The song "Damsel In Distress" is available for streaming and download along with an official companion video, created by award-winning animator Josh Shaffner and is streaming HERE.
"'Damsel In Distress' is an homage to Joni Mitchell in some ways," says Wainwright, "particularly the structure. My husband and I now live in Laurel Canyon. I wasn't that familiar with Joni's music but Jörn became obsessed and took me on a journey into her music. We ended up hanging out with her and I get now why she's one of the greats. So it's part Laurel Canyon, part a song about a personal relationship that I'm trying to come to terms with, but mostly my Mitchell virginity being broken."
Wainwright's ninth studio LP and first new pop album since 2012, UNFOLLOW THE RULES was produced by Mitchell Froom (Crowded House, Paul McCartney, Richard Thompson, Suzanne Vega, Randy Newman) at a variety of legendary Los Angeles studios - including Sound City Studios, United Recording, and EastWest Studios.
"What I would like this album to symbolize is a coming together of all the aspects of my life which have made me a seasoned artist," says Wainwright. "My aim is to emulate the greats of yore whose second acts produced their finest work - Leonard Cohen when he made THE FUTURE, when Sinatra became Sinatra in his 40s, when Paul Simon put out GRACELAND. Pop music isn't always about your waistline. Many songwriters improve with age. I'm flying the flag for staying alive!"
UNFOLLOW THE RULES was preceded late last year by the first single, "Trouble In Paradise," available now at all DSPs and streaming services HERE. The track arrived alongside a gender-blurring companion video, directed by award-winning Canadian photographer and filmmaker Mia Donovan and streaming now via YouTube.
The album has already been met with remarkable praise from some of Wainwright's friends, fans, and fellow artists. "This is pop music on a grand scale; sweeping, symphonic, unabashedly emotional and fearlessly agnostic in style and delivery," says Sting, while Cyndi Lauper described the album as "Rufus' PET SOUNDS. It sounds like a culmination of everything he has done. It's a great album, catchy and intelligent."
Wainwright is currently working on a number of films, podcasts and musical projects and lives in Los Angeles with husband Jörn Weisbrodt and shares custody for his daughter Viva with her mother Lorca Cohen.
APRIL
19 - North Charleston, SC - High Water Festival
24 - Bremen, Germany - Jazzahead Festival
25 - Bourges, France - Festival de Printemps de Bourges
27 - London, United Kingdom - Islington Assembly Hall (Two shows)
24 - Bremen, Germany - Jazzahead Festival
25 - Bourges, France - Festival de Printemps de Bourges
27 - London, United Kingdom - Islington Assembly Hall (Two shows)
MAY
1 - New York, NY - City Winery
2 - Huntington, NY - Paramount Theatre
3 - New York, NY - City Winery, NY
8 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
9 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour (Two shows)
11 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up
17 - Guadalajara, Mexico - Corona Capital
30 - Kværndrup, Denmark - Heartland Festival
3 - New York, NY - City Winery, NY
8 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
9 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour (Two shows)
11 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up
17 - Guadalajara, Mexico - Corona Capital
30 - Kværndrup, Denmark - Heartland Festival
JUNE
2 - Istanbul, Turkey - Zorlu PAC Jazz Festival
JULY
4 - Caldas De Reis, Spain - PortAmérica
5 - Madrid, Spain - Noches del Botanico
7 - Oeiras Valley, Portugal - Festival Jardins do Marques
14 - La Rochelle, France - Francofolies Festival
18 - Echternach, Luxembourg - Echterlive
AUGUST
1 - Glasgow, UK - Kelvingrove Park
2 - Co Waterford, Ireland - All Together Now
2 - Co Waterford, Ireland - All Together Now
NOVEMBER
6 - Paris, France @Grand Rex
6 - Paris, France @Grand Rex
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