Her childhood home is a balm for the singer, who, after the challenge of a social-media furore, is marking three decades in music with a string of sold-out concerts
To DJ Koze’s warped soul and dub techno, Murphy examines unrequited love and the ecstasy of being seen for who you are – a theme that jars with her recent comments about trans kids
Was he left in a forest? Does he compose in a monastery? Is he terrified of crowds? Our writer tries to sort fact from wild fiction in conversation with the elusive German bangermeister