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Perfume Genius On World Cafe
Megan Thee Stallion performs Jan. 30, 2020, in Miami, Florida. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for EA Sports Bowl hide caption
Charli XCX. Her latest release, How I'm Feeling Now, tops our list of the best new albums out on May 15. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Mike Hadreas of Perfume Genius. Gilles Laurent/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Raveena, M. Ward, Torres, Perfume Genius, Waxahatchee, Phoebe Bridgers Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Phoebe Bridgers (center) and Matt Berninger (second from right) teamed up to record "Walking on a String," one of the best songs of October. Chloe Brewer/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Mike Hadreas of Perfume Genius performs in 2017 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Kieran Frost/Redferns) Kieran Frost/Getty Images hide caption
Mary Margaret O'Hara gained critical acclaim and a cult following with her 1988 album Miss America; last year, Perfume Genius' Mike Hadreas invited her to perform at the Dutch festival Le Guess Who? Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images hide caption
Hurray for the Riff Raff Sarrah Danziger/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
NPR Music's top five albums of the year. (Clockwise from upper left) Process by Sampha, DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar, Melodrama by Lorde, Crtl by SZA and Capacity by Big Thief. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Perfume Genius performs at NPR's Tiny Desk on May 15, 2017. (Raquel Zaldivar/NPR) Raquel Zaldivar/NPR hide caption
Eight years into his relationship, Perfume Genius' Mike Hadreas says, "it still doesn't feel intuitive. It always feels sort of strange and almost mystical." Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Mike Hadreas writes and records as Perfume Genius. His latest album, out May 5, is No Shape. Burak Cingi/Redferns via Getty Images hide caption
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Clockwise from upper left: Sufjan Stevens with James McCalister, Perfume Genius, Gorillaz, The Family Crest Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Perfume Genius' new album, No Shape, comes out May 5. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Perfume Genius, 'Slip Away'
Perfume Genius performs live on KEXP. Morgen Schuler/KEXP hide caption
Perfume Genius' new album, Too Bright, comes out Sept. 23. Luke Gilford/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Too Bright
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