Rufus Wainwright tells NME of his mindset after four months in lockdown. “I seem to keep either encouraging myself or deluding myself that this is all part of the parcel of a brand new scheme of things – whether that’s the world or my career.
I’m both plagued and blessed by this.”It’s been an eventful period, to say the least. On a lesser scale, it forced the acclaimed singer-songwriter to push back the release of ‘Unfollow The Rules’ – his ninth album and first record in the ‘pop’ realm in eight years.
It’s that typical Rufus blend of personal reflection, flamboyance, with a touch of the political. Weighing up his place and role in the world like the rest of us have been, it’s an album that’s taken on new prescience in light of everything.
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