Savage Garden’s Darren Hayes reveals his American record label told him ‘he looked gay’ in a music video and refused to promote his album
Savage Garden frontman Darren Hayes has revealed his American record company once told him he ‘looked gay’ in one of his music videos.
The singer, 49, told the Herald Sun on Wednesday his U.S. label dropped all support for his debut solo album, Spin, after they saw the video for its first single, Insatiable.
‘It came from the top in New York and the message was, “He looks gay when he moves, so we have to reshoot that video, and don’t let him dance… we don’t know what to do with this,”‘ Hayes said.
Revealing: Savage Garden frontman Darren Hayes (pictured in October 2007) has revealed his American record company once told him he ‘looked gay’ in one of his music videos
‘It was heartbreaking. I was sent off to the UK, where the album was huge, and that gave me a career in Europe. But my career in Australia was effectively stopped, too,’ he added.
Spin was released in 2002 and sold two million copies worldwide.
While Spin was a hit in Britain, where it debuted at number two, the album was shelved in the U.S.
‘I have bittersweet memories of that album,’ Hayes said.
‘He looks gay when he moves’: The singer, 49, said on Wednesday his U.S. label dropped all support for his debut solo album, Spin, after they saw the video for its first single, Insatiable
It comes after Hayes spoke about the struggles he faced at the height of his career.
The musician told News Corp he felt ‘deeply saddened’ about not being able to express his true self.
‘I had a huge sense of grief about my relationship to my sexuality, and grief about my career at the peak of my Savage Garden fame,’ Hayes said.
Sadness: ‘It was heartbreaking. I was sent off to the UK, where the album was huge, and that gave me a career in Europe. But my career in Australia was effectively stopped, too,’ he said
‘The audience never truly knew who I was. And that made me so deeply sad.’
Darren came out in 2006 when he married his partner Richard Cullen in the UK.
He recently released his first track in a decade, titled Let’s Try Being In Love, which he will perform at the 2022 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade this month.
Back: Darren recently released his first track in a decade, titled Let’s Try Being In Love, which he will perform at the 2022 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade this month
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