Perfume Genius Faces His Fears

A Deeper Listen
Hosted by Emily Fox

Mike Hadreas of Perfume Genius talks about how his fears, fantasies, and reflections on gay lust and love show up on Glory.

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Mike Hadreas of Perfume Genius talks with Emily Fox about how his inner fears, struggles with mental health, paranoid fantasies, and reflections on gay lust and love show up on his latest album, Glory.

“I think I was just really afraid and I felt really tender and mortal and the world felt really fragile and scary and I couldn't figure out how to move through it very well,” Hadreas says speaking writing through depression. "And I didn't really know how to hold all of these things that I was feeling and move towards getting out of my head. I was just kind of stuck.”

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