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Perfume Genius on His New Album ‘Glory’ and His ‘Sense Of Duty’ to Queer Community
Perfume Genius reflects on the collaborative process surrounding his album "Glory" and how he has always felt a sense of duty to the queer community.
When singer-songwriter Mike Hadreas sits down with his therapist, he admits that he often doesn’t know where to begin with his feelings — which might not be surprising for an artist who, over the course of six albums and 15 years, has worked primarily by himself. But for his latest effort, “Glory,” Hadreas — known in the music world as Perfume Genius — opened up his voice and emotions, as well as his recording process, in what has been described as his first “band” album, featuring artists like Aldous Harding alongside his longtime collaborators Blake Mills and Alan Wyffels. Both characters in each song are specific people that aren’t named Jason, but they’re kind of a similar archetype of dynamics I’ve been in with men that are more withheld or traditionally masculine or straight.
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