“Learning” was an apt title for Tacoma, Wash. artist Mike Hadreas’ 2010 debut disc as Perfume Genius, a moniker he used to post his music on MySpace. He had just exited rehab, and was trying to make ...

Mike Hadreas had already lived a lot of life before he became Perfume Genius. Growing up, he struggled with Crohn's disease, and the cruelty of homophobic bullies in high school. He witnessed domestic ...

With a crooning and dramatic voice that reverberates like Arcade Fire’s Win Butler's and retains the drama of David Bowie, it is no wonder that Perfume Genius’ Mike Hadreas is the androgynous ...