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‘I put the ass in blasphemy’: Lynks, the horror-drag pop star reclaiming biblical ‘abomination’
From behind a series of outlandish masked costumes, the anonymous British artist is using humour and horniness to explore queer pride and queer shame
It followed a stint as a singer-songwriter when, “like every male producer born in the late 90s, I was desperately trying to be James Blake.” After a laptop was stolen containing all their old music, they pursued “a crazy, horror-drag character” disguised by homemade costumes, moving from Bristol to London. Brash, club-ready, industrial-tinged pop dominates this album, which often feels entirely made out of hard plastic, but its softer moments suggest something beneath the bravado. Artists like Troye Sivan and Sam Smith are doing such a great job of showing we’re amazing, powerful and talented, but sometimes that doesn’t leave room to explore harder parts of being a queer person.
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