Eight years after the release of his debut single, singer/songwriter Brandon Stansell has come to occupy a unique niche within country music.

He has been an ardent advocate for the queer community and the advancement of LGBTQ artists in the still widely conservative genre. In 2018, Brandon’s music video for his single “Hometown” was the first LGBTQ-themed video to ever premiere on CMT. It was also named one of Rolling Stone’s 10 Best Country Videos of the Year.  

In 2020, in conjunction with his Hurt People EP, he premiered his documentary Three Chords And A Lie, at OutFest in Los Angeles, painstakingly highlighting his struggles with his Southern Baptist family as he prepared for his first hometown show in Tennessee. He continues to be a driving force of change in country music, proving that being gay and being country do not oppose each other. Stansell’s artistic talent and dedication to the refinement and growth of his craft prove there is no additional label needed to being an artist.

Brandon’s newest project, This Must Be The Place, released June 24, 2022 via PEG Records and Warner Music Group/ADA is an amalgam of the tear-inducing country music of his previous efforts and a compelling pop vibrancy of hope.

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