I think it’s still a double-edged sword, obviously, in the sense that there’s very frightening sides of it, especially when you look at the political landscape. I tended to pooh-pooh it on a regular basis and thought it was kind of, you know, below me.
#RETROSPECT PHILLY PLUS#
Yeah, one of the plus sides of this pandemic situation is that before COVID I really had a very negative view of the internet and social media. Released in 2020, “Unfollow the Rules” is Wainwright’s latest studio album, which earned him his second Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. Additionally, Wainwright performs a special program of soundtrack songs called “Rufus at the Movies” and two “Rarities” concerts. “A song a day” turned into 45-minute concerts (no robe, real clothes) for live-streaming concerts platform Veeps, entitled “Rufus-Retro-Wainwright-Spective!” The series continues this year as Wainwright reaches back into his catalog to perform parts of his studio albums “Out of the Game,” “Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets” and “Unfollow the Rules,” along with cover songs.
But since concert halls are still temporarily shut down due to COVID, Wainwright has, like many artists, turned to virtual platforms and even realized their virtues. Nearly a year into the pandemic, Wainwright has found himself doing what, for him, once seemed impossible – embracing the very technology he had adamantly abhorred. The crooner, at the forefront of virtual pandemic performances in March 2020, performed a song a day at his home piano in the Hollywood Hills during his “Quarantunes Robe Recital” series for fans on IGTV. It all started with Rufus Wainwright in his bathrobe.
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