There’s something in it, a vulnerability, a lyrical quality that’s very poetic, and that’s something that’s hard to find.”
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I was quite jaded concerning her, as I am often with a lot of people, but then my friend played me this song and it convinced me that I’m actually pro Miley Cyrus. “I had always poo-pooed Miley Cyrus, I thought it was so ridiculous and that she was trying too hard. I thought it was important to have something relatively contemporary.” Wainwright explains that whilst he was initially sceptical about the former Hannah Montana star, something about “Adore” prompted a rethink. “I wanted to be somewhat 21st Century and give it an honourable mention. He pauses and decides that “Adore” by Miley Cyrus will be the one that doesn’t make the cut.
“Is it ten songs, or was it supposed to be nine? It’s hard to drop one of these.” We talk through all ten and when we finish, I ask which song he wants to drop. In the grand scheme of things, it's a relatively minor one, but for a music obsessive it requires serious thought on his part. “Today is a day of interviews here, tomorrow there’s a French pick of my soul, then a Spanish pick of my soul, then a German one and then finally Polish.” He laughs and says, “So I did something wrong! Because I’m wanted everywhere.”Īs we start to talk through his Nine Songs, Wainwright realises he has a decision to make. Starting with “Grey Gardens”, he described the Herculean venture with his trademark humour, “Let this be part of the antidote to this situation that we’re in.” Wainwright ended up performing sixty songs from his home in Los Angeles, mixing his own compositions with covers, and finishing with Stephen Foster’s “Hard Times Come Again No More” where he was joined by the extended Wainwright clan.īefore lockdown happened, when we meet in London, he’s in high spirits, excited by the limitless possibilities of travel, that unbeknownst to the world, would be put on hold shortly after.
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The tour for his wonderful ninth record Unfollow The Rules - his first pop album since 2012’s Out of the Game, after 2015’s opera Prima Donna, and 2016’s Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets - has been moved to next year, yet Wainwright has simply kept playing.Īs well as being the first artist to perform The Royal Albert Home Series, Wainwright turned his #RobeRecitals series on Instagram, where he would occasionally play a song from his bedroom in his dressing gown, into a daily #Quarantunes series.
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