Photography by Sandy KimMusicNewsJohn Waters releases new album Make TroubleThe full-length record features the People’s Pervert’s unconventional commencement speech from 2015ShareLink copied ✔️September 11, 2017MusicNewsTextAnna Cafolla Filmmaker, writer, comedian and hallowed Pope of Trash John Waters has released an album, Make Trouble. The 12-track long release opens with Waters reading his commencement speech given at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2015. In his inspiring, typically unconventional speech, he tells graduands: “Go out in the world and fuck it up beautifully. Design clothes so hideous that they can't be worn ironically. Horrify us with new ideas. Outrage outdated critics. Use technology for transgression, not lazy social living. Make me nervous!” Waters, known for Pink Flamingos, Hairspray and Divine’s dazzlingly filthy film career, released the speech’s transcript in his book – also titled Make Trouble – which came out earlier this year. The tracks feature only Waters' voice, detailing moments in his life that he's learned from: getting caught with pot at NYU, “terrible technique” he showed in Multiple Maniacs, drawing inspiration as a kid from sexploitation double features and burlesque shows and encountering evil nuns. On one track, he relates how he was approached by a prison authority to create a reform school for rich kids when he was teaching in a local prison. Later this month, the auteur will open an adult summer camp in Connecticut, boasting a weekend of activities and trashy debauchery: ziplining and canoeing, screenings of his films, ‘Blood Mary Bingo’, Hairspray karaoke, burlesque lessons, a ‘Scotch and Cigars’ session and a costume contest judged by the Prince of Puke himself. Waters will also perform a one-man show, read from his new book and hang around for a Q+A. The 7” Make Trouble record will be released via Jack White’s Third Man Records on October 6, and the album is available to stream below now. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREBehind-the-scenes at Oklou and FKA twigs’ new video shootBjörk calls for the release of musician ‘kidnapped’ by Israeli authoritiesZimmermannKindred spirits and psychedelic florals: Zimmermann heads to 70s Sydney ‘Her dumbest album yet’: Are Swifties turning on Taylor Swift?IB Kamara on branching out into musicEnter the K-Bass: How SCR revolutionised Korean club culture‘Comic Con meets underground rap’: Photos from Eastern Margins’ day festWho are H.LLS? Get to know London’s anonymous alt-R&B trioTaylor Swift has lost her grip with The Life of a Showgirl ‘Cold Lewisham nights’: Behind the scenes at Jim Legxacy’s debut UK tour All the pettiest pop beefs of 2025Has the algorithm killed music discovery?