For Perfume Genius, getting sober at 25 helped unlock his creativity
In a Q interview, the singer-songwriter opens up about his latest album, Glory
Mike Hadreas, better known as Perfume Genius, has been making music since 2010, when he released his debut album, Learning. Since then, he's become known for writing vulnerable songs that still feel incredibly powerful and danceable. While the cliché is that artists make their best work when they're struggling — or even under the influence of drugs or alcohol — that was not the case at all for Perfume Genius. He joins Tom Power to chat about his new album, Glory, which he says feels like a "culmination" of everything he's learned in the years since he got sober in his mid-20s and started making music.
The full interview with Perfume Genius is available on our podcast, Q with Tom Power. Listen and follow wherever you get your podcasts.
Interview with Perfume Genius produced by Lise Hosein.