Now, the singer-songwriter has revealed his most personal and ambitious work yet:Heterosexuality.
Isaac Eiger), of the indie-rock outfit Stranger Ranger.
It wasn’t my own money.
Shamir.Marcus Maddox
I didn’t make it I was in kindergarten.
I think it was birthday money.
Amerie was poppin'.
She was the ‘It’ girl.
‘You wanna be on top?’
I very unironically lovePhilosophy of the Worldby the Shaggs.
And she has a great voice."
I’d say probably Frankie Beverly and Maze.
“Before I Let Go” is a quintessential song in a Black American household.
Put it on, and nine times out of 10 everyone’s going to start dancing."
I feel like it’s her shoegaze album, and I love shoegaze.
I don’t know what I would sound like, or what my music would have become.
It’s just incredible."
I can always put it on and it will calm me.
“‘My Generation’ by the Who.
Shamir’s new album,Heterosexuality, is out now.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
