I FOUND THE COURAGE
When I was 20, I had to be drunk to sing in front of people, says John Grant
Simon Cosyns
Updated: 0:06, 25 Jun 2021
JOHN GRANT is struggling to find a way to express the dread he felt as a pre-teen.
“What’s the word I’m looking for?” he mutters before turning to me and saying, “I can only think of it in German . . . drohend. There was a ‘drohend’ atmosphere.”
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John Grant is struggling to find a way to express the dread he felt as a pre-teen realising he was gayCredit: Hörður Sveinsson
A glance at Google Translate reveals the meaning to be “menacing” or “threatening”.