On the opening track, “Free”, he murmurs “I wanna be free” – it’s the song’s only lyric – and you might assume that for Pop, historically a liberated performer, the freedom to create, to express and to simply be is the ultimate goal here. Order the latest issue of Uncut online and have it sent to your home!Īccordingly, Free begins with a sloughing off of old skin.
IGGY POP FREE FOR FREE
Now, finally, Pop has returned to the studio for Free – his 18th solo record, and one that contains a revealing note to self: “To lay down is to give up,” he chides on “The Dawn”.
IGGY POP FREE SERIES
Never content to rest on his reputation, Pop collaborated with Oneohtrix Point Never on “The Pure And The Damned”, for the Safdie Brothers’ 2017 film Good Time – then, last year, teamed up with Underworld, delivering a series of avuncular monologues for the Teatime Dub Encounters album. Fortuitously for us, retirement seems not to have suited him. After the tour to promote the record, Pop now admits he “felt like I wanted to put on shades, turn my back, and walk away”. While his last studio album, 2016’s Post Pop Depression, gave Pop the highest chart placing of his career, that success took place under the shadow of his longtime champion David Bowie, who died shortly before the album’s release.
Latterly, though, he has taken on a new role – as a semi-retired rock star. Stooge, solo artist, actor, raconteur, collaborator, lecturer, author, artist’s model, radio host, barista… Iggy Pop has enjoyed many guises during his formidable career.
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