Darren Hayes

As the year comes to a close, I get to put a spotlight on an album that hit a nerve in a way few albums do. I knew, and liked, Savage Garden’s song “Truly, Madly, Deeply” back in 1997, but never explored the musicians. Sometime in October 2022, I commented…

Homosexual, Darren Hayes’ first record since 2011, is finally out and it’s named after the word that once terrified him. He talked about it extensively in recent interviews: his childhood was not an easy one and his Savage Garden years were beautiful yet painful. …

Being Gay, Mental Health, and Celebrity — Darren Haynes’s story published this morning on HuffPost.com is a candid tale of a man standing in his closet on the stage of a sold-out arena. The audience cheered and ovations to his band “Savage Garden” gave him the love his father denied him. But it also suffocated him and…