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Perfume Genius' New 'Die 4 You' Video is an Iconic Display of Queer Sensuality

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The visual arrives as Perfume Genius prepares to embark on his No Shape album tour.

Perfume Genius shared today the second video off his newly released album, No Shape, which has turned out to be some of his strongest work to date. "Die 4 You" explores queer sexuality in an appropriately artistic, avant-garde manner that few other artists can pull off as successfully as frontman Mike Hadreas.

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The visual sees Hadreas dancing disjointedly in and around a chair, dressed in some gorgeous Palomo Spain--the same look he wore on Colbert--and eventually floating through the air with a chair (a la Harry Styles). Meanwhile, a sculptural object that at first appears to be an orgy of muscular, marble-like figures is writhing around a few yards away. As it turns out, the piece was created by Rosa Verloop, whose other work looks something like this:

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In our recent interview with Hadreas, he spoke about his new approach to art: "I'm no longer interested in convincing people or trying to explain things to them," he says. "I feel more passionate about building up people who are already on my side."

The "Die 4 You" video comes as Hadreas prepares to embark on his No Shape album tour, which begins tomorrow in Detroit. Watch, below.

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