Orville Peck yana cikin tsakiyar gwajin sauti sa’ad da ya sami labarin cewa gunkinsa, Dolly Parton, ta rasu. Wannan ya faru ne a ƙarshen watan Agusta, kuma mawaƙin ƙasar nan mai rufe fuska da ba a san sunansa ba yana shirin yin wani wasan kwaikwayo na kusa a Rough Trade East da ke Landan cikin rabin sa’a. Labarin ya buge shi sosai. Ba shi da lokacin da zai iya jurewa, sai ya yanke shawarar yin baƙin ciki a lokacin, a kan mataki, a gaban ɗaki cike da magoya baya. “Ina cikin wani yanayi na ruɗani a yanzu,” in ji Peck ga masu sauraro, yana zaune a kan wata kujera da guitar acoustic. “Dolly ita ce jaruma ta,” in ji shi, muryarsa ta rabu. “A matsayin ɗan luwaɗi da ya shigo waƙar ƙasa kuma yana jin kaɗaici, abin da koyaushe yake ba ni ta’aziyya shi ne sanin cewa Dolly tana wanzuwa a waƙar ƙasa. Hakan ya sa na ji kamar ina da aboki a wurin.” Daga nan sai ya fara rera waƙar da Parton ta yi fice, I Will Always Love You. Daga Jolene zuwa Islands in the Stream: Mafi kyawun rikodin Dolly Parton guda 10 Karanta ƙari “Ya ji kamar bikin tunawa da ba a shirya ba,” in ji Peck a kan kujera a ɗakin otal ɗinsa na birnin New York kwana uku bayan haka, bayan ya iso da daddare don tallata sabon kundin waƙoƙinsa, Mule. “Dole ne in shawo kan lamarin tare da baƙi 400. Dukanmu mun yi makoki tare a wata hanya. Na tabbata duk wanda ke wurin zai tuna da wannan har abada.” Mutuwa ta kasance a zuciyar Peck sosai a kwanan nan. Mule cikakken bayani ne na gaskiya, mai bin layi-layi na abin da ya kira “shekara mafi muhimmanci a rayuwata,” lokacin da aka nuna da baƙin ciki mai zurfi da lalata kai, inda ya rabu da abokin zamansa na shekaru huɗu, ya sha maganin da ya wuce kima, kuma ya kusan mutuwa. Waƙar farko a cikinsa tana tunanin bikin tunawa da shi—abin da zai faru idan bai dawo daga bakin kogin ba. Prologue (Eulogy of a Man Turned Mule) waƙa ce ta a cappella da ba Peck ya rera ba, sai Emmylou Harris, Allison Russell, da Noah Cyrus, ukun mawaƙan ƙasa daga tsararraki daban-daban waɗanda ya kwatanta da mayu na Macbeth ko mawaƙan Girka. “Ku zo ku ratsa wuta, ku zo ku tsaya tare da kaɗan / Waɗanda suke karya zuciyarsu don a cece su,” in ji su. “Amma zuciya ba za ta iya samun ceto daga baƙin ciki da shuɗi ba / Nan ya kwanta wani mutum da ya zama alfadari.” Yayin da waƙar ƙasa ke mamaye manyan matsayi na Billboard Hot 100 a wannan bazara, Peck ya fito daga Toronto a lokacin “yee-haw moment” na 2019, yayin da masu fasaha kamar Kacey Musgraves da Lil Nas X ke juya kunnuwan wasu masu sauraron pop zuwa wannan nau’in, suna saka masa bugun disco da hip-hop da kuma tunanin zamani na queer. Fuskarsa a ɓoye, Peck ya riƙe ainihin asalinsa a asirce, amma ya kasance a bayyane game da jinsi na jima’i, kuma babu shakka yana da sha’awa, tun daga farko (kwanan nan ya yi hoto don Playgirl). Kasancewarsa da muryar baritone mai ratsawa da ke tuno Roy Orbison da Elvis Presley ya sa zuwansa ya fi daɗi. A cikin shekaru masu zuwa, Peck zai yi waƙa tare da Elton John, Kylie Minogue, da wani babban abin ƙarfafa masa, Willie Nelson, wanda ya yi waƙa tare da shi a kan murfin waƙar ƙasar gay ta gargajiya Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other, ya sami kundi na 1 a jerin waƙoƙin ƙasar Burtaniya, kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta Glaad Vito Russo don ɗaukaka karɓuwa da ganin LGBTQ. A 2025, ya fara fitowa a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Broadway a matsayin Emcee a cikin farfaɗowar Cabaret a Kit Kat Club. Mawaƙin ɗan shekara 38, kundin waƙoƙinsa na baya—Pony na 2019, Bronco na 2022, da Stampede na 2024—sun kasance cike da misalai, wani lokaci suna buɗewa kamar tatsuniyoyi masu ƙura na wani ɗan bindiga mai sani kome, mai asiri. Yayin da Mule mai tasirin bluegrass ya fi na zahiri, kamar tarihin rayuwa mara kyau, ba zai iya barin babban wasan kwaikwayo gaba ɗaya ba. “Har yanzu ina so in ƙara wani nau’in wasan kwaikwayo,” in ji Peck. A yau, yana sanye da rigar fata farar fata, jaket ɗin Wrangler x Cherry mai kauri, jeans da suka shuɗe, takalman kaboyi, da Stetson mai launin kirim. Idanunsa shuɗi masu ratsawa suna leƙo asiri ta wata abin rufe fuska mai sauƙi na fata, amma abin rufe fuskarsa na alama, baƙar fata ta sama da mayafin gefuna, yana zaune a bayansa a kan gado, ɗigon zinariya suna malalowa a gefen. Hannunsa na dama da wuyansa an naɗe su da wani kauri bandeji. “Na yi tunani, za mu fara da mafi munin abu da zai yiwu,” in ji Peck. “Idan na mutu a 2023, idan wannan ne gadona, menene waɗannan mayu uku za su rera?” Peck ba ya jin tsoron yin tunani game da mutuwarsa, kuma ba ya jin tsoron zama a yanzu a cikin otal ɗin da ya yi ƙoƙarin kashe kansa. “Kamar lokacin da mutane suke tambayata, ‘Oh, kana nadamar wani tattoo ɗinka?’” in ji shi, yana dariya ga ɗan wauta na kwatancen. “Kuma ina ce, to, ina da wasu da suka yi muni sosai, amma ba zan taɓa cire su ba ko in yi fatan ban same su ba, domin ina jin wani ɓangare ne na labarina.”
Ba zai musanta ba, duk da haka, cewa yawan maganin da ya sha na iya zama babi mafi duhu a wannan labarin. Daren da abin ya faru, a watan Yuni 2023, yana shirin fara rangadin waƙoƙinsa na Bronco da wani wasan kwaikwayo da aka sayar gaba ɗaya a Theater at Madison Square Garden. Ya fita don yin biki, ya bugu sosai, ya haɗu da tsohon abokinsa a wani kulob kuma ya rikice. Ma’aikatansa sun same shi da safe mai zuwa kuma suka ba shi zaɓi: ya soke rangadin kuma ya nemi taimako, ko kuma za su yanke alaƙa da shi. Bayan ya tattara ƙarfin gwiwa ya yi wasan da ya cika a wannan maraice, ya sanar da cewa yana jinkirta sauran kwanakin rangadinsa don mai da hankali kan lafiyar tunaninsa da ta jikinsa. Sannan ya tashi zuwa gida Los Angeles kuma ya shiga cibiyar gyara.
Ko da yake zai iya yarda cewa yana dogaro da barasa, cocaine da magungunan likita fiye da kima, ya shiga wurin da rashin so. “Na kasance kamar, zan yi lafiya. Zan yi wasa da sassan da ba na tsammanin ina buƙatarsu, kuma zan yi wa abubuwan da na cancanci jin haushi ido,” in ji Peck. “Na yi imani cewa ina da iko a kai.” Ya bayyana ra’ayinsa na rashin kulawa da fushinsa – wanda yanzu ya gane cewa kawai ƙaryatawa ce mai makanta – a rabin farko na Mule. Yana kiran rehab “gidan kurkuku” kuma yana ganin bata lokaci ne a cikin Already Gone mai izgili. A waƙa ta gaba, Rehab Blues mai wayo, na ragtime, gaskiyar wurin da yake ciki ta bayyana: idanu masu kallo, da’irorin raba baƙin ciki, keɓewa mai daɗaɗawa. “Don haka ku kama ni a labaran yamma: ɗan luwaɗi wawa ya mutu daga baƙin cikin rehab,” in ji shi cikin ba’a, daga baya ya furta, “Na ƙi nan, ban damu ba kuma ina son mutuwa.”
Peck ya bar cibiyar bayan wata ɗaya, yana sane da cewa zai ci gaba da amfani. Ya gaya wa kansa cewa ba ya kama da sauran waɗanda ya haɗu da su a wurin. Ba shi da jaraba. “Akwai kalma game da shi: muna kiransa keɓantacce na ƙarshe,” in ji Peck. “Inda wani ɓangare naka yake ganin cewa kai ne gaba ɗaya, amma wani babban ɓangare naka yana cewa, amma na bambanta. Zan iya dainawa.” Tushen juriyarsa, a tunaninsa, shi ne ƙiyayya ta dindindin ga bin garken. Ya girma yana ɗan luwaɗi kuma a ɓoye a Afirka ta Kudu da Kanada, yana da iyaye masu goyon baya – mahaifinsa injiniyan sauti ne na glam-rock kuma mahaifiyarsa mai fasaha ce kuma mai ɗinki – amma ya ce yana jin ba ya cikin takwarorinsa. “Daga nan ne wannan bambancin ya fito,” in ji shi. “Da farko, an dora shi a kaina … kuma ba za a iya jurewa ba.” Don tserewa, ya koma ballet da wasan kwaikwayo na kiɗa. Ya gano punk da waƙar ƙasar masu tawaye ta Nelson da Johnny Cash. Ya sami kansa yana sha’awar manyan mutane kamar Parton da John Waters. Amsarsa, daga ƙarshe, ita ce ya sa bambancinsa ya zama alama ta girmamawa. A nan ne aka haifi Orville Peck, ɗan fashi mai rufe fuska.
“Yana da wahala ga wani kamar ni domin ba wai kawai yarda da kanka cewa kana da matsala ba – dole ne in kuma magance tsoron da nake da shi na bin ka’ida,” in ji shi game da gwagwarmayarsa don daina shan barasa. “A cikin irin wannan yanayi, na zaɓi in cire kaina a wata hanya kamar, ba na buƙatar wannan shirme. Ba ni da kama.” Ya kasance yana buɗe wa kansa hanya tsawon yawancin rayuwarsa don kare kansa. Da nasarar da ya samu a matsayin mutum a kan mataki, in ji shi, hanyar kariya don ɓoye rauninsa ta zama ƙarfinsa. Amma a 2023, ta zama faɗuwarsa. Bayan rehab, shaye-shaye da suma sun ci gaba. Har yanzu yana fama da rabuwar da ya yi a farkon wannan shekarar. Shi kaɗai kuma ya karye a gidansa da ke Hollywood Hills, ya yi ƙoƙarin cika ramin da abota da wasa, ciki har da, kamar yadda ya bayyana a waƙar Ring the Bell, wata alaƙa da wani ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Las Vegas Raiders. (Ya kasance mai ɓoye lokacin da aka matsa masa don cikakkun bayanai, yana gaya mini kawai: “Na sumbace shi kuma ya yi zafi.”) Rashin kulawarsa ya ƙaru har sai da ya farka wata safiya a watan Nuwamba, bayan wani dare mai tsanani, a tsorace. “Na kasance kamar, Za ka rasa duk wata dama ta dawo da dangantakarka. Za ka rasa aikinka. Za ka iya rasa rayuwarka,” in ji Peck. “Ya ba ni tsoro sosai.” Ya san cewa dole ne abubuwa su canza. “A ƙarshe, na iya watsar da duk raunin zuciya da damuwa da kariya da alamu, da duk abubuwan da dukanmu muke yawo da su a rikice, in kalli kaina a madubi in ce, ‘Ka gyara kanka.’” Ya ɗan tsaya. “Ban sha abin sha ba tun lokacin.” ‘Ina ƙoƙarin gano inda ya kamata in kasance’: mawaƙa Momo Boyd kan samar wa kanta sarari Karanta ƙari Dainawa shan barasa ya kawo haske, da sha’awar zurfafa bincike. Ya fahimci cewa yaƙinsa da jaraba ya samo asali, aƙalla wani ɓangare, daga matsin lamba da ke tare da shaharar da ya samu, musamman ja-in-ja tsakanin Peck mai wasan kwaikwayo da mutumin da ke bayan ƙofofi. Waƙar Mule ta gaba ta ƙarshe, War of the Worlds, tana magance wannan dualism. “Matsalar da nake da ita a wannan kundi ba ni da wannan hali da na ƙirƙira ba, ko abin da mutane suke tunani,” in ji Peck. “Matsalar ita ce, ni mutum ne mai matuƙar jin rauni, wanda aka cutar da shi, wanda ke ɗauke da abubuwa da yawa da dole ne in yi aiki a kansu – sannan aikina yana buƙatar in kuma kewaya ra’ayoyin dubban mutane game da kowane numfashin da nake sha. Wannan yana haifar da rayuwa mai rarrabuwa, ko da Orville Peck sunan haihuwata ne.” Ƙoƙarin Peck na sulhunta ainihi biyu – shahararren Orville da ya zama da kuma mafarkin matashin da ya kasance kafin shahara – ya ba wa kundin sunansa, da sunan waƙarsa ta ƙarshe. Alfadari rabin doki ne, rabin jaki, kuma ba za su iya haihuwa ba, in ji shi. Wataƙila su, kamar shi, suna jin an kama su a wani wuri tsakanin, ba su san inda suke ba, koyaushe kaɗan kaɗai. Yana sauri ya bayyana cewa ba ya neman tausayi. Kawai ya san cewa dole ne ya gano yawancin wannan da kansa. Duba hoto a cikakken allo Zanen kundin Orville Peck na Mule. Hoto: Warner Records Lokacin da yake shan barasa da kwayoyi, in ji Peck, yana da “kusan babu ikon” magance abubuwan da suka gabata ko jure wa cikas a hanya. Dangantakarsa, abokantakarsa da lafiyarsa sun lalace saboda hakan. “Ina da wannan tsoro na wuce gona da iri na watsi,” in ji shi. Ba zai iya tunanin rashin ƙauna ko rashin so ba, don haka zai kasance cikin mummunan yanayi, har ma da cin zarafi. Ba ya yin haka kuma. “Na ji rauni sosai,” in ji shi. “Har yanzu ina jin rauni wani lokaci,” in ji shi, “amma yanzu ina tsammanin ina da ƙarfin hali don fuskantar shi.” Yayin da yake kusan shekaru uku na dainawa shan barasa, Peck da alama yana tafiya cikin nasara. Duk da mummunan batunsa, Mule sau da yawa yana da ban dariya, mai sani kuma mai ƙarfi. Shi ne mafi kyawun kundinsa har yanzu (ko aƙalla mafi jan hankali). Ko da bai taɓa haɗuwa ko yin aiki tare da Parton ba, abin da ke cikin jerin burinsa, ya cimma wata babbar manufarsa ta sana’a, yin fara fitowarsa a Grand Ole Opry a watan Yuli – waƙar farko da ya yi a wannan maraice ita ce, kwatsam, I Will Always Love You. Ya zama jarumi a kansa, yana nuna wa yara queer cewa wurin waƙar ƙasar Nashville da ta kasance mai ra’ayin mazan jiya na iya samun wuri a gare su. Kuma ya sake samun ƙauna. Yayin da hirarmu ke ƙarewa, na tambayi Peck dalilin da ya sa hannunsa ke da bandeji. Ya yi dariya, a fili yana jin kunya, ya gaya mini cewa ya bugi kek ɗin ranar haihuwar abokin zamansa na sabuwa da ya kusan kammala a matsayin wasa kuma ya karye yatsansa a kan teburin da ke ƙasa. Na yi kama da rashin yarda, amma ya sake yin dariya ya watsar da shi. “Labari ne mai tsawo,” in ji shi. Murmushinsa yana nuna cewa a ƙarshe yana da ƙarshen farin ciki.
Mule zai fito ranar 18 ga Satumba.
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FAQs Orville Peck kan Jaraba da Yin Mafi Kyawun Kundinsa Har Yanzu
1 Wanene Orville Peck
Orville Peck mawaƙin waƙar ƙasa ne wanda aka sani da sanye da abin rufe fuska mai gefuna da ke ɓoye fuskarsa. Sunansa na ainihi Daniel Pitout. An san shi da muryarsa mai zurfi ta baritone da waƙoƙi game da ƙauna kaɗaici da baƙin ciki
2 Me Orville Peck ya ce game da jaraba
Ya yi magana a fili game da gwagwarmaya da jarabar barasa. Ya ce jarabar ta yi muni sosai har ya yi tunanin zai kawo ƙarshen aikinsa na kiɗa
3 Me ake nufi da na yi tunanin zan rasa aikina
Yana nufin Peck ya ji tsoron matsalar shan barasa za ta lalata duk abin da ya yi aiki don shi. Ya damu cewa mai yiwuwa ba zai iya ci gaba da yin kiɗa ba
4 Wane kundi yake magana akai
Yana magana ne game da Bronco da aka fitar a 2022. Peck ya kira shi mafi kyawun kundinsa har yanzu kuma ya yi shi bayan ya daina shan barasa
5 Yaya jaraba ta shafi kiɗansa
Shan barasa ya sa ya yi wahala a gare shi yin aiki da ƙirƙira. Da ya daina shan barasa ya iya mai da hankali kuma ya saka ƙarin kansa cikin waƙoƙinsa
6 Menene jaraba
Jaraba ita ce lokacin da wani ba zai iya dainawa da amfani da wani abu kamar barasa ko kwayoyi ba ko da yana cutar da rayuwarsa lafiyarsa ko dangantakarsa
7 Menene dainawa shan barasa
Dainawa shan barasa yana nufin rashin shan barasa ko amfani da kwayoyi. Ga Peck dainawa shan barasa wani muhimmin mataki ne na ceton aikinsa da lafiyarsa
8 Me ya sa mutane suke cewa dainawa shan barasa yana taimakawa ƙirƙira
Yawancin masu fasaha suna cewa kwayoyi da barasa a haƙiƙa suna toshe ƙirƙira a kan lokaci. Dainawa shan barasa na iya kawo tunani mai tsabta ƙarin kuzari da kuma dabi’un aiki masu tsayawa
9 Shin ya sami taimako don dainawa shan barasa
Ee Peck ya ce ya je rehab kuma ya sami tallafi don dainawa shan barasa
10 Menene rehab
Rehab shiri ne na magani inda mutane suke samun kulawar likita magani da tallafi don dainawa da amfani da kwayoyi ko barasa
11 Shin ya kasance mai sauƙi a gare shi ya daina shan barasa
A’a. Dainawa shan barasa yana da wahala kuma kasancewa cikin dainawa yana buƙatar ƙoƙari mai ci gaba. Peck ya kwatanta shi a matsayin canji mai wahala amma dole
12 Menene mafi wahala a gare shi
Ɗaya daga cikin mafi wahala shi ne fuskantar matsalolinsa ba tare da barasa da zai ɓoye a baya ba. Dole ne kuma ya sake gina amincewarsa da aikinsa
