Michele Mendez
A new lyric video for the song “Hands” has been released, on the one month anniversary of the Orlando tragedy.
Last week, GLAAD and Interscope Records released a song called “Hands”. The song is a tribute to the victims of Orlando. Many artists are included in the song, such as Jennifer Lopez, Selena Gomez, Britney Spears, and more. The song is available on iTunes and it will benefit the Equality Florida Pulse Victims Fund.
The new music video is a lyric video, that involves many YouTubers. According to GLAAD, the YouTubers involved are as follows:
- Connor Franta
- Mitch Grassi
- Toby Randall
- Lucas Cruikshank
- Pablo Vlogs
- Missesmae
- Nina and Randa
- Kingsley
- Skylar Kergil
- Nicola Foti
- PatrickStarrr
- Sam Tsui
- Trevor Moran
- Rebecca Black
- Gigi Gorgeous
- Jack Merridew
- Mariale Marrero
- Raymond Braun
- Lia Marie Johnson
- Us The Duo
- Trans Chorus of L.A.
- Luan Palomera
- Austin and Aaron Rhodes
- Zuri Hall
- Michael Buckley
- Amymaire Gaertner
- Manny Mua
- Jake Roper
- Bradlee Wannemacher
- Travis Bryant
- Scott Hoying
Three survivors of the Orlando attack also make an appearance in the video. Patience Carter, Tiara Parker, and Angel Anthony Santiago are seen in still images of themselves in their hospital rooms. The video also shows still images of the families and survivors of the Orlando victims visiting the makeshift Orlando memorial days after the attack. At the end, the following message appears:
Believe in a world without walls & accept that together we are better. Doesn’t matter who you are or who you love. Accelerate acceptance & end hate.
Some YouTubers took to social media to announce the release of the video.
https://twitter.com/kingsleyyy/status/752905654264733696
im honored to be one of many who took part in this special tribute to the 49 victims of the Orlando shooting https://t.co/2qDfiMZc2t ?
— connor (@connorfranta) July 12, 2016
Watch the video here:
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