There's always been a thread of outlaw behavior at the heart of country and "Americana" music, and what's more outlaw than unabashed queer country music?
If you were a teen or preteen in the late 1990s, chances are you watched Cruel Intentions at least once. It was a cultural phenomenon with super sexy "teenagers" (read: clearly adults in their early 20s) behaving badly with sex, drugs, and Catholic school uniforms to boot.