Hozier, an Irish singer-songwriter, has released a powerful single and music video for his debut EP “Take Me To Church.”

The video follows the relationship between two gay men and the violent homophobic attack they endure when their community learns of their sexuality.

Ireland’s State noted that the video highlights the wave of violence against Russia’s LGBT community:



[The video] references the recent increase of [organized] attacks and torturing of homosexuals in Russia, which is subsequent to a long, hateful, and oppressive political campaign against the LGBT community. The song was always about humanity at its most natural, and how that is undermined ceaselessly by religious [organizations] and those who would have us believe they act in its interests.

Watch “Take Me To Church” below:



Here are the lyrics, via AZLyrics:

