Jens Lekman has confirmed new album 'Songs for Other People's Weddings', a companion piece to a book of the same name
Swedish artist Jens Lekman announces album inspired by his wedding singer career, alongside companion book co-written with David Levithan.
Jens Lekman has announced his new album 'Songs For Other People's Weddings', set for release on 12th September via Secretly Canadian.
The Swedish artist's latest full-length arrives as a companion piece to a book of the same name, co-written with author David Levithan. The project draws inspiration from Lekman's experiences as a wedding singer, a career that began when fans took his 2004 track 'If You Ever Need a Stranger (To Sing at Your Wedding)' literally.
The album follows a fictional narrative about J, a wedding singer who creates bespoke songs for couples while navigating his own relationship with girlfriend V. Lead single 'Candy From A Stranger' marks the first introduction to this story, accompanied by a video featuring footage from various weddings where Lekman has performed.
"The idea to make a narrative concept album felt forbidden. Which, for me, is usually a sign that I'm on the right path," Lekman explains. "While investigating the genre of narrative concept albums, I realized that one of my all-time favorite albums, Frank Sinatra's Watertown, was in fact just that– a record that told a chronological story over the length of an LP."
"While this story is very much about a relationship and how it's reflected through the relationships and weddings of others, most of all I think it's a love story about music and its value in a time when it's been devalued and turned into content by tech companies," he adds.
The Swedish artist's latest full-length arrives as a companion piece to a book of the same name, co-written with author David Levithan. The project draws inspiration from Lekman's experiences as a wedding singer, a career that began when fans took his 2004 track 'If You Ever Need a Stranger (To Sing at Your Wedding)' literally.
The album follows a fictional narrative about J, a wedding singer who creates bespoke songs for couples while navigating his own relationship with girlfriend V. Lead single 'Candy From A Stranger' marks the first introduction to this story, accompanied by a video featuring footage from various weddings where Lekman has performed.
"The idea to make a narrative concept album felt forbidden. Which, for me, is usually a sign that I'm on the right path," Lekman explains. "While investigating the genre of narrative concept albums, I realized that one of my all-time favorite albums, Frank Sinatra's Watertown, was in fact just that– a record that told a chronological story over the length of an LP."
"While this story is very much about a relationship and how it's reflected through the relationships and weddings of others, most of all I think it's a love story about music and its value in a time when it's been devalued and turned into content by tech companies," he adds.
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