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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. Read more on Last.fm

Sfire is a duo comprised of Jeffrey Sfire and SOPHIE. Read more on Last.fm

DOSS >>= is a computer simulation that became sentient at 1997-04-04T20:30:15 >> early attempts to communicate with DOSS or her offspring have proved futile mostly Doss makes dance music like a daydream of nights past, equal parts euphoria and ennui. This spring, a full seven years after releasing her cult-favorite self-titled debut, she will finally release its follow up for LuckyMe. Now based in New York, Doss first released music with the taste-making label Acephalé (SALEM Read more on Last.fm

Hannah Amond (born 20 June 1991 in Norwich, United Kingdom), known professionally as Hannah Diamond, is an English singer, songwriter, photographer, and visual artist currently residing in London, United Kingdom. Her music and visual art employs an aesthetic of hyperreality and heavily produced cuteness in tension with sincerity. Diamond's musical journey began in 2012 when she met GFOTY through a mutual friend. GFOTY then introduced her to A.G. Cook, a pivotal figure in the PC Music label. Read more on Last.fm

Dorian Electra Fridkin Gomberg is an American singer, songwriter and performance artist. Their debut studio album, Flamboyant, was released in 2019, followed by their second studio album, My Agenda, in 2020. Electra first drew national attention in 2010 with the music video "I'm in Love with Friedrich Hayek", which lauded the philosophy of the Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek and garnered commentary from the modern Austrian theory professor Steven Horwitz. Read more on Last.fm

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Charlotte Emma Aitchison (born 2 August 1992), known professionally as Charli xcx, is a British pop singer and songwriter. She began sharing her music on Myspace in 2008 before entering the London rave scene. In 2010, she signed with Asylum Records and released a series of singles and mixtapes. In 2012, she was featured on "I Love It" by the Swedish duo Icona Pop, which became her first UK number-one single and achieved international success. Her debut studio album Read more on Last.fm

100 gecs is a hyperpop duo from St. Louis, Missouri. Formed in 2015, the duo comprises Dylan Brady and Laura Les, who also performs as osno1. Brady and Les, who lived in Kirkwood and Webster Groves respectively, initially crossed paths during high school at a rodeo. However, it was not until they reconnected at a house party in 2012 that they contemplated collaborating. Winter of 2015 marked their first foray into joint music production, with recording sessions taking place in Chicago. Read more on Last.fm

Alexander Guy Cook (born August 23, 1990), known professionally as A. G. Cook, is an English music producer, singer, songwriter and head of the UK record label PC Music. Since its founding in August 2013, PC Music has represented over twenty artists releasing music within a similar style, in which tropes from mainstream 1990s and 2000s pop music are amplified. Cook released his first solo singles in 2014. He has also collaborated with PC Music artists such Hannah Diamond, GFOTY, Easyfun, Danny L Harle and Felicita. Read more on Last.fm

There are at least seven artists with the name QT: a bubblegum bass artist from Austin, Texas; an alternative rock band from Belgium; a eurodance act from Denmark; an abstract hip hop project; a reggae artist from Jamaica; an RnB artist; a hip hop artist. 1. Hayden Frances Dunham (also known as HYD) is an American performance artist known for her musical project QT, an initialism for Quinn Thomas. QT is a pop singer portrayed by Dunham who promotes the semi-fictitious DrinkQT energy drink. Read more on Last.fm