Irene Michaels – Performs “My Heart” at the Get Out Awards 3/3/25

Irene Michaels–house music and EDM recording artist–will be performing her newest song, “My Heart”, at this year’s Get Out Awards. A recipient of an award for her contributions to House Music at the last award ceremony, she has collected multi honors for her hits “I Like Rain” and “My Heart”, her newest hit single via Tribeca Records. 

At the moment, Irene is overwhelmingly excited to be a part of the evening. Get Out spoke to Irene about her career and her future intentions. At the moment, she is celebrating her support of the LGBTQ+ New York nightlife community and their acceptance of her music and is happy to be a part of anything to do with gay…because it’s always more fun! 

INTERVIEW >>>

Hello, Irene. Get Out is happy to celebrate your performance at the Awards on March 3, 2025. Tell us about your new song, “My Heart”, and what inspired its creation.

Joe Smooth, worldwide House Music producer, contacted me and asked if I wanted to come into his studio and do a very cool song.  I was excited to hear “My Heart” and thought it was a really cool sound, different than my other songs, and has a strong message about relationships, which is always the case in life. I thought the song had a certain sex appeal to its beat and decided to record it. On February 14th, I released a remix of the song featuring rapper Twizm Whyte Peace, who added a whole different dimension to its existence. 

What are you most looking forward to and more importantly, what will you be wearing?

I am looking forward to my performance, of course, but also to seeing Ike Avelli, whose Xmas show I was featured in. It will be fun to see Billy Hess and Mark, as well as Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss and Evan Bruce and Get Out publisher Mike Todd, who I have grown to respect for all his community efforts. The evening will be a blast ! I’m still deciding what to wear… always an issue making up my mind. Anyone have any suggestions?

You are also an actress. What have you performed in and can you give us any General Hospital gossip from the time you had a recurring role? 

I use to date Rick Springfield, and he always was talking about how he wanted to go back to his music, which he did. All on the show were very cooperative and generous with themselves. I was the newbie on the show and they all were very supportive. I’ve been in over a dozen movies, some parts bigger than others…Home Alone 2, Mickey One, Dying Alone, Straight Talk, etc.

What have you been doing since the last awards? 

Practicing music, learning new material, prepping for a few shows I have coming up in Chicago. I performed last June at the Pride Parade after-party, which was fabulous and also at Ike’s “50 Shades of Gay: A Christmas Cabaret” as well as in Times Square in September for International Peace Day. I’ve also just won the BroadwayWorld Award for Best Indie Artist for my song “My Heart.”

What is new for you in the New Year and beyond?  

More songs, bigger venues, hopefully getting more awards for my music, and learning how to relax a little more. This is a tough business and very demanding. I am hoping to take part this summer in some LGBTQ+ circuit parties and ride in the Pride Parade. 

Who has influenced you to begin doing House Music?  

Rachael Cain, the owner of Trax Records. She inspired me to start doing house music when she attended one of my shows, and the rest is history.

If I could ask you any question, what would it be and how would you answer?

“What is your philosophy in life?”  Mine is the following: Always remember it’s not what happens to you, but how you HANDLE it with attitude. Everything is attitude, I have had, like anyone else, many challenges in life, but my attitude towards it is to embrace it, because you can’t look back, you can’t change it. Look at the future with a new, exciting day everyday, in spite of the problems of the world…Life is not for sissies!