Suburban Teen Hits YouTube with ‘My Boyfriend is Gay’
Hailey Rowe, the daughter of a Buffalo Grove real estate agent, creates campy video in West Hollywood.
In between studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, singer/songwriter Hailey Rowe, a 2012 Barrington High School graduate, has found time to create a music video. “My Boyfriend is Gay,” released on Feb. 1, already has more than 50,000 hits on YouTube. Hailey said she was shocked and excited about the success of the music video on YouTube. As the title suggests, the music video and song are a humorous look at a girl who discovers her boyfriend is gay. “I wrote the song because I thought it was an interesting scenario. Gay guys are the perfect boyfriend,” Hailey said. “I wanted to show acceptance in a lighthearted and fun way. It got the gay stamp of approval from some of friends who are gay,” Hailey said. Although the …
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