Perfume Genius has shared a moody and eerie cover of Gloria Gaynor’s disco classic ‘I Will Survive’.Sharing the cover via his newsletter, Perfume Genius – real name Mike Hadreas – said he had recorded his version of the song at home, and had intended it for a commercial pitch.“I recorded this at home for a commercial pitch, but they didn’t give me the money,” Hadreas wrote.“I suppose the cover is a little deathbed-y, I was very serious that day, but i like how it turned out.
In particular the last moment… i might stretch that in to something new.”Hadreas also shared a video to accompany the cover, writing that he “ended up with an old bowflex commercial and forest fire footage that [he] spliced together.”Listen to his cover below:Earlier.
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