Kim Petras Shares 'Regret' over Discussing Her Transition as a Child

Kim Petras regrets discussing her transition as a child

Transgender pop music star Kim Petras said in an interview published yesterday that she somewhat regrets discussing her gender transition with the press during her childhood. However, she explores this regret and the happiness she feels about her choices in “Brutalist,” a song on her recently released album Detour. The German singer-songwriter publicly discussed her transition in a 2006 installment of the documentary series Stern TV when she was…

Kim Petras says she's 'proud' that she started her transition at 12 years old

Kim Petras has no f***s left to give.Three years after her historic Grammy-winning collab with Sam Smith on "Unholy," the German singer is reflecting on her new self-released album, leaving the industry in the dust, and regrets about being so public about her transition before she turned 13.She confessed to having no marketing budget, being dependent on sponsors and "partnering with people" to make her new album Detour."If you work with the wron…

Kim Petras wants to be a representative of bad taste

The best song on Kim Petras’ new album Detour starts with a twinkle of synth and throb of bass ripped straight from a mid-Aughts classic. For some listeners, maybe that’s reductive, but it’s refreshing to hear sacred pop texts, like Love. Angel. Music. Baby. and The Dutchess, alive in Petras’ DNA. What she really likes about those albums is their awareness of that loose, braggadocious production style found on Polow da Don, Timbaland, and Pharre…

Kim Petras shares 'regret' over discussing her transition as a child

Pop star Kim Petras has admitted she has some “regret” over talking about her transition publicly when she was a child. The German singer, who is trans, has released her new album Detour, which features the song “Brutalist“. She has explained that the song is about travelling around Germany with her dad to get hormone therapy when she was a child. Before her step into music in 2017, Petras discussed her transition on Stern TV in 2006 at the age …

Kim Petras Takes A 'Detour' Off The Pop Highway

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