Perfume Genius and The Knocks share reimagined version of Bronski Beat’s ‘Smalltown Boy’

Perfume Genius and the Bronski Beat (Image: Camille Vivier; London Records)

London Records has released a reimagined version of Bronski Beat‘s classic 80s hit ‘Smalltown Boy’, reworked by queer musician Perfume Genius and New York-based dance duo The Knocks

The new version of the song features updated production by The Knocks as well as a delicate reinterpretation of the songs vocals by Mike Hadreas, aka Perfume Genius.

Explaining how they approached reworking such timeless song, Ben Ruttner from The Knocks said: “We wanted to really keep it close to the original but just give it a little more of a modern dance floor feel. Perfume Genius already brings such a cool new element to it, so we just wanted to support his voice as much as possible while giving

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