Soul singer and OutMusic award winner Nhojj recently released his version of “Amazing Grace” along with a video that depicts a same-sex relationship and wedding. He released it for the Easter holiday (yeah, I’m late to this, sorry), and it’s interesting to take such a traditional hymn and use it in the context of LGBT issues. Smart. Nhojj has an impressive back catalog, and I think he’s important to putting out music with a specific gay perspective, but sometimes he traps himself into overkill which he did with this video.

Candles on the piano, goofy and cliche romantic exchanges, and the singer and actor who just don’t seem that into each other, take away from a beautifully constructed song. Nhojj’s voice is pretty close to heaven, but he missed the mark visually on the song. The funny thing is that the press release kept mentioning that the video was groundbreaking and inspiring because it depicted a same-sex wedding and an interracial couple. That might have been had the video been any good.