Wrabel - The Village



I will start with a content warning the music video I am discussing starts with a young trans teen putting on a binder.  The video displays images of an aggressive abusively unsupportive family.

I was just listening to random music videos as they came onto an automatically generated youtube playlist when this song came on.  I was playing a game on my phone so I have the youtube tab open and immediately saw out of the corner of my eye what appeared to be someone putting on a binder in the video. I started the video over.  Watching it with my full attention.

Before the video was over, I was crying.  I probably played it at least three more times.  The video hits hard and follows the lyrics.  I'll include the lyrics below:

No, your mom don't get it   
And your dad don't get it 
Uncle John don't get it 
And you can't tell grandma 
'Cause her heart can't take it And she might not make it 
They say: Don't dare, don't you even go there 
Cutting off your long hair 
You do as you're told 
Tell you: Wake up, go put on your makeup 
This is just a phase you're gonna outgrow 
There's something wrong in the village In the village, 
oh They stare in the village In the village,  
oh There's nothing wrong with you 
It's true, it's true 
There's something wrong with the village With the village 
There's something wrong with the village 
Feel the rumors follow you from Monday all the way to Friday dinner 
You got one day of shelter, 
then it's Sunday hell to pay, you young lost sinner 
Well I've been there, sitting in that same chair 
Whispering that same prayer half a million times 
It's a lie though buried in disciples 
One page of the Bible isn't worth a life 
There's something wrong in the village In the village, 
oh They stare in the village In the village, 
oh There's nothing wrong with you It's true, 
it's true There's something wrong with the village With the village 
There's something wrong with the village 
There's something wrong in the village In the village, 
oh They stare in the village In the village, 
oh There's nothing wrong with you It's true, it's true 
There's something wrong with the village With the village 
There's something wrong with the village
I have never heard of the artist Wrabel so I looked more into it.  The video came in 2017 right after Trump's announcement taking away transgender rights including bathroom rights and military.  It was released in support of the trans community.  The video ends with the text, Trans rights are human rights.

Kind of reminiscent of some of the representation and support in Logic's video 1-800-273-8255.
It's valued.
 I recognize it.
 Thank you.

Here's the video below.


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