Perfume Genius is the alias of singer-songwriter Mike Hadreas. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Mike moved to Seattle when he was 6. Growing up, Hadreas was the only openly gay student at his school, and he received death threats that were ignored by the school administration. He dropped out of high school during his senior year. Two years after dropping out, he was attacked by several young men in his neighborhood. He moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and worked as a doorman for a club in the East Village. In 2005, Hadreas returned home to Seattle and began recording music. In 2008, Hadreas set up a MySpace page under the name Perfume Genius, beginning his music career. The moniker comes from the genius perfume-maker in Tom Tykwer’s 2006 movie Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. Mike has released six studio albums - 2010's Learning, 2012's Put Your Back N 2 It, 2014's Too Bright, 2017's No Shape, 2020's Set My Heart On Fire Immediately and his most recent, 2022's Ugly Season, all of which have received praise from music critics. 来自西雅图，原名Mike Hadreas唱作人Perfume Genius年纪不大，却经历了太多。他没法说出来，最后还是求助于钢琴与歌声。他曾说“我用钢琴在做自己的音乐，但一度因为自己的声音而感到难堪，所以我从不唱歌。但就在几年前，在经历了许多独自一人的时光后，我突然觉得有些东西要说，而我的嗓子也不再让我觉得难堪了。”之后，他将自己复杂的过去转变为音乐，用钢琴谱写出了一曲曲让人心碎的诗篇。