Olly Alexander announces new album Polari along with single ‘Cupid’s Bow’
Olly Alexander (Image: Polydor)
Olly Alexander has announced his upcoming new album Polari and shared its lead single, the pounding banger ‘Cupid’s Bow’.
Taking it’s name from the coded language previously used by gay men – which itself originated from the Romani community in the 1600s – the record is Alexander’s first album to be released under his own name. He previously put out music with the band Years & Years.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Alexander said he first came across the word Polari when he was 15, shortly after coming out.
“I’ve always loved songs that play with hidden meanings, symbols and subtext” – Olly Alexander
“I knew it was some kind of ‘lost gay language’ but I didn’t take too much interest in
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