finespun

Compared to the smaller roles that populate Hiller’s IMDb page, Joel — one of the more nuanced queer characters on television in recent years — is more finespun.

It’s an achingly personal and finespun track plucked out on baritone ukulele.

Here comes the bass, offering a futuristic contrast to the singer’s finespun melodies — which tend to be sung in Spanish and forged in various folk traditions.

Before the year was out, he had reached some kind of zenith with “Drip Too Hard,” a monumentally finespun duet with Gunna.

At the Kennedy Center’s Opera House on Saturday, Washington National Opera’s Russell Thomas burst onto the stage, brandishing a red flag, and sang it in tones of finespun gold.