began to brainstorm his latest, “Worth a Million,” his vision was firmly rooted in the personal. The first song off his forthcoming album, the track explores identity and self-love, two things Pope found himself reflecting on during the past year. “I spent a lot of time going inward and facing my insecurities,” he says on the phone from Mississippi, where he’s filming Elegance Bratton’s autobiographical Marine Corps drama,. “I came to the conclusion that I wasn’t sure how to love myself.
Onscreen, Pope has explored queer Black identity throughout several of his roles. Still, it took time for him to feel comfortable enough to share his own journey and break from the expectations he felt imposed upon him. “As an openly queer Black man there are ideas that society puts on you, limitations about what you can and cannot do,” he says. “I’ve had to learn to love both the masculine and feminine sides of myself. [Writing and making music] has provided so much healing.
The Kale-designed look was among the last McCandless and Pope tried out during fittings, but its impact was immediately felt. “Juliann had 30-plus looks all chosen with intention; she killed it. With the dress, I think she wanted to make sure that I was comfortable and that she wasn’t offending me by suggesting it,” says Pope. “If anything, I felt empowered, seeing my body in a tight dress—one that was actually worn by Kendall Jenner on the cover of a magazine not too long ago.
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