On a new album, 'Heterosexuality,' Shamir tackles the trauma of being oneself

quickly became a teenage sensation back in 2014, when his debut single, "On The Regular," . But instead of riding that wave of success to the top as a pop star, Shamir retreated from the public eye just as fast, because the media focused more on his identity as a publicly out, nonbinary artist than his music. "It was rare that I would interview and anyone would want to talk about my