Anna Calvi has teamed up with Perfume Genius for a cover of Bonnie Prince Billy’s ‘I See a Darkness’. The smoky, breathtaking rendition comes paired with a video directed by Alexander Brown. Check it out below.
“So many songs are about romantic love,” Calvi said in a press release. “But I wanted to highlight the romance of the chosen family, the depth of connection that isn’t tethered to heteronormative ideals. It’s such a powerful song about the yearning for intimacy. I love inhabiting other people’s songs. When I sing someone else’s words, I feel like I’m getting closer to myself somehow, because the songs I choose express something I can’t articulate.”
The cover marks Calvi’s first new music since the release, in 2024, of her score for seasons 5 and 6 of BBC’s Peaky Blinders. Perfume Genius released his latest album, Glory, earlier this year.
