{"id":37693,"date":"2025-09-02T02:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T02:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/37693\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T02:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T02:04:12","slug":"canadian-singer-looks-worlds-away-from-his-noughties-heyday-in-new-selfie-with-short-hair-and-bushy-beard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/37693\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian singer looks worlds away from his noughties heyday in new selfie with short hair and bushy beard"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>\u00a0Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-3528\/carolina-piras.html\" class=\"author\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CAROLINA PIRAS, SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  19:12 EDT, 1 September 2025   |  Updated:  19:14 EDT, 1 September 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Rufus Wainwright looked unrecognisable in a new selfie with short grey hair and a bushy beard, 17 years after his <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/brit_awards\/index.html\" id=\"mol-88ae3fa0-875b-11f0-b1d6-df1567b30fad\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brit Awards<\/a> nomination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Canadian-American singer, 51, looked worlds away from his pop star looks in the Instagram snap &#8211; although he never stopped performing throughout the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The songwriter shot to fame after the release of his self-titled album in 1998 and has since then recorded eleven studio albums.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The composer also released several tracks on compilation as well as film soundtracks, with a successful career spanning over three decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Rufus &#8211; who has been married to German Arts Administrato J\u00f6rn Weisbrodt since 2012 &#8211; also written two classical operas and set Shakespeare&#8217;s sonnets to music for a theatre piece by Robert Wilson.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Although the music star is well-remembered for bangers as\u00a0I Don&#8217;t Know What It Is and his famous cover of\u00a0Hallelujah.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-9fdbe5c557eaa882\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/101736837-15053551-image-a-59_1756748275752.jpg\" height=\"766\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Rufus Wainwright looked unrecognisable in a new selfie with short grey hair and a bushy beard, 17 years after his Brit Awards nomination\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Rufus Wainwright looked unrecognisable in a new selfie with short grey hair and a bushy beard, 17 years after his Brit Awards nomination<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-851b8358afc2ab4c\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/101736199-15053551-The_Canadian_American_singer_51_looked_worlds_away_from_his_pop_-a-53_17567478653.jpeg\" height=\"794\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The Canadian-American singer, 51, looked worlds away from his pop star looks in the Instagram snap - although he never stopped performing throughout the years (pictured now)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The Canadian-American singer, 51, looked worlds away from his pop star looks in the Instagram snap &#8211; although he never stopped performing throughout the years (pictured now)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Rufus comes from a folk-orientated family, son of singers\u00a0Loudon Wainwright III and the late Kate McGarrigle, and is no surprise he enjoyed a Brit nomination in 2008.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Speaking about his aspiring achievements to The Sun in 2020, he said: &#8216;I would like a Grammy at some point, mainly because my dad got one and I&#8217;d like it to happen while he&#8217;s still alive so we can put that to rest. A Grammy would be nice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I want to make a ton of money, but I do feel for the work that I put into my career . . . It would be nice not to have to work so hard as I do because it&#8217;s a diminishing game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Hard work and the travel was easy in my 20s and 30s, but now it&#8217;s harder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;So, I just have to figure out a way to do that.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-13047145\/Taylor-Swift-forgiven-Rufus-Wainwright-puckers-Grammys-said-really-did-not-music.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Earlier in February of last year, the singer puckered up next to pop icon Taylor Swift despite an apparent feud.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In November of the previous year, the Across The Universe crooner said his daughter like Taylor&#8217;s music, but he didn&#8217;t really get her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Rufus told Kyle Meredith for a live taping of Kyle Meredith With\u2026 at the time that he was on the fence on T-Swift.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-829a4d01fe487802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/101736049-15053551-image-a-48_1756746941961.jpg\" height=\"953\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The songwriter shot to fame after the release of his self-titled album in 1998 and has since then recorded eleven studio albums (pictured last month)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The songwriter shot to fame after the release of his self-titled album in 1998 and has since then recorded eleven studio albums (pictured last month)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-d028209f83cc6e74\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/101736045-15053551-image-a-49_1756747052119.jpg\" height=\"702\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The composer also released several tracks on compilation as well as film soundtracks, with a successful career spanning over three decades (pictured at Glastonbury in June 2022)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The composer also released several tracks on compilation as well as film soundtracks, with a successful career spanning over three decades (pictured at Glastonbury in June 2022)<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-d18ae1cbd087197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/101736839-15053551-image-a-61_1756748330667.jpg\" height=\"505\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Although the music star is well-remembered for bangers as I Don't Know What It Is and his famous cover of Hallelujah (pictured in 2002)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Although the music star is well-remembered for bangers as I Don&#8217;t Know What It Is and his famous cover of Hallelujah (pictured in 2002)<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3cf32e9ea3ff096a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/101736051-15053551-image-a-50_1756747460035.jpg\" height=\"953\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Rufus comes from a folk-orientated family, son of singers Loudon Wainwright III and the late Kate McGarrigle, and is no surprise he enjoyed a Brit nomination in 2008 (pictured last month)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Rufus comes from a folk-orientated family, son of singers Loudon Wainwright III and the late Kate McGarrigle, and is no surprise he enjoyed a Brit nomination in 2008 (pictured last month)<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-836ec7712cb9cbd7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/101736845-15053551-image-a-62_1756748360776.jpg\" height=\"513\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The famous star is seen performing in 2002\u00a0at the 40 Watt Club in Athens\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The famous star is seen performing in 2002\u00a0at the 40 Watt Club in Athens<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But at the Grammys bash, the Red hitmaker appeared to have forgiven the bitter past, as they posed together for a beaming selfie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Her name came up when he said the music industry was &#8216;vapid and predictable.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Rufus said he did not understand Taylor or why his daughter was such a big fan of her music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;My daughter is really into Taylor Swift right now so I&#8217;ve really been going through the education of that,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It&#8217;s fascinating. I wanna remain open-minded and I think it&#8217;s very impressive what she does, and there&#8217;s a lot of stuff I could never even dream of accomplishing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;On the way to school it&#8217;s a constant thing and there&#8217;s certain songs I like more than others\u2026 It hasn&#8217;t happened for me yet with Taylor, but I&#8217;m not saying it won&#8217;t.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Canadian singer looks worlds away from his noughties heyday in new selfie with short hair and bushy beard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0Have YOU got a story? 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