Then, in 2007, things took another turn for the worse. And that -- that time period, you know, is where the least happened for me.

And they sold blue jeans. So, so you go out to LA and you're supposed to be there for a week.

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For each other through and through, girl, I sure miss you. We didn’t do it right away, but eventually, my wife and I decided to give it a chance, and that’s been 16 years now. And it was, I just can remember that room that day. The third featured artist is MACI, a pop singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. In the meantime, he is releasing a new song tomorrow!

So -- so you're thinking, like, "Okay, this is my big break.

Now mind you, I'm secretly in the closet. That’s after the break. I mean, that -- their roster was just impeccable.

Country band Old Dominion is looking for a song with a special twist. In addition to his songwriting and producing country hits, Shane’s a co-host on the new NBC reality show Songland, in which aspiring songwriters (like Shane once was) pitch their songs for a chance to have them recorded by pop stars like Will.i.am and Megan Trainor. You know, I really thought, um, I'm gonna go on the show. Like, just get away from everything. That was the only thing I knew is that I would go to Nashville and I would get a record deal, make a record and win Entertainer of the Year at the CMAs. “It happened over the span of 14 years, but having a hit song definitely kicks the door open. Isaac Edwards, better known as Jacobi.e, is an artist from Southern California.

Um. They were the kids of the 1990s who were born roughly between 1980 and 2000. And -- and I've got to say that was a conclusion we both knew of. He’s written number one hits for some of country music’s biggest stars: Keith Urban, Miranda Lambert, Kenny Chesney... His speciality, songs evoking boozy late nights, when the bar’s about to close, bad decisions are about to get made. I knew I wasn’t going to get drafted out of that league, but it was great hockey, and to be honest, it took the pressure off. I mean, it's funny, I'll joke with people, we'll go down that road and I'll be like, well here we are again.

What, what, what?" And I, um, ultimately after that record came out and after we worked a couple singles for a couple years, at this point we're into, like, '99, 2000. "There's a lot of FaceTiming," he tells PEOPLE about being on the road and away from his loved ones.

Trevor started seeing Lindsey Bowers in some time ago.

And I just said, "I don't know if y'all know this, but I'm gay and I'm in a really serious relationship with this guy that lives in Atlanta. Are you out to your parents at this point?

I came out to my mom during that time. But he hosted, and -- and you would compete against one person, and -- and there was a winner each week. So I changed into these black, plain cowboy boots and then went out, did my song, the most -- I mean, my heart starts beating fast talking about it. And it was very liberating, being a bartender in West Hollywood and not wearing a shirt behind the bar and getting all that attention, I mean, look, I was a good-looking guy. Old Dominion is a five-member country band from Nashville, Tennessee. I'm a pro-cry -- I'm pro-crying. And when he heard it, he loved it. And that was in 2010. All right reserved.

Lindsey Rosenthal gave birth to the couple’s first child on September 12, 2013, which left Trevor away from the Cards for a few days – and being the magnanimous guy I am, I’ll let it go that he left my fantasy roster right in the middle of my championship matchup.

Say anything... ALEX BLUMBERG: In the music video for Say Anything, you see Shane dancing around in a bright, blue button up shirt and black jeans, with a crowd of extras.

It's good. SHANE MCANALLY: Yes, actually. I would have been so many times over divorced. I was playing in bands and writing music, though not necessarily with the thought of pursuing it as a career. But I never felt it.

But you know when she was finally coming around a few years after, you know, we were joking and I said, "I mean mom, how did you not know I was gay?" Well, it’s shaping up to be another exciting episode of Songland! I couldn't even go to class. SHANE MCANALLY: You know, the songs aren't -- you wouldn't know the songs were written by straight guy, gay gay. Um, I was so scared and I would stay in bed a lot. He and Baum married in 2012 — the same year … But I didn't know everyone knew. They know me different now, but, you know, then I was doing what you're supposed to do. “We were both new here and trying to be songwriters, sluggin’ away trying to make a name for ourselves,” says Rosen, who says the band has been celebrating the No.

Star Search liked his tape, and eventually they invited him to perform in front of a live studio audience in Los Angeles. Or maybe that was in my head, and it was enough to just make me want to stay, because it was a room full of people like me that were there writing songs and this was their first opportunity to play them in front of people.

That -- I had never dated anyone that I didn't put on a show for. SHANE MCANALLY: That's um, "Somewhere with you, laughing loud on a carnival ride, yeah...". I couldn't find the humor in it. But also it just -- I don't know, I never had -- maybe -- look, maybe when I left the room, I don't know. And, you know, it -- it probably went back to me just wanting to be popular and I was. "This is a particularly long run that we're on right now"

1 album in tow. The first generation to reach adulthood in the new millennium, Millennials are the young technology gurus who thrive on new innovations, startups, and working out of coffee shops. You know, it just wasn't -- I had feelings, thoughts that, you know, when I guess anybody's going into puberty as a teenager, but they're so confusing that I just assumed that that was just what everyone was thinking.

Little did he know that coming out would prove the key to his success. This page is updated often with new details about Trevor Rosenthal. [laughs] We -- I mean, my mom had a lot of dreams pinned on me as well. ALEX BLUMBERG: And the Bluebird is this very -- is a very popular, like, open-mic kind of place in Nashville? And she goes, "Who doesn't?" And her thought was, if you're gay, you can't do that. I'm getting that.

And trying to just relate to their story. Lindsey is a Registered Nurse in neurology, and much like Trevor, is more than proud to publicly define herself as a Christian, and has a Twitter timeline plastered with retweets of daily verses, inspirational quotes, and Tim Tebow.