Don't it hurt so much? No, I can never give it up. And I saw it reflected back at me sort of in the songs, and I was like, OK, yeah - sort of a voyage of discovery through sex, almost (laughter).ĪLEXANDER: (Singing) Under a velvet sky, two hearts were lost, running wild. I was kind of blundering in and out of romantic dalliances, let's say, and not really knowing what I wanted or trying to figure that stuff out. SIMON: I notice you say hookups and not love or romance.ĪLEXANDER: Oh, what does that say about me (laughter)?ĪLEXANDER: Well, for me, the kind of few years that I was sort of focusing on, like, writing this album, I was single. So I kind of fell back in love with dance music and, you know, wanted to write songs about hookups and going out and just liberation of the dance floor. I live alone, and all I wanted to listen to was dance music, stuff that made my body move and made me feel good in this, like, very visceral way. Well, a lot of the album came from the lockdown period when I was just, like a lot of people, spending a lot of time by myself in isolation. SIMON: A lot of this album feels like you just got out of lockdown and started dancing. Olly Alexander joins us now from London.ĪLEXANDER: Thank you so much for having me. Now he has a solo project, still under the band's name, and has released his debut album, "Night Call." It is a cocktail of lust, love, pride and self-discovery. SIMON: The English pop star has been the front man of Years & Years for more than a decade and released many hits with that band. Man of my dreams, tell me where are you, where are you now? Sweet-talker. You made me believe every lie was a beautiful sound. OLLY ALEXANDER: (Singing) You're such a sweet-talker.
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