EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE

For Australian pop wiz Grentperez, love is serious business.

-  INDRAN PARAMASIVAM

MOST GEN-Z ARTISTES cannot claim to be the panacea for cynicism about the sublime splendour of love. Grentperez, 22, certainly can. While traversing genres and continents, the young troubadour is true to his muse, which he explicitly highlights, luxuriating in the teeming vicissitudes of love. Under his authorship, a love song is high-octane fuel for the heart to feel and experience the full sprawl of the emotion.

On the cusp of his upcoming album Backflips In A Restaurant, he unpacks why he loves as consummately as he does.

How does Valentine's Day affect a poetic soul like yourself?

Honestly, I would say it is the biggest scam ever! If I were being less cynical, I'd say that it's an excuse to fully fall back in love and fully express yourself. You have 363 days in a year-one day for the anniversary as well-when you can work or do whatever you want, but Valentine's Day is your excuse to show love.

You're often described as "unapologetically Gen-Z, but with an old soul". What does that mean, exactly?