Calum Scott - “Calum Scott: A Coming Out Story”
  • 3 years ago
Calum Scott was a finalist on the UK's performance show 'Britain's Got Talent,' and thanks to a powerful voice, great songs, and passionate performance style, he's parlayed it into global acclaim. We've previously had him in for a solo performance of "What I Miss Most," a tribute to his hometown of Hull and a valentine to the way his community there grounds him whenever he feels adrift. This time 'round we spent time with Scott as he recounted a painful part of his young adult life - processing the complex emotions of being a gay teen and letting the world around him aware of his sexual orientation. Friends abandoned him early on, and it hurt. But in a poignant profile, he says he found the courage to be honest about himself through music. "I know that there are people young and old struggling with the same questions, and living with that relentless fear and heartbreak. I make the music I do because I want to inspire the right kind of conversations. If one less kid can grow up without hiding who they are along the way or having to believe that who they love is something that will make them lonely, then everything I went through will be worth it."
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