Shamir's creating 'outsider pop' for the people who need it — and himself
by Jessi Roti, Chicago Tribune
Dec 05, 2017
4 minutes
Folks are asking, "What happened to Shamir?"
The singer-songwriter burst onto the scene in 2015 with a dance-heavy debut LP, "Ratchet" - becoming an accidental pop star with a fiery punk spirit - an acclaimed, loud and proud gender nonbinary figure that always appeared to be down for a good time.
He played Pitchfork Music Festival twice, back to back, and his single, "On the Regular" gained national attention after being picked up in commercials for companies like Old Navy.
If you ask Shamir what happened, he'll tell you.
"I felt like I was playing a character
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