Jake Shears has launched his new podcast Queer The Music with Self Esteem, Olly Alexander, Peaches and extra.
Queer The Music is in affiliation with Mercury Studios and can discover the LGBTQ+ anthems which have dominated dancefloors and helped shift politics, notion, and common tradition. All through the primary sequence, the Scissor Sisters frontman speaks to trailblazing queer artists and allies concerning the tales behind one game-changing document every week.
The primary two episodes can be found to stream and watch on YouTube. Episode one options the late Sylvester’s longtime collaborator Jeanie Tracy – and his biographer Josh Gamson – with the episode centered on his iconic 70s monitor ‘You Make Me Really feel (Mighty Actual)’.
Episode two options Shears and Cabaret at The Equipment Kat Membership castmate Self Esteem in dialogue on anti-patriarchy modern-classic ‘I Do This All The Time’, additionally shining a highlight on the nonetheless under-represented experiences of queer ladies within the mainstream.
Different upcoming friends embrace Olly Alexander, Peaches, King Princess, Rufus Wainwright and Pores and skin, with extra names to be revealed quickly.
“I’m thrilled to be internet hosting Queer The Music which celebrates vital LGBTQ+ artists and the anthems which have soundtracked queer lives,” mentioned Shears in a press launch.
“I’ve at all times tried my finest to be unashamedly myself and am grateful that myself and Scissor Sisters have usually been credited as queer trailblazers. Effectively, there have been lots of people that did that earlier than me and there might be lots of people to do it after me,” he added. “I’m desirous to shine a light-weight on these artists who’ve fought numerous prejudices, to listen to their tales and to be taught the finer particulars about how the songs had been made.”
He continued: “I’ll be exploring the thought of queer music. Is it a label meant to field us in? Is it one thing you’ll be able to willingly create? Does it even exist within the first place? What I do know is that folks within the LGBTQ+ group have been making unbelievable common music for many years. I’m excited to search out out about how the method and response to it has modified: I feel it’s vital to start to speak about what this lineage and legacy is, and begin to determine how, as LGBTQ+ artists, we match into it collectively.”
CEO of Mercury Studios, Alice Webb, added: “Who higher to inform these vital tales than the gifted and pioneering Jake Shears. We’re delighted to be collaborating with him on this genre-hopping podcast sequence that finds the unbelievable songs and artists who pushed the boundaries of music and acceptance.”
In different information, final yr Shears joined Rufus Wainwright throughout his carried out at London’s Royal Albert Corridor for a duet.