Years & Years' Olly Alexander On Going Solo And 'It's A Sin'
Alexander never ‘came out’ as gay, though was advised to hide his sexuality: instead, their first single ‘Real’ called the love interest a ‘boy’, waiting for a journalist to ask. Years & Years’ first album, Communion, is filled with ’80s-inspired dance melodies about anguished love and power imbalances that feel good in their pain ( “I was a King under your control”) — turning queer shame into something you can sweat out. Palo Santo kept the queer self-flagellation theme up. Lead single ‘Santfiy’ even included a reference to a queer literature classic, Andrew Holl...
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