Miguel Covers FADER

Friday, November 16 2012 12:10 PM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, R&B

Looking determined as ever, Miguel’s mug is plastered on the 83rd issue of Fader. Below is an excerpt addressing some of his misconceptions. Full story here.

“It’s not like I speak like a fucking hood dude,” Miguel says, discussing the misconceptions that followed his debut over spinach salad and mint lemonade the next night at a small restaurant near his apartment. “My mother is a very eloquent woman, and my father is a teacher. Between the two, they raised me to speak a certain way. So the way I spoke, the way I dressed, all of that was like, ‘Wow, wait a second. This isn’t black… Oh, then he must be gay.’ Now, whether or not I’ve worn things that are questionable—oh my god—I look at pictures of shit I’ve worn, and you know what? I don’t really blame anyone. I get it. But I was learning. I was trying to hold on to some sense of individuality in the midst of being convinced that I had to appeal to a certain kind of crowd.” On the cover of All I Want Is You, Miguel’s small head is shaved; he sneers behind oversized, frameless, red-lensed sunglasses and a leather jacket with a triple-high collar, pulled up to his ears. “I was exclusively marketed as an ‘urban artist,’” he says with air quotes, “and I mean that in the most generic way. But I have never been one to live within a stereotype. My lifestyle has always been alternative in comparison to what’s expected from an ethnic male from Los Angeles. With my first album, not only was I being misunderstood, I was misunderstood, and it was distracting people from the music. Now, I want to make sure that everything I do is the best, most rounded projection of who I really am.”

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Comments (13)

  1. R & Beef says:

    Kaleidoscope Dream > Channel Orange.

  2. Steve says:

    @R & Beef

    Trilogy >>>

  3. Kemosabi says:

    Real shit.

  4. K says:

    Channel Orange >

  5. uptown says:

    Love Trilogy (dream) >>>

  6. Steve says:

    @uptown

    I feel that

  7. loch121 says:

    yeah that picture is really disproving all rumors

  8. realitybitch says:

    its dope that he’s able to project himself the way he wants to rather then the generic version of what the labels want. Looking at the way the dude dresses now regardless if its questionable if that’s his style and it’s original, fuck it that’s him. Dude’s music is dope. Looking at the cover they were talking about dude did just look like a generic fuckin urban artist the first go round. be urself… fuck the bullshit they try to present your self.

  9. dave says:

    Pink friday>>>

  10. dave says:

    Nah but on the real

    Sailing Souls>>>>

  11. ayyeee says:

    Lmao^^ nigga said pink friday but nah (neyo)R.E.D>>>

  12. Jayman says:

    ^^^^Nah bro – Dave Matthews >>>>

  13. That's right says:

    Stepin Fetchit….can’t stop won’t stop

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