Aquarius Superstar

Aquarius singer-songwriter Sean Tillman seems like an anomaly in the musical Hall of Fame with his strutting sexuality and overtly suggestive music as Har Mar Superstar. There's also the issue of his use of multiple musical personas (see Sean Tillman and Sean Na Na), which can be rocker dudish (as Sean Tillman in Calvin Krime) and sweetly popish (as with Sean Na Na). It's unusual for Aquarians to be so bluntly sexual and certainly to do so through adopted personas. This is generally the territory of Geminis, Capricorns, and Aries. But when placed in a different context, it makes absolute sense.

Tillman's presentations are less personification than manifestation. What he's seemingly doing is manifesting the Aquarian id, much like Madonna manifests the Leo id. Tillman's Har Mar Superstar isn't so much a hedonist, as he is an expressionist. He dances provocatively and semi-nude and often encourages the same in his audience. His aesthetic is exposure vs. composure, so he's often not frocked in costumes, reciting otherworldly passages, or hiding behind his personas. If anything, he's exposing the underpinnings of his (and our) sensuality with Har Mar Superstar.

In a recent SoundProof Magazine interview, Tillman describes Har Mar Superstar's aim thus: "My whole show is about getting everyone in the audience to let go of their real lives and go wild for a night. I think people see me move with wild abandon and they feel like they should too. I'm more of a ringleader than anything at that point."

Though Tillman considers himself only part of a much larger show, it should be noted that there are Aquarian singer-songwriters who can fully embrace the novelty of a persona for a much longer extended period of time. But like Tillman, they eventually become disenchanted or feel limited by these personas and move on into a more educational role. It seems that when it really comes down to it, it's always about what can be most instructive to a larger audience for these Aquarians and not about the need to titillate or arouse on an individual basis.

Har Mar Superstar's latest and fourth album, Dark Touches, came out in October 2009. Until his next album, enjoy this song that was originally penned for Britney Spears, or check out his appearance in the recently released film Whip It!, or catch him live now that he's currently on tour.