Fancy Hagood on Reclaiming His Path as a Gay Country Artist, After Fleeting Pop Success: ‘I Do It for Queer People to See Themselves in a Story’

Long before Chappell Roan debuted her new country song, “The Giver,” on “SNL” and leaned into the camera to exert lesbian ownership of country-style expression, Fancy Hagood was committed to carving out space for queerness in country music. Earlier this year, he started covering Roan’s song “Casual,” joking that her unabashed lyrics had finally freed him up to […]