NME can exclusively share the trailer for short film Hideous, a horror musical starring The xx bandmates Oliver Sim and Jamie xx.Directed by Yann Gonzalez (Knife+Heart, Islands), Hideous is described as an avant-garde three-part musical about growing up as a queer boy living with HIV.In the short, Sim stars as the main guest of a talk show which slides into a surreal journey of love, blood and homage to some of the singer’s favourite horror films.
The short also features songs from Sim’s upcoming debut solo album ‘Hideous Bastard’, which he has previewed with singles ‘Hideous’, ‘Fruit’, ‘Romance With A Memory’ and ‘GMT’.Jimmy Somerville stars in the short as The Guardian Angel with drag queen Bimini as The Queen Of Doom.
Jamie xx, who has produced Sim’s debut album, also features as The Sound Guy, alongside Fehinti Balogun, César Vicente and Kate Moran.The trailer features footage from Sim’s music video for ‘Hideous’, released in May.
Speaking about the track, Sim said: “Early on in the making of my record, ‘Hideous Bastard’, I realised that I was writing a lot about fear and shame.
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