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It's so nice to be here with you on this special day of New Year’s Eve. It’s been a tough year for everyone, and most of us can’t wait for it to end… However, let’s try to not be sad today but send our positive thoughts and hopes into the upcoming 2021. The Universe should hear us…🙏💖
Even so we can’t have big New Year parties now, the theme of dressing up fits quite well for today. And I’m coming to make you smile, dear soulmates, and enjoy our beloved guys looking like they’re actually having a fancy dress party! Also, I want to remind you what Brian has to say about wearing make-up and playing with his androgynous look😍

Photo credit: Neil Cooper

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥.
“The fans want their Brian to be girly. If I went masculine they’d be disappointed.”
𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐲𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐝?
“When I was really young, I used to have really long hair, much longer that it is now, and yeah, I remember walking around Dundee with my mum and we were going to visit my grandmother and her bumping into people that she knew from years ago and they’d say: 'So who’s your little girl then?’ So it started at that point, when I was about three. When I arrived in London, I let my hair grow again and I started being mistaken for a girl a lot of the time. And I’d worn make-up in theatre since I was 11, so I was kind of used to it. And I decided to play it up a bit. I just started making up to see if people’d be confused even more, and when the band came along I started putting more on. Nail polish is great if you play guitar because it looks really good on the fretboard as your fingers slide up and down.”
(𝑉𝑂𝑋: “𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑂𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘'𝑛'𝑅𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑙”, 𝐽𝑢𝑛'97)

𝐒𝐒: 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞...
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: I guess so, I mean I guess I look like a girl but I kind of rock like a boy when we're on stage. I don't know what it is about a boy in make-up which really freaks people out, you know. Most of the time I just wear it for the same reason that you're wearing make-up, you know, just to try and make yourself look a little bit more attractive.

𝐒𝐒: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠?
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: It's not an act, you know, it real, it's just a sort of you know an expression of who we are. It's our three personalities crammed into the music, it's not an act at all. It's not some sort of Ziggy-like attempt to create a character. I believe in honesty and nakedness and vulnerability in music, not acting in music, I leave that for Kylie.
(𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 "𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝐼𝑛 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑛", 𝐴𝑢𝑔'98)

''When I was a child, people thought I was a girl. And at the very beginning of Placebo, also. Even when I was not wearing make-up yet. So I thought it would be interesting to play with the preconceptions people have about men and women. And to play with this androgyny, since I obviously could not escape it. [...] Playing in a rock band gives you a lot of freedom [...] It's not about creating a character like Bowie did for Ziggy Stardust. But rather to slightly exaggerate a real aspect of our personality on stage."
(𝐿𝑒𝑠 𝐼𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑢𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠, 2000)

“If I can encourage men to get in touch with their feminine side, that’s good.”
(𝑄 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑒 "𝑂𝑢𝑡 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑠", 𝐹𝑒𝑏'97)

"Glamour is something that I feel very comfortable with," Brian elaborates. "It's encouraging a lot of boys to wear make-up and I think it's about time for that again. It's a reaction against the anti-style and anti-glamour of grunge, it's something that's a lot larger than life. There's a lot of style involved and a much stronger sexual overtone to the whole thing."
(𝐺-𝑆𝑝𝑜𝑡 "𝐴𝑣𝑜𝑛 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔", 𝑀𝑎𝑦'97)

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐫𝐭?
"Sure. Only my voice gave me away."
(𝐾𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔 "𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑙'𝑠 𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙", 𝑀𝑎𝑦'97)

"I like the idea of being as attractive to men as women," he smiles, before letting out a filthy chuckle. "And perhaps even being available."
(𝐾𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔 "𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑌𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝐷𝑜𝑙𝑙", 𝐽𝑎𝑛'97)

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧, 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈’𝐦 𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰: 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐬𝐞?
"…Can I say that again one more time? I say as often as I can I use MAC and I would love it if they would sponsor me, you know."
(𝐶𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑇𝑉, 𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑒, 2010)

Photo credit: Scarlet Page

And now I’d like to know who of you have ever used MAC eyeliner because of Brian?😉 Ok, ok, I’m guilty too…😂

In this lovely 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 Brian proudly (and ironically of course!) takes all the responsibility for making men to wear eyeliner.
⭐️ https://bit.ly/3fnwaBV ⭐️

I’m sure you all remember the lines where make-up brands are mentioned too:
𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒋𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔
𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖
𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒊𝒅𝒐, 𝑴𝑨𝑪 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆

𝐈 𝐃𝐨 seems to really be the only Placebo happy love song but… the last line “𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 ‘𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖?’” kind of turns it all upside down: it’s not that simple and obvious, it’s still Placebo ambiguous style.
Anyway, it sounds great to get into the festive mood, so let’s listen to it together.
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐈 𝐃𝐨
🎶 https://bit.ly/3nKXhtt

Dress up and put some make-up on tonight, dear soulmates, if you feel like that. If not, just enjoy Brian doing that😍😉 Anyway, have a great time and believe that your beautiful wishes come true next year: I’m pretty sure that one of them is finally seeing Placebo live again! Personally, I believe that by heart.

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