But with his electric live performances and sexy yet not “grown ‘n sexy” love songs, he also became the millennial generation’s Prince. With the release of 2012’s shimmering, critically acclaimed Kaleidoscope Dream-which spawned the Kendrick Lamar-featuring “How Many Drinks?” and the hazy, blissed-out “Do You…”-Miguel was at the forefront of aRtsy&B conversations. Then again, they’ve been sweating him since 2010, when his buttery voice pled “All I Want Is You” over a spaghetti-Western guitar. Miguel has had people panting for Wildheart, his third album, since he released a three-song teaser in December. “I was saying, ‘This is how the world wants to see you.’ We’ve all been programmed: we are not individuals we can be herded and lumped all together. “The idea was symbolic,” the singer confirms over the phone a week later. Starting to panic, I rip it off, but maybe that was the point of the exercise. What’s not righteous is this fucking mask, which, along with a fog machine puffing weird-smelling smoke up my white dress, is making me sweaty and claustrophobic.
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