Beartooth’s Caleb Shomo Comes Out as a ‘Proudly Gay Man’

Beartooth frontman Caleb Shomo has come out as homosexual.

The rocker made the announcement on Saturday in a social media submit, which you’ll learn in full beneath.

“There’s been plenty of hypothesis surrounding my private life as of late and I really feel compelled to set the document straight earlier than it impacts these I really like any additional,” Shomo wrote. “I’m a proudly homosexual man.

“That is one thing I have been unpacking and reckoning with in my life for fairly a while now,” he continued. “It has been troublesome to navigate the emotions surrounding the topic and work out what to do with this truth.”

Shomo’s announcement arrives just a few months after the discharge of Beartooth’s “Free,” which obtained blended reactions for its poppy musical parts and a video that featured Shomo in quite a lot of flashy outfits and make-up. Some followers and different musicians made enjoyable of the video, with Attila frontman Chris Fronzak joking on X (previously Twitter), “Seems to be like Caleb Shomo dropped the ‘S.'” He later apologized for the homophobic comment.

Different rockers, together with Disturbed’s David Draiman, praised Shomo for his self-expression and likened the singer to rock legends of yesteryear. “Bowie, Mercury and so many others, took rock to a degree solely few dared to go, and did it with energy, class and style,” Draiman stated. “I’ve watched Caleb Shlomo, the singer of Beartooth, grow to be one of the formidable younger frontmen in rock. The music is nice, the video is nice, and the band is firing on all cylinders.”

Following the “Free” backlash, Shomo deleted his private Instagram account. He returned to the platform earlier this month.

Final week, Beartooth launched one other music titled “Pure Ecstasy,” the title monitor off their upcoming album, which arrives on Aug. 28. They’re going to assist the album with a headlining U.S. tour that kicks off in November.

Learn Caleb Shomo’s Coming Out Announcement

Right here is the complete textual content of Shomo’s popping out announcement:

There’s been plenty of hypothesis surrounding my private life as of late and I really feel compelled to set the document straight earlier than it impacts these I really like any additional.

I’m a proudly homosexual man.

That is one thing I have been unpacking and reckoning with in my life for fairly a while now. It has been troublesome to navigate the emotions surrounding the topic and work out what to do with this truth.

On the subject of my artwork / Beartooth, I’ve all the time strived to chase who I’m within the deepest a part of my soul from album to album. As you possibly can collect should you’ve adopted the band in any respect within the earlier years, there are 4 very self deprecating albums about exploring my spiritual upbringing, despair, self hatred, self loathing, and hopelessness. I’m grateful for all these albums, but really feel embarrassed at occasions that I would not enable myself to essentially dig up the roots for thus lengthy.

I spent a decade burying emotions with alcohol, and actually after I determined to place it down and give attention to exploring why I felt this manner for thus lengthy, it has been a direct path to me reconciling with my sexuality in hopes that it’s going to finally result in me experiencing self love. One factor I made a decision earlier than I wrote a single word of the upcoming album is that no matter occurs, I’ll specific myself complete heartedly and totally. Wherever it takes me I’ll observe and I refuse to water any a part of it down, from the music, to the lyrical content material, and means I painting myself. I’ll solely do what makes me completely satisfied on the deepest degree and what’s the most sincere depiction of who I’m. I consider it is inconceivable to like each a part of you once you will not face each a part of you head on. I’m making an attempt to lastly be happy with who I’m and I believe this can be a large a part of that journey.

To those that have proven me love, empowerment via dwelling life freely and brazenly in my presence, supporting the queer group, or just telling me you like me whoever I’m, I’m eternally in your debt and I hope what you imply to me.

I encourage anybody who’s battling who they’re to offer your self grace. Give your self persistence. Be sincere with your self. Do the exhausting work as an alternative of burying it down as deep as you bodily can considering it’s going to change like I did. Holding this stuff in solely harm you and people round you.

Love you all, and hopefully this can be a step in the proper path to loving myself at some point.

– Caleb Shomo

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