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Coming Out Uploaded

Do coming out videos sensationalise sexuality for online hits or can they help viewers come to terms with their own identity? Nick Grimshaw investigates.

Do coming out videos sensationalise sexuality for online hits or can they help viewers come to terms with their own identity? Nick Grimshaw investigates this online phenomenon.

Coming out is different for everyone, whether you're lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or don't like to label your sexuality at all. It can be liberating, low key or one of the most difficult moments of your life. So why would you choose to share that experience with the world?

Nick Grimshaw hears the stories of what really happened behind the scenes of some of the most popular coming out videos of all time, as told by the makers themselves. He delves below the comments section, hearing stories from creators and viewers alike, including a vlogger in Indonesia where homosexuality is illegal in some areas.

Featuring the Rhodes Bros, whose video coming out to their dad has 24 million views and counting, Riyadh Khalaf, Tom Daley, Radio 1's Adele Roberts and more.

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Tue 8 Aug 2017 21:00
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Music Played

  • Young M.A

    OOOUUU

    • M.A Music.

  • Sam Smith

    I'm Not The Only One

    • Capitol Records.

  • Years & Years

    Eyes Shut

    • Polydor.

  • Frank Ocean

    Thinking Bout You

    • Channel ORANGE.
    • Mercury.
    • 2.

  • Tove Lo

    Stay High (Habits Remix) (feat. Hippie Sabotage)

    • Polydor.

  • Gorgon City

    Ready For Your Love (feat. MNEK)

  • Rahim Redcar

    Tilted

    • Chaleur Humaine.
    • Because.
    • 3.

  • Kiddy Smile

    Let A B***h Know

    • Defected.

  • MUNA

    I Know A Place

    • Columbia.

  • Troye Sivan

    Wild

    • Wild EP.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 6 Aug 2017 21:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 1Xtra
  • Tue 8 Aug 2017 21:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 1

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