Gross: “When I wrapped my chest for the first time …”

Last June the 28 -year -old Gross has released his fourth album “Virgin” (Read the review here). Now he spoke to the Dazed magazine, very openly of his first exploration of the genre and the moment when his chest was wrapped for the first time.

Different songs of the disc, including “Man of the Year” And “Hammer”speak of its evolution relationship with the genre. Speaking of the first time when the chest was wrapped, experience in the video of “Man of the Year”, He explained: “something really important happened when I wrapped my chest for the first time. I understood something about myself and I felt the presence of a very pure version of myself. At this moment, I feel like it should be. But sometimes I can’t wear female clothes. I had to understand how to make up so as not to feel trapped, close or as if it were the wrong thing.”

The New Zealand singer was sincere about the fact that its genre is becoming “more expansive”, previously he had declared to Rolling Stone that the verse of the song
“Hammer”
present in the new album, which reads
“Some Days I’m a Woman/Some Days I’m a man”
reflects its current mood in terms of gender fluidity.

Speaking with Dazed,
Gross
He said that it was “a whole trip” which, in his opinion, does not have a definitive end. “I am sure that he will continue to unfold, as these things do. He really took me by surprise how much shame I tried: try all this was not easy. Even if I see my friends enter fully their kind, they feel nothing but pride, love, respect and happiness. I only think that it takes time to metabolize and find yourself. I can’t wait to find out where all this will bring, if he ever brings to life.”

He continued again by talking about how the writing of songs was an integral part of that process and how he helped him learn to stay “well with moods that seem too big for me. If I can use this ability, he really helps me. I know I still have a lot to learn. That’s why I have been careful not to take care of spaces that do not belong to me, just to say: ‘This is my experience here”, because I can’t even imagine being trans. world. It’s not a joke, especially now in the United States. I have many friends who are really frightened. But the point where I was still had value for me. My task is to make the expression as truthful as possible “.