By the time he reaches a blistering Editions Of You, the usually ice-cool singer is enjoying himself so much he virtually dry humps the electric piano.
In spite of all their cool connections (singer Thomas Mars is the partner of Sofia Coppola and designer Hedi Slimane is a friend and fan), the term "guilty pleasure" still works best when describing Phoenix's music.
She's a cool, thoughtful singer who is remarkable mostly for her lyrics, her ability to mix stories and memories with a sometimes epic sense of time and history, and flashes of anger.
"The idea of laying it all bare and writing songs about my love life, changing situations, that scares me... I've always wanted to be in a band and be the cool lead singer, but I'm so uncool!" As she conceded to Seacrest: "[Maybe] I'll do the [finger] snaps at the back of the album".
Even brilliant talents like the cool Jazz singer June Christie and the bebop genius Anita O'Day had a remarkably hard time.
If you do it on black and white, though, it'll still look cool.'" Singer's loyalty to his friends meant he refused overtures from potential backers.
"Bulimia isn't cool," tweeted the singer and actor Demi Lovato, a former sufferer.
"We were very excited that someone like Kelly Clarkson was a fan of Jane Austen – it's not what you'd expect from a young, cool US pop singer.
A cool but tender singer, she made the stories in the songs from "Body Music" (Vagrant), which was released in July, sound urgent and sweaty, especially on "Outlines" and "Attracting Flies".
The video he's been making with Keane marks his appearance as a guest on their new EP ("He's just ultra cool," says their singer Tom Chaplin. "Very down to earth, as well as being just an incredible wordsmith").; recently, Jay-Z came to one of his concerts, and later emailed to say of "Wavin' Flag", "Congratulations, you just made an anthem for a generation".
"It's not what you'd expect from a young, cool U.S. pop singer.
