Orville Peck reflects on how bullying shaped his young life

When an artist wears a mask, you assume a level of secrecy or distance. Like you’re getting a persona and not the real person behind it.

But, as you’ll hear in today’s conversation with the famously masked Orville Peck, he’s giving us the real him, and he’s sharing the story of one of the most turbulent periods of his life on his new album, ‘Mule.’

The record is a chronological, deeply vulnerable account of the year Orville got sober. In today’s session, he talks about that year, his road to recovery and how his fascination with the idea of the “loner outlaw” has shaped his music.

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