok, to this of you who have said there’s nothing gay or bi, he’s sparking from the woman’s POV, or he’s not the gay on his gf is. if it wasn’t for this song i would’ve never realised that my life was supposed to be different. They were waiting for me in the back of my mind hurting, trying so hard to convince me to come back but failing.Īt that moment it hit me, i knew what i had to do and the very next day i packed my things and left and my life has turned around for the better. standing there waiting for me, watching me be with him and live for him. The way i interpreted it was that the real me, the me i was supposed to be, was singing to both my bf and i. When i first heard this song i was high on mdma laying in bed by myself waiting for him to come home. ![]() Not eating anything, doing drugs and basically just living for him and doing what he wanted me to and i felt trapped and like i couldn’t go home. I was living at his parents house, not seeing my family or friends or doing anything i enjoyed. I was in a very bad living situation with my ex bf. ![]()
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