Viola Odette Harlow – formally known as Glüme announces her new album ‘Porn Star’ + releases her new single and music video ‘Perfectly Ordinary’

Electro-pop évocateur Viola Odette Harlow, formally known as Glüme, announces her new album, Porn Star, set for release on Friday 14th March via Viola’s own label, Play Girl Records. Also announced today is Viola’s debut book, No One Famous Has It Yet, which is set for release on Monday 31st March.

Speaking about the ‘Perfectly Ordinary’, Viola said:

“When I wrote this song I felt the loneliness of being sick, and upon releasing it I feel terrified of being sick in America. The idea arose from a dream I had in the ICU in which there was a party and everyone I knew was there. However when I woke up, the party was over. But, now on a much bigger level, the party is over. It took me years to find hope in a hopeless situation. There are so many people in the world who feel isolated and suffer without knowing how to share their pain. There are so many who feel misunderstood. If we’re alone, if people stick together through hard times, maybe there is hope after all. It’s perfectly ordinary to feel different. We often complicate things and make things worse when the answer is always that simple yet powerful thing. The answer is always love.”

Speaking about her new album, Porn Star, Viola said:

“Pornstar is a Fairy Tale, a Tragedy, and a Love Story. It’s a modern tale of Cinderella in an old-fashioned witch hunt. Itʼs about choosing kindness when youʼre misunderstood. Choosing doing the right thing even if itʼs in private, even if that choice doesnʼt benefit you, even if it ruins everything. Itʼs about having faith when no one believes in you. Itʼs about not feeling like you believe in anything at all. Itʼs about being alone. Itʼs about finding your power whether anyone is rooting for you. You are enough to decide you deserve a chance. Rome can fall in a day and you can set yourself free in an instant. You can be stronger than an empire and softer than a whisper that can be louder than a scream. The pressure, the heat, thatʼs how you make a diamond.”

Speaking about her new book, No One Famous Has It Yet, Viola said:

“‘No One Famous Has It Yet’ is about how we don’t have a place for sick and disabled people who are poor in America. It’s a book about celebrating your sexuality when you’re sick because being sick doesn’t mean it has to be gone. It’s about facing the uncomfortable idea that one of the only ways to make an income from bed is by selling it. It’s about taking the dreams that had become a jail cell and being free to dream what feels good. It’s about being free.”

PORN STAR TRACKLIST
 
Overture
Scorsese
Timebomb
Perfectly Ordinary
Imaginary Friend
Fake
Porn Star ft. Chloe Cherry
Actress
Versailles ft. Peter Dallas
Human
Lonely To Be Wanted Wrong
I Taught My Body Everything
Youth
Night Vision
Better
Hollywood, Hollywood