Queer the Music with Jake Shears

Why Tom Rasmussen Believes Being Different Is an Enviable Position | Queer the Music with Jake Shears

September 22, 2026·1h 1m
Episode Description from the Publisher

Jake Shears is joined by artist, songwriter and performer Tom Rasmussen for a wide-ranging conversation on music, identity and finding freedom through creativity. Together, they look back on Tom’s journey from growing up in Lancashire to finding queer community through drag, as well as the artists who shaped them along the way, from Madonna and Celine Dion to Goldfrapp and Bronski Beat.The episode also looks ahead to Tom’s new album, Make a Fist, a bold electronic record centred on visibility, desire, resistance and self-expression. Tom reflects on the experiences that shaped the record, the evolution of their identity as a performer, and why being different can be an enviable position. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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