Queer singer/songwriter Michael Hadreas, better known by his stage name Perfume Genius, has a new music video out “On The Floor”. Hadreas always wears his heart on his sleeve and his music explores topics including sexuality, his personal struggle with Crohn’s disease, domestic abuse, and the dangers faced by gay men in contemporary society.
Talking to the NY Times this weekend “I have this feeling that I’m turning in any direction and I want to kind of shed everything, like almost everything. But I want to keep the good stuff,” he said. “Or if it was bad, put it to rest in a warm way and send it off, you know what I mean?”
Check On The Floor out : it’s quite beautiful
Before violinist and vocalist Edmund Bagnell became one of the members of Well Strung the gay string quartet ‘boy band” known for fusing classical music with modern pop music, he had a very successful career in Off-Broadway and National Tours of Musicals. Now embarked on a solo career he has just released a impressie and haunting version of ‘No One Is Alone’ from Sondheim’s ‘Into The Woods‘
Queerguru once spent a couple of summers as Bagnell’s neighbor in Provincetown, but we couldn’t possibly comment if indeed he was ‘alone’.
From Arca’s third Album released in 2017 comes Nonbinary. This Venezuelan record singer/songwriter and performance artist has produced an experimental club heater that celebrates all of her multidimensionality
Love Simon actor and musician Kelyan Lonsdale releases the second “Gay Street Fighter’ from his upcoming debut album. Though Lonsdale takes on a warrior-like persona on the song, he still doesn’t shy away from being playful and silly; on the track’s outro, he victoriously declares that everyone is gay — even God.
Last, but far from least, is ALONE TIME a new track from Rufus Wainwright’s latest album UNFOLLOW THE RULES that is being released on July 10th. Covid 19 allowing Wainwright is planning an extensive Tour in the Fall check out : https://rufuswainwright.com/tour/
Labels: 2020, queer music
