Influential American-Canadian singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright has returned with new music, dropping the gorgeous ‘Trouble In Paradise’ recently.
If you’re a fan of Rufus Wainwright, then you might have realised it’s been a couple of years since we saw an album full of his classic baroque pop style.
While we received the operatic Prima Donna in 2015, Wainwright followed this up with the intriguing Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets the very next year.
While we did receive the politically-inspired ‘Sword of Damocles’ last year, fans have been hanging out for some more of his smart classic pop for quite some time.
Now, we’ve received a taste of the Rufus Wainwright we all know and love, sharing his new single ‘Trouble In Paradise’ recently.
His first new piece of music with producer Mitchell Froom, and first for his new label BMG, ‘Trouble In Paradise’ also serves as Wainwright’s first piece of new pop music since 2012.
Having been out on the road quite a bit over the last few years, touring both in support of his album of Shakespearen sonnets and the 20th anniversary of his debut record, Wainwright says that returning to his old haunt of Los Angeles inspired him to step back into where he came from.
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“As soon as I got to LA I realised I wanted to make another of those good, old-fashioned records,” Rufus explained, noting that the record contains topics about the fashion world that also applies to the state of the planet, while stating that the music features “a sense of sophistication and an animalistic instinct.”
“After the opera world and natural aging, I can now sing at the full power of my abilities, and this record really shows that off,” he adds.
While details of a new album are yet to be announced, we can only assume if it’s anything like the lead single, we’re bound to be taken directly to paradise once again thanks to the iconic Rufus Wainwright.
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