In many ways, “My Brother’s Gay” ends up being more significant to the singer’s brother than the singer himself. Although this music video is just one of many pit stops along Chase’s ride to international superstardom, its release also launches Cary’s season-long journey toward self-love and discovery. Perhaps the biggest challenge was not filming the scene itself, but granting it sufficient weight. It was fun portraying that, but also knowing how funny it was.” The whole song is about how he’s proud of him, and how he supports him. Of the song itself, Walker added, “It’s a joke, but it’s also very sincere. Added Walker, “The thing that really made me excited was hearing that all of Drew’s baby pictures were going to be hung around me while I was singing.” “I was like, ‘I know you’re upset with seeing all this, but you have incredible record of your awkward years!’” she said. “I was just like, ‘I need like, 20 photos of me or photos of me from when I had bleached blonde tips in my hair.’ And people were like: ‘Oh yeah, you mean not that long ago? Because you rocked the bleached blonde tips for four years too long,’” he said.Īs embarrassing as the photo quest might have been, Tarver’s costar, Yorke, found herself a little jealous of his family’s meticulous record-keeping.
Tarver was tasked with gathering those pictures, enlisting a slew of family members, old classmates, and acquaintances to help.
(His angst over the song proves that Cary is still not completely comfortable with the entire world knowing his sexuality.) To put these pieces together, Kelly and Schneider needed to ensure that both the song and its impact would be significant enough to send Cary into a proper tailspin-at least until he triumphantly makes his peace with it.
The song looms large over not only the episode, which centers on its viral rise and fall, but also the season as a whole, as Cary continues to become comfortable in his own skin as an out gay man. The video itself is only about 50 seconds long-but it’s an idea Kelly and Schneider had been working toward since they first pitched the series.
But his publicists are another story-as we see in a series of frantic meetings in which members of Chase’s team deliberate how the video is affecting their cash cow’s career.Īs amusing as this sequence is, it’s also a perfect example of how The Other Two creators Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider manage to make even the tiniest throwaway moments feel meaningful. In Chase’s case, his heart is clearly in the right place his lyrics and delivery drip with earnest love and admiration for his brother. community in ways that can feel more cynical than sincere. “My Brother’s Gay and That’s Okay!” instantly recalls would-be anthems of allyship like Macklemore’s “Same Love”-songs in which straight singers align themselves with the L.G.B.T.Q.