Hozier has said that this video is in response to the face that gay men were being beaten, tortured and killed while it was streamed live in Russia. It does have some obvious calling out of religious hypocrisy and he did do a line by line breakdown of the song in one interview. It was interesting. His music is incredibly interesting and this is, honestly, one of his least engaging songs and it's the one that everyone seems to know. His most recent album mirrors his thoughts about Dantes Inferno which he read during Covid quarantine. He's well worth checking out, tons of amazing songs. Movement, Nina Cried Power, In a Week, Cherry Wine, De Selby, Eat Your Young, All Things End....

Hozier uses his platform to bring awareness to social issues. This one is about gay rights, Cherry Wine is about domestic violence, Swan Upon Leda is about women's health rights, Jackboot Jump is about fascism, and Nina Cried Power is about using your voice to call out hate/prejudice/etc. I've seen his current tour twice and it can be very moving at times.

I'm assuming the box held their pictures and memories. So sad.

How do people not get this? I'm ace and I get this. 'She' is Love itself, I think, and the box is *definitely* their secrets and their memories.

it's so fascinating how confused str8 people are by this haha

The secret is in the box. The country on TV is Russia. Given the historical context of the video, I'm assuming it is set in Ireland.

nothing like a man to bring these lyrics but also nothing like a man to not understand what is in the box lol,it's probably memories of their relationship,and the paremtal advisory was for the violence I guess they did kick him to death or if not to smithereens,a mob hauled up on his house too so pretty violent...he never cursed in the video

Yeah. I'm not sure of the symbolism of the MV, but the song is a banger. Could you react to a new release by an up and coming UK artist? The song is SO good. 'Conceited' by Lola Young

Yeah they were attacking him because he was gay.