But Perfume Genius has been thinking about death lately, and he sounds lighter than ever. Now established as a musician after ...

When singer-songwriter Mike Hadreas sits down with his therapist, he admits that he often doesn’t know where to begin with ...

From ’Learning’ to ’Glory,’ Mike Hadreas reveals the background behind all of his Perfume Genius album covers.

The new Perfume Genius album, Glory, marks something of a transition for Mike Hadreas: He invited the members of his backing ...

Mike Hadreas has come a long way from his lo-fi roots.

Mike Hadreas, the force behind Perfume Genius, has spent his life navigating the torments of his physical being to create ...

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It has been five long years since the last Perfume Genius album. (This isn’t counting 2022’s Ugly Season, which collected work originally composed as accompaniment for Kate Wallich’s contemporary ...

Though his vision has evolved from microwaved paper towels and found-photograph collage into high fashion photography and surrealist soap opera-styled music videos over the years, Mike Hadreas’ ...

Mike Hadreas is facing mortality with his head held high. On the seventh Perfume Genius record Glory, the Iowa-born songwriter is finding new ways to reckon with beauty, chaos, and vulnerability, he ...

Mike Hadreas has just started his run of live shows supporting his latest Perfume Genius album Glory. Last Thursday, the eve of the record’s release, he debuted a bunch of Glory songs at London’s ...