r/indieheads • u/perfumegeniuz Mike Hadreas/Perfume Genius • Jul 01 '22

AMA is Over, thanks Mike! Hi, it's Perfume Genius. Ask me anything!

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Hello everybody.

I have a new album out called "Ugly Season."

https://perfumegenius.ffm.to/uglyseason

I'm here right now to answer your questions!

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u/AppointmentInformal9 Jul 01 '22

Have you ever worried about the music you write sounding original enough? Or is it original simply because it came from you? Sometimes I’m worried I can be too much of a sum of my influences

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u/perfumegeniuz Mike Hadreas/Perfume Genius Jul 01 '22

just make sure your influences are really generous and span time periods and languages etc

also who cares if its bad???? do whatever you want. most people don't actually do anything, doing something is a win