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Brandon James Gwinn Releases Country Duet with Alexa Green
"You'll See" is about two people trying to decide if they should remain together
Brandon James Gwinn’s new single from his BULLIT album is a duet with Alexa Green, who appeared in the New York Philharmonic production of Stephen Sondheim's Company, alongside Stephen Colbert, Neil Patrick Harris and Patti LuPone. “You’ll See” is a pop country crossover track about two people trying to decide if they should remain together.
In real life, Brandon and Alexas are best of friends. “Alexa has definitely almost gotten into a bar fight for me when some drunk guy was spewing homophobic garbage,” laughs Gwinn, a queer man who identifies as gender fluid. Their friendship is on full display in the song’s music video, shot during the recording session of the single.
“When Brandon told me he wrote us a song, I was all over it,” says Green. “I will always sing anything he ever writes but honestly, the song is so haunting and catchy. It really speaks to me.”
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The two met in Manhattan ten years ago, shortly after Green completed the San Francisco production of Wicked. They connected on many levels, including their love of show tunes. While Green regularly appears on stage, Gwinn is a prolific writer. He was nominated for a Drama League Award and won the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Richard Rodgers Award for his and EllaRose Chary’s musical TL;DR: Thelma Louise; Dyke Remix.
Gwinn also performs locally at Marie's Crisis on Wednesday and Friday nights and at The Stonewall Inn on Monday nights. He is slated to appear in Susie Mosher's The LineUp at Birdland Jazz Club in September.
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The friends regularly work together, with Green singing demos for Gwinn’s musical works and performing in many of his readings.
The "You'll See" music video was filmed by Tyler Milliron and Gwinn attests that the footage is legitimate b-roll. “OK, there’s not always champagne in our sessions,” he admits, “but there was that day.”
