Take Me to Church by Hozier: The Hymn That Used God to Burn the Church Down

A 22-year-old Irishman wrote a blues-gospel song about sex and called it worship — and accidentally made one of the most politically explosive hits of the decade. We autopsy how Hozier flipped sacred language inside out to indict the Catholic Church, shame culture, and anti-LGBTQ violence all at once.

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