Local delicate pop-maker Perfume Genius has teamed up with W Hotels to release a rework of the No Shape closing track “Alan.” Proceeds from the gorgeous stripped-down song will go towards Immigration Equality, a nonprofit organization supporting immigrants by providing free legal services for LGBTQ and HIV-positive individuals seeking asylum in America.
“It’s a hugely important cause to me, especially now,” says Mike Hadreas. “Like many generations before us, we still have many challenges facing us here in America, but also around the world. In over 80 countries being LGBTQ is still criminalized. It is vital that we as a nation and as a global community continue to fiercely support those that keep us moving forward. Everyone deserves a chance to be safe and free. It is a human right.”
Hadreas is the second artist to release music through W Hotels’ new music initiative W Records. The label’s goal is to support artists “through every step of development, providing recording space, video shoot locations, mixing and mastering and finally, distribution of the new sound via live performances, streaming and vinyl production.”
Listen to “Alan (Rework)” and watch Perfume Genius’ 2017 KEXP in-studio performance below.
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