Set My Heart on Fire Immediately

In an interview with Jia Tolentino, Mike Hadreas described the album as influenced by his work with choreographer Kate Wallich on a 2019 dance piece titled "The Sun Still Burns Here".{{cite magazine |last1=Tolentino |first1=Jia |title=Perfume Genius Wants to Make You Feel Less Lonely |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/perfume-genius-wants-to-make-you-feel-less-lonely |magazine=The New Yorker |date=May 12, 2020 |access-date=May 15, 2020}} Hadreas composed numerous songs for the performance, with two singles, "Eye in the Wall" and "Pop Song" resulting, though neither was included on Set My Heart on Fire Immediately but its 2022 successor Ugly Season. Of the experience, Hadreas explained that the themes of embodiment in his prior music were complicated as dance felt "rebellious against [his] body." He explained that dancing "blew up this separation between [his] work and the world," resulting in changes to his songwriting, with songs now telling stories grounded in real-life settings and about real people. He cited Townes Van Zandt, Enya, and Cocteau Twins as influences on the new album.{{cite web |last1=Torres |first1=Eric |title=Perfume Genius Breaks Down Every Song on His Beguiling New Album, Set My Heart on Fire Immediately |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/perfume-genius-breaks-down-every-song-on-his-beguiling-new-album-set-my-heart-on-fire-immediately/ |website=Pitchfork |date=May 15, 2020 |access-date=May 15, 2020}}

{{Album ratings

| ADM = 8.8/10{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/11395/Perfume-Genius-Set-My-Heart-On-Fire-Immediately.aspx|title=Set My Heart On Fire Immediately by Perfume Genius reviews|publisher=AnyDecentMusic?|access-date=May 15, 2020}}

| MC = 91/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/set-my-heart-on-fire-immediately/perfume-genius|title=Set My Heart on Fire Immediately by Perfume Genius Reviews and Tracks|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=June 15, 2020}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/set-my-heart-on-fire-immediately-mw0003362590|title=Set My Heart on Fire Immediately – Perfume Genius|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=May 15, 2020|last=Phares|first=Heather}}

| rev2 = The Daily Telegraph

| rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/weeks-best-new-albums-perfume-genius-charli-xcx-sparks/|title=This week's best new albums: Perfume Genius, Charli XCX, Sparks and more|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=May 16, 2020|access-date=May 20, 2020|last=McCormick|first=Neil|author-link=Neil McCormick|url-access=subscription}}

| rev3 = The Guardian

| rev3score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/14/perfume-genius-set-my-heart-on-fire-immediately-review|title=Perfume Genius: Set My Heart on Fire Immediately review – pop poet discovers new powers|work=The Guardian|date=May 14, 2020|access-date=May 15, 2020|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|author-link=Alexis Petridis}}

| rev4 = The Independent

| rev4score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/perfume-genius-review-album-stream-sparks-moses-sumney-a9512171.html|title=Album reviews: Perfume Genius, Sparks and Moses Sumney|work=The Independent|date=May 14, 2020|access-date=May 15, 2020|last1=O'Connor|first1=Roisin|last2=Bray|first2=Elisa}}

| rev5 = Mojo

| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Smell the magic|magazine=Mojo|issue=319|date=June 2020|last=Segal|first=Victoria|page=94}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/perfume-genius-set-my-heart-on-fire-immediately-review-2666752|title=Perfume Genius – 'Set My Heart On Fire Immediately' review: experimentalist finds strength in restraint|work=NME|date=May 13, 2020|access-date=May 15, 2020|last=Britton|first=Luke Morgan}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7score = 9.0/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/perfume-genius-set-my-heart-on-fire-immediately/|title=Perfume Genius: Set My Heart on Fire Immediately Album Review|work=Pitchfork|date=May 18, 2020|access-date=May 18, 2020|last=Bloom|first=Madison}}

| rev8 = Q

| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Perfume Genius: Set My Heart on Fire Immediately|magazine=Q|issue=413|date=Summer 2020|last=Aroesti|first=Rachel|page=104}}

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/perfume-genius-set-my-heart-on-fire-immediately-review-1001489/|title=Perfume Genius Beautifully Maps His Desires on 'Set My Heart on Fire Immediately'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=May 18, 2020|access-date=May 20, 2020|last=Dolan|first=Jon}}

| rev10 = The Times

| rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/perfume-genius-set-my-heart-on-fire-immediately-review-a-long-slow-pleasure-z7pj8r8hz|title=Perfume Genius: Set My Heart On Fire Immediately review — a long, slow pleasure|work=The Times|date=May 15, 2020|access-date=May 20, 2020|last=Hodgkinson|first=Will|author-link=Will Hodgkinson|url-access=subscription}}

}}

Set My Heart on Fire Immediately received rave reviews. At review aggregator Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received a weighted average score of 91 out of 100, based on 25 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim" and making it Perfume Genius' highest rated album on the website.

{{Track listing

| headline = Set My Heart on Fire Immediately track listing

| all_writing = Mike Hadreas, except where noted

| title1 = Whole Life

| length1 = 3:53

| title2 = Describe

| length2 = 4:44

| title3 = Without You

| length3 = 2:35

| title4 = Jason

| length4 = 3:05

| title5 = Leave

| length5 = 3:05

| title6 = On the Floor

| note6 = Hadreas, Alan Wyffels

| length6 = 5:03

| title7 = Your Body Changes Everything

| length7 = 4:13

| title8 = Moonbend

| note8 = Hadreas, Blake Mills

| length8 = 5:21

| title9 = Just a Touch

| length9 = 3:28

| title10 = Nothing at All

| length10 = 4:27

| title11 = One More Try

| length11 = 3:01

| title12 = Some Dream

| length12 = 4:18

| title13 = Borrowed Light

| length13 = 3:22

| total_length = 50:42

}}

Musicians

• Mike Hadreas – vocals (all tracks), synthesizers (1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13), Wurlitzer (4)
• Blake Mills – guitar (1–3, 7–9, 11, 12), bass (1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11), synthesizers (1, 4, 8, 10, 12, 13), drums (1), glockenspiel (1), synth guitar (6, 11), harmony vocals (6, 10, 11), organ (8, 10), piano (11, 12), synth drums (12), harmonium (13)
• Matt Chamberlain – additional drums (1), drums (4, 6, 7, 10, 12)
• Rob Moose – violin (1, 3–5, 9, 13), viola (1, 3–5, 9, 13)
• Alan Wyffels – piano (1, 12), organ (3, 9), harpsichord (4), synthesizers (5, 8, 12), harmony vocals (7), flute (8), Wurlitzer (12), Rhodes (13)
• Jim Keltner – drums (2, 3, 9, 11)
• Pino Palladino – bass (2, 6, 7)
• Gabriel Cabezas – cello (3, 4, 9, 13)
• Sam Gendel – synthesizers (4), saxophone (7, 8, 12), synth drums (7), drum machine (7, 10)
• Phoebe Bridgers – harmony vocals (6)
• Ethan Gruska – harmony vocals (6), vocals (6), percussion (6)

Engineers

• Blake Mills – production
• Joseph Lorge – engineering
• Greg Koller – engineering, mixing
• Patricia Sullivan – mastering
• Ian Sefchick – mastering

Artwork

• Camille Vivier – photographs
• Andrew J. S. – art direction

{{Infobox album

| name = Immediately Remixes

| type = remix

| artist = Perfume Genius

| cover = Immediately Remixes.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 12, 2021

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = {{Duration|m=53|s=04}}

| label = Matador

| producer = {{hlist|Jaakko Eino Kalevi|A. G. Cook|Jim-E Stack|Planningtorock|Jenny Hval|Initial Talk|Boy Harsher| Nídia|Danny L Harle|Westerman|Actress|Koreless|Katie Dey}}

| prev_title = Set My Heart On Fire Immediately

| prev_year = 2020

| next_title = Ugly Season

| next_year = 2022

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Immediately Remixes

| type = remix

| single1 = On the Floor (Initial Talk Remix)

| single1date = April 29, 2020

| single2 = Without You (Jim-E Stack)

| single2date = December 3, 2020

| single3 = Your Body Changes Everything (Boy Harsher Remix)

| single3date = January 14, 2021

| single4 = Describe (A. G. Cook Remix)

| single4date = March 3, 2021

}}

}}

A remix album, titled Immediately Remixes (stylized as IMMEDIATELY Remixes), was announced on January 14, 2021.{{Cite web|last=Bloom|first=Madison|title=Perfume Genius Announces New Remix Album, Shares New Video|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/perfume-genius-announces-new-remix-album-shares-new-video-watch/|access-date=2021-02-22|website=Pitchfork|date=January 14, 2021 |language=en-us}} It was initially announced for release on February 19, 2021,{{Cite web|title=Perfume Genius announces remix album featuring A .G. Cook, Jenny Hval, and more|url=https://www.thefader.com/2021/01/14/perfume-genius-immediately-remixes-boy-harsher|access-date=2021-02-22|website=The FADER|language=en}} however it was delayed until March 12, 2021.{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} It received a limited vinyl release for Record Store Day 2021.

It was preceded by the singles, "On the Floor (Initial Talk Remix)", "Without You (Jim-E Stack Remix)", "Your Body Changes Everything (Boy Harsher Remix)", and "Describe (A. G. Cook Remix)", released April 29, 2020,{{Cite web|date=2020-04-29|title=Perfume Genius shares remix of 'On The Floor' by Initial Talk {{!}} NME|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/perfume-genius-shares-remix-of-on-the-floor-by-initial-talk-2655938|access-date=2021-02-22|website=NME {{!}} Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News|language=en-GB}} December 3, 2020,{{Cite web|last=Subscribe|title=Jim-E Stack remixes Perfume Genius' 'Without You' {{!}} News|url=http://diymag.com/2020/12/03/listen-jim-e-stack-remix-perfume-genius-without-you-album-set-my-heart-on-fire-immediately|access-date=2021-02-22|website=diymag.com|date=December 3, 2020 |language=en}} January 14, 2021, and March 3, 2021,{{Cite web|date=2021-03-03|title=Perfume Genius - "Describe (A. G. Cook Remix)"|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2118013/perfume-genius-describe-a-g-cook-remix/music/|access-date=2021-03-04|website=Stereogum|language=en}} respectively.

{{tracklist

| total_length = 53:04

| title1 = Whole Life

| length1 = 3:41

| title2 = Describe

| length2 = 4:23

| title3 = Without You

| length3 = 3:22

| title4 = Jason

| length4 = 3:36

| title5 = Leave

| length5 = 3:37

| title6 = On the Floor

| note6 = Initial Talk Remix

| length6 = 3:37

| title7 = Your Body Changes Everything

| length7 = 5:06

| title8 = Moonbend

| note8 = Nídia Remix

| length8 = 4:42

| title9 = Just a Touch

| length9 = 3:41

| title10 = Nothing at All

| length10 = 4:27

| title11 = One More Try

| length11 = 5:58

| title12 = Some Dream

| length12 = 3:28

| title13 = Borrowed Light

| length13 = 3:26

| note12 = Koreless Remix

| note11 = Actress Remix

| note10 = Westerman Remix

| note9 = Danny L Harle Harlecore Remix

| note5 = Jenny Hval Remix

| note7 = Boy Harsher Remix

| note4 = Planningtorock 'Jason there's no rush' Remix

| note3 = Jim-E Stack Remix

| note2 = A. G. Cook Remix

| note1 = Jaakko Eino Kalevi Remix

| note13 = Katie Dey Remix

}}

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