Singing Guide: Perfume Genius
Vocal technique, exercises, tips and relevant resources
Perfume Genius, also known as Mike Hadreas, is a unique singer known for his emotive and vulnerable performances. To learn how to sing like Perfume Genius, there are a few key techniques to keep in mind.
- First and foremost, try to focus on breath support and control. Hadreas sings with a delicate yet powerful falsetto, and proper breath control is essential to achieve this. Singing Carrots offers plenty of resources to help with this including breathing basics and breath support articles.
- Next, try to incorporate Hadreas’s unique vocal timbre which he achieves through a mix of falsetto singing and occasional use of chest voice. For this, it's essential to learn how to identify and control your different voice registers. Some useful resources on this include voice registers & vocal break and chest voice explained video.
- Also, learn how to articulate your notes clearly. Hadreas's singing style is characterized by clear articulation of each sound and word. For this, Singing Carrots provides a great articulation article and the finger bite exercise.
- Finally, to imbue your singing performances with a feeling that hadreas brings to his music, focus on singing with intuition, skills, emotion, and thinking. The Singing with intuition, skills, emotion, and thinking article can help you with this.
When you feel ready, choose a Perfume Genius song and start practicing. Some great examples to start with include "Queen", "Fool" and "Slip Away". You can also find Perfume Genius's vocal range on the artists page of Singing Carrots and find songs based on your vocal range using the search songs tool.
Incorporate Singing Carrots resources such as vocal pitch monitor, pitch training, and vocal range test to monitor your progress.
Through consistent practice and implementing these techniques, you can learn to sing like Perfume Genius.