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It has been a tumultuous year for Homeschool, the solo project of Tom D’Agustino (he/they) who moonlights as a recurring star on Dear Edward on Apple TV+. As a newcomer to life as an independent artist with unfettered control of the creative process, Homeschool has spent the past year experimenting with music and masculinity, inching closer to what they feel is an “authentic” way of being in the world. As a newcomer to acting, D’Agustino is reveling in the opportunity to explore the worlds of different characters, to “experiment with who I’m able to become,” he says
Now, D’Agustino shares a brand new single entitled “Bound To Be,” their first release of 2023.
“Bound To Be,” says D’Agustino, “blends all these different genres like electronic music, salsa beats, and indie rock, to show me that my music can be more than one thing – that it can be unfixed and fluid.” As a genderfluid person, Homeschool is fascinated by the messiness of life and creativity. “I’m finally allowing myself to exist outside of the neat boxes that society tries to place us all in – with my music, my acting, and my identity.”
But “Bound To Be” also offers a lyrical warning to D’Agustino’s burgeoning sense of self: “I’m bound to be pumping gasoline.” Translation: this probably won’t end with you being some famous rockstar. Their response: “I think I’m fine with that.”
“I may not be bound for some sort of abstract glory,” D’Agustino says, “but I am bound to be honest. I am bound to be someone who lives ‘just now,’ authentically, truthfully, and unabashedly. I am bound to express my fluidity, my perspective, and my gripes, on my own terms. And I’m bound to fucking enjoy it.”
