James Franco has already checked off movie star, scholar, Broadway thespian, teacher, director, author, playwright, and Oscar host off his bucket list, so why stop there?
The almost annoyingly busy renaissance man is now coming out with an album, of course. The band is called Daddy, and in typical James Franco fashion, instead of pop beats and silly unrequited love stories, we get lyrics like, “The love life of the octopus, groping and grabbing.”
And even truer to form, there’s this heady explanation:
“[Daddy goes] beyond the ‘art of sampling’ into the act of appropriation. Not just appropriating a genre of music, but the moments it inhabits, and the characters that embody it.”
Franco, along with Daddy co-creator Tim O’Keefe, also enlisted the help of original Smiths bassist Andy Rourke for their Smiths-esque post-punk sound, and were audacious enough to release a debut single called “This Charming Man.”
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Which would all be easy to shake your head at, except it’s actually quite good. Give a listen below:
QJ201
Music good, vocals…so processed.
stranded
Mr. Tracer, you and I have a different definition of “good.”
Stache99
Not bad. Of coarse when you bring in A list talent that’s probably the bigger story. Add a celebrity to your band for attention and presto.
boring
Worked for Johnny Depp in P.
Stache99
I love it. Every actor with an over sized ego seems to feel it’s only natural to be a rock star too.
Large Marge
James is quite prolific in his ‘art’. Whether you like it or not, he’s very active. Moreso, he’s lucky to have the options to do what he wants, not what he has to.
I can’t sing a lick and I’d put out an album if I could afford it… why.. just because I could. So what if it’s auto-tuned?
I imagine it’s more of a ‘hey, that could be fun’ than ‘I’m gonna be a SUPA-STAR!’. It’s like a hobby.
jason smeds
If Britney Spears and Taylor Swift can have number 1 hits, why can’t James Franco?
I doubt he will, though. Gay men who purchase music tend to like estrogen rather than testosterone.
Saint Law
@jason smeds: The men you’re attracted to will never sleep with you. Get over it.
stranded
@Saint Law: lmao! Burn!