Dressed Like Boys rufe video ga sabon singa ‘Pinnacles’ Self-titled debut album a yanzu

Jelle Denturck ne frontman na Belgian indie band DIRK., yana samar da kyau yawan gwiwar da kuma daidaita da yawa daban-daban hits a gida da kuma Netherlands. Dressed Like Boys ne na farko soloprojects, da kuma matsaloli na lokacin da Denturck ya sani wani matsaloli a cikin rayuwa. Daga lokacin da yake na self-reflection, da kuma ta self-acceptance na zama gay mutum, Denturck ya sa mai ban mamaki da kyau self-titled debut album, wanda ya zama a yanzu.

Ta yaya da sha'awa ga matsaloli kamar yadda "Nai zan zama?", zamani dalibai fasaha dalibai Denturck ya faruwa: "Tare da sha'awar da abin da na zama, ina ba tare da tsanani da tsanani cewa na zama. Yawo ne mai ban sha'awar da cikakken san cewa kowace rana ne mai ban sha'awar." A lokacin da haka, da yawa na sabon music da aka buga da kuma Denturck ya samu wani sabon music palette na shi. "Ironically, mafi yawan mutane za a haɗa da ni tare da DIRK., amma shi ne a nan da gaskiya, da spinoff. A cikin al'ada na band, na rufe da wani nau'i da kuma yana da wani demo. Kuma na san cewa na'ura mai ban sha'

Dangane da matsalolinsa, Denturck ya kafa hoto masu zaman kansu kamar Healing, Pinnacles and Gregor Samsa: daga gane-gane na gine-gine na gida ("ma kuma wani golden cage") zuwa ƙaunarsa bayan da suka wuce da maza 7 shekaru da suka wuce. "I'm one of those people who only realize much later how low they felt. I only realized 2 years ago, when the sun was starting to shine in my life again." The album's inevitable main theme is homosexuality, and Denturck's coming to terms with being gay. "It is one thing to accept yourself, it is another to realize that you don't need the acceptance of the world." A very personal song is Pride, game da Denturck da ra'ayoyinsa da aka haƙƙoƙi daban-daban a cikin jima'i. Other songs are about queer history in general, like Stonewall Riots Forever (dalla ya sami sunan ‘Dressed Like Boys’ daga) da Agony Street, game da jima'i na Faransa writers Rimbaud da Verlaine. "Nai ba za a yi kira wani activist, amma idan na iya yi da wani abu ga jima'i ta hanyar music, sa'an nan, amma za ku zama mai ban sha'awa a farko. Na so ka yi da abubuwa. Babu abubuwa. Wannan shi ne mahimmanci a cikin rayuwa."

Sa'an lokacin da ya sa demo, Denturck yana da matsala cewa shi ne kawai haɓaka game da. Ironically, wannan lokaci da label ya san cewa su son mafi kyau fiye da sa'o'i a 'm studio tare da mafi kyau masu kwarewa'. Bugu da abin da ya yi da demo ne mafi musamman, Denturck ya kafa shi ne mai ban mamaki da kuma musamman alama na sa'o'i da songs. Duk da haka za su kafa sa'o'i na dukan album, a kan demo da kuma tare da aikace-aikace don samar da kowane song na musamman a cikin sa'o'i. Denturck ya zo a dukan Belgium domin kyau buffet piano, ya sa lyrics na Our Part of Town aikace-aikace a cikin iPhone a lokacin da tafiya a gida, birds a gundumar, da wani shigar da rubutu da aka rubuta ta amfani da headsets ba tare da microphone. "Dance mafi mu aiki kamar wannan, mafi kyau shi ya zama. Kuma na son mafi kyau tare da matsaloli, musamman saboda na san cewa wannan shi ne wani sauti na ba za ku ji a Birtaniya har yanzu. Yanzu kowane mutum zai iya ce ni: dude, wannan shi ne mafi kyau sauti na kowace - na son m, na so."

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