Sam Hunt’s Video for “Take Your Time” is Not What You’d Expect

Here at WKDQ, I manage this website. In fact, I manage all the websites for our radio stations here in Evansville and Owensboro which means I also travel to check in on WKDQ's sister station, WBKR on a weekly basis. The first time Jaclyn Graves, midday DJ on WBKR, and I heard Sam Hunt's song "Take Your Time" in a music meeting, we both felt the magic. We both got that tingly feeling deep down in our stomachs - it was the feeling of new love! Ha!

When we attended the St. Jude Country Cares seminar in January, I was next in line to get my selfie on with Sam but his road manager queen bee swept him away before I could reach out and even touch his black textured animal print pants. I learned the next day, Jaclyn had a whole conversation with him in the lobby bar after we went back to our rooms!

Fast forward to this morning, I saw on my Facebook newsfeed, Sam Hunt had posted the video. I salivated when I pushed play but it was not what I had expected. [This is where you should watch the video before reading any further.]

I was really surprised at the content of the video. I imagined (as most probably did that it would consist of a guy trying to pick up a girl at a bar.) There's a bar and a girl and a guy but the take-away is much deeper. It hit home for me because I'm currently in the throws of a domestic violence campaign with Albion Fellows Bacon Center. Domestic violence is extremely common in our world. 2-4 million American women are beaten each year by their husbands or boyfriends; 4000 of them are killed. It's hard to give exact numbers because many do not report their abuse.

If you are being physically or sexually abused - you are not alone and there is help for you. The Albion Fellows Bacon Center is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They can help with emotional support, a safe place to live, legal advocacy and more. Call their toll free line at 1-800-339-7752. In Owensboro and surrounding Kentucky area, Oasis can provide similiar services. You can reach them by calling 1-800-88-ABUSE.

If you are being abused, you don't have to go it alone or wait for Sam Hunt to show up - call your local domestic or sexual abuse services. There are trained, caring people who want to help you.

I would also like to personally thank Sam Hunt for taking the time to use his music as a platform to bring light on something that affects so many in the United States. I was a fan girl before but now I have true respect for not only his music, but his heart.