T.J. Osborne opened up about keeping his lyrics gender neutral — even before publicly coming out.
“In that song, it doesn’t really reference necessarily a relationship, but it says, ‘Sitting with the finest example of a beautiful girl,'” he said. “And I liked the way that line is. I just liked the way it sounds, but I knew from then I was like, ‘I don’t ever want to say ‘girl’ again in a song.'”
Osborne noted that his choice to use gender-neutral lyrics came down to two reasons: He found that lyrics that use the word “girl” repeatedly have become an an overused cliche in country music. But he was also mindful of his sexuality. “I just knew that it hit the gut in a weird way,” he said of that particular line in “Rum.” “Or people will pitch me songs for that. People still pitch me songs with ‘girl’ in it. I’m like, ‘What the hell? Read a book.’ Now, if you notice, from there, every other song we had was gender-neutral. We didn’t have anything specific about that. And over the years, there’s people who would contact us. Gay couples that would get married and actually be like, ‘Man, it’s awesome.
During the 2021 Country Music Association Awards, Osborne celebrated the Brothers Osborne’s win as vocal duo of the year by sharing a kiss with his boyfriend Abi Ventura. The moment, captured during the live television broadcast, quickly became one of the most buzzed-about moments from the awards ceremony.
“It wasn’t until I went backstage, everyone was like, ‘Oh man, everyone’s talking about that.’ I’m like, ‘Talking about what?’ And they were like, ‘The kiss.’ I’m like, ‘What kiss are you…’ I was like, so confused,” Osborne recalled. “I’m like, ‘What kiss?’ Like, ‘You kissed Abi before you went on stage.’ I still was like, ‘Well, what’s the big deal?'” Osbourne said. “After processing it, I was like, ‘Well, I guess …’ I didn’t realize at the time how important that was for a lot of people.
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