{"id":10890,"date":"2012-08-30T11:31:35","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T11:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=10890"},"modified":"2013-03-21T21:24:29","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T21:24:29","slug":"perfume-genius-porn-addiction-and-edward-scissorhands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2012\/08\/30\/perfume-genius-porn-addiction-and-edward-scissorhands\/","title":{"rendered":"PERFUME GENIUS: Porn, addiction and Edward Scissorhands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perfume Genius<\/a> specialises in stark, eerily intimate confessionals – no wonder his next London gig’s in a church. We sit down to talk to him about addiction, childhood and porn – plus we’re giving away a pair of tickets to his Union Chapel gig, a signed album and Perfume Genius merchandise.<\/p>\n

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Your songs are so intensely personal – do you ever feel like you have to hold something back? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Only when I think about it for too long. I retroactively panic, but it feels very natural to overshare in the moment. And I rarely go back and edit. Usually the more uncomfortable the lyric makes me, the more helpful I find it in the long run. For myself and other people hopefully.<\/p>\n

How do you feel about performing, especially since your songs are so intimate?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was scary at first. I enjoy it a lot more now. I was always scared people were going to laugh. That’s always been my biggest fear even beyond music, that people are going to laugh when I’m being vulnerable and serious. And people have laughed, but so what. Nothing bad happened. For all of those assholes, there are 10 that are gonna hug you.<\/p>\n

We imagine that being so open about yourself means your fans feel like they “know” you more than they would another musician – what are your fans like?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some are as crazy as I am but I’ve met audience members that are vaguely normal! They do exist! I get a lot of important letters from people that are very personal and deep. I try my best to respond. It is definitely the best and most intense part of this whole thing.<\/p>\n