History YMMV / Hozier

--->What you're given, what you live in
--->Darlin', it finds a way to live in you
--->And your heart, love, has such darkness
--->I feel it in the corners of the room
** "Francesca" is named for [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_da_Rimini Francesca da Rimini]], a 13th century Italian noblewoman who was murdered by her husband after he discovered her affair with his brother. She also appears in Dante's ''[[Literature/TheDivineComedy Inferno]]'' in the second circle of Hell.

** Lesbians love Hozier.
** Today on Hozier liked...[[labelnote:Explanation]]Fans have taken to going through his {{Website/Twitter}} to see what tweets he's liked. They are often ''very'' strange.[[/labelnote]]
* MisaimedFandom: "Take Me to Church," whose lyrics include “She tells me worship in the bedroom // The only heaven I’ll be sent to is when I’m alone with you” and whose music video is a GayAesop, was very popular with Christian choirs.
* NightmareFuel: [[NothingIsScarier "In the Woods Somewhere."]] That poor fox...
* SignatureSong: "Take Me to Church."

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A few fans weren't happy with the "Cherry Wine" video. The song itself is from the perspective of a man in an abusive relationship, shedding a light on how female abuse towards males manifests. The video makes it so that the man is abusive, which some felt was playing into the AllAbusersAreMale trope and missing the point of the song.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Are "Take Me To Church" and "Angel of Small Death & The Codeine Scene" sung by women?

* GeniusBonus: Scholars of French or readers of Shakespeare might recognize the translation of an old French euphemism for orgasm (''la petite mort'') in "Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene."

* {{Squick}}: "In a Week" features a surprisingly graphic description of two corpses slowly decomposing and being eaten by insects and other animals. Still lovely, though.

* GeniusBonus: Scholars of French or readers of Shakespeare might recognize the translation of an old French euphemism for orgasm (**la petite mort**) in "Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene."

** Besides its obvious surface-level interpretation of describing two corpses rotting in the countryside, "In a Week" has also been interpreted as metaphorically describing the peaceful afterglow of sex -- especially considering that an earlier song on the same album, "Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene" references the euphemism **"la petite mort"** for "orgasm."

** Besides its obvious surface-level interpretation of describing two corpses rotting in the countryside, "In a Week" has also been interpreted as metaphorically describing the peaceful afterglow of sex -- especially considering that an earlier song on the same album, "Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene" references the euphemism ***"la petite mort"*** for "orgasm."

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Are "Take Me To Church" and "Agel of Small Death & The Codeine Scene" sung by women?

* LGBTFanbase: He's quite popular among lesbians online, particularly Tumblr. Something to do with the pro-gay subtext of Take Me To Church (and several popular female covers of it) and the mystical, sometimes feminine energy present in his love songs directed towards women.

* {{Squick}}: "In a Week" features a surprisingly graphic description of two corpses slowly decomposing and being eaten by insects and other animals. Still lovely, though.
* TakeThat: A majority of the song "Take Me to Church" criticizes religious HeteronormativeCrusaders who think human sexuality is evil.

* NightmareFuel: "In the Woods Somewhere." That poor fox...

** "Take Me To Church" has been interpreted in a variety of ways (the fact it has some obvious Christian symbolism doesn't help) but [[WordOfGod Hozier has said it's about the Church's suppression of natural human sexuality]] [[GayAesop (especially homosexuality)]].

* {{Anvilicious}}: The GayAesop in "Take Me to Church" can be seen as one, but considering that the horrific things seen in the video ''still'' happen today, it shows that SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped.

* {{Squick}}: "In a Week" features a surprisingly graphic description of two corpses slowly decomposing and being eaten by insects and other animals.

** "Take Me To Church" has been interpreted in a variety of ways (the fact it has some obvious Christian symbolism doesn't help) But [[WordOfGod Hozier has said it's about the Church's suppression of natural human sexuality]] [[GayAesop (especially homosexuality)]]

* {{Anvilicious}}: The GayAesop in the "Take Me to Church" can be seen as one, but considering that the horrific thing seen in the video ''still'' happen today, it shows that SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped.

* {{Squick}}: "In a Week" features a surprisingly graphic description of two corpses slowly decomposing and being eaten by insects and other animals.

* {{Anvilicious}}: The GayAesop in "Take Me to Church" can be seen as one, but considering that the horrific thing seen in the video ''still'' happen today, it shows that SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped.

* DownerEnding: The music video for "Take Me to Church" [[spoiler: heavily implies that a man's boyfriend is about to be burned to death by violent bigots.]]
** "Cherry Wine" is the last song on his self-titled album which features a man being emotionally and physically abused by his girlfriend, but he can never bring himself to leave her because he loves her.

* SignatureSong: "Take Me to Church."