Queer indie chanteur Django James delivers his songs like whispered confessions and shouted defiance, each syllable heavy with longing, wrapped in raw, unshaken urgency. His voice quivers and commands, moving between hushed intimacy and theatrical grandeur, always teetering on the edge of something both tender and torrential. Channeling the opulence of glam and the elegance of classic songwriting, James pens stories told in neon flickers and sleepless desperation, unraveling with every breath.
Though his voice be tender, his music bursts forth bold and unbowed, restless as a fire flickering against the wind. His lyrics spill like ink smudged by trembling hands, scrawled in the margins of a letter never sent, confessions whispered too late or too loud. They ache with longing but bristle with defiance, a love song sung with clenched teeth, a plea tangled in the wreckage of desire. Comparisons to Rufus Wainwright, The Divine Comedy and Perfume Genius scratch at the surface, but they fail to contain his essence. Django James sets fire to expectation and watches as the embers rise, daring the world to look away; an Oscar Wilde for the 21st century.
Now, Django James unfurls Like You, a song that smoulders with sorrow and seethes with survival, a hymn to love gone rancid and the scars it leaves behind. Strings stretch like old wounds, vocals spill like salt over open skin, and the chorus rises…not in triumph, but like a breath held too long, a confession forced from trembling lips.
The melody moves with deceptive grace, smooth as silk sliding over a bruise, soft as steam whispering from a porcelain cup. It soothes, seduces, lulls like the lullabies of lovers who take more than they give. But beneath the sweetness, the lyrics bite back, unraveling the illusion, exposing the rot. It’s a song built on the wreckage of affection turned cruel, a ghost of what was promised and what was taken instead. Django James sifts through the ashes of love, searching for something still worth holding onto.
Listen below:
Like You is from James’s upcoming debut album, Good Boy.
Listen to Like You below:
Follow Django James:
Or via: