Darren Hayes – Unlovable Memoir, why I’m excited

I’ve always been really invested in Darren’s life story from what I know via his music. I’ve been saying to friends for years that I would love him to release a biography of some kind. My prayers were answered last year when Darren finally announced his upcoming memoir; Unlovable.

The book is out on the 5th of November and can be pre-ordered on Audible here. Fantastic news too, he will be doing the reading of the audio book. What better way to celebrate or commiserate the US election, right?

My plan is to basically book the day off, listen, have a good laugh and cry and then stay up and watch the election results.

Expectations, what I’m hoping to hear about

I do think the book will mostly cover Darren’s rise to fame and aftermath of Savage Garden. But here’s some hopes beyond that:

1. Chronology of core songs. Most of the songs I love by Darren are his personal ones, the ones about child childhood, breakups, marriage and eventual coming out. I think I know the full story based on song lyrics, but I’m excited to hear the story in order and with more detail.
2. Song inspiration and locations when writing. Some of Darren’s newer work especially doesn’t include a track-by-track video or breakdown online, so I’ll be really interested to learn some background information about songs that I haven’t previously heard.
3. TDTWM info. Shocker, I’m obsessed with This Delicate Thing We’ve Made and honestly, I’m hoping to learn more about why this massive album doesn’t feature very much in his live shows, and the circumstances surrounding its creation and sudden big departure away from it after Secret Codes and Battleships. I believe there was some label weirdness, but I haven’t found much information about it.

It’ll be really nice to hear about where he is now as a person too. Darren’s had a lot happen in the last few years; divorce, self-affirming amazing album releases and an emotional AF appearance on The Masked Singer. I want to hear it all. Like most things he puts out I suspect it’s going to feel a lot like sitting down for a coffee with an old friend.

I can’t wait.