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Hercules & Love Affair har hentet inn Faris Badwan fra The Horrors på sin nye singel «Controller» og resultatet er en BDSM-hyllest som kan nytes på dansegulvet.

«Controller» lokker med tekstlinjer som «Show me who's on top,» og «Use me,» men ifølge Hercules & Love Affairs frontmann Andy Butler handlet låta opprinnelig om tro.

«The song actually started off as an exploration of faith, or being carried, directed or "controlled" through life via some divine presence—kind of like the body being used as a vessel. Leave it to Faris to impart double meanings across the song a la S&M depictions,» sier Andy Butler i et intervju med Out Magazine.

Butler forteller at låta i aller høyeste grad er queer.

«It's definitely queer in its slightly twisted spin on spirituality. I feel we kind of waded into the waters the way that queer artists over the years have, acknowledging the ecstatic and sensual in the divine. While Faris is the first "non-LGBTQ identifying" singer to appear on a Hercules song, he is so free-spirited and playful. It was so fun to have an "ally" involved and the forthcoming record explores this dynamic quite a bit.»