Achi news desk-
In his new music video, Ian Janes’ head is superimposed over the faces of several Academy Award nominated actors as they wait to hear if they have won the big prize. It was a fun way to tie the lyrics of his song with something to promote is the latest album, “WeakNights.”
“There’s a line in the song where I say, ‘I can pretend to be an Oscar winner, but my skin gets a little thinner on those weak nights,'” he said in an interview with CTV News Atlantic’s Katie Kelly on Thursday. “So we cut up some footage from old Oscar ceremonies and made it look like I was the only nominee for being boring.”
Janes said her seventh album, which sports “weeknights,” takes a quick look at heartbreak.
“I took that word and I was like, ‘What would a weak night look like?'” he said. “Maybe the hardest times to get over heartbreak are when you’re doing nothing.”
Janes, who has been making records since 1998 and has collected numerous ECMA and Music Nova Scotia nominations, has dabbled in many genres during his career. Recently he stepped into the world of hip hop, thanks to the rapper Classified, who sampled two of his songs for his last album.
“It’s really fun to see how someone else reinterprets something you’ve already done,” he said. “You said how you heard it and they hear it and they hear another way to use it.
“Working together is fun and it makes sense. It amplifies your message.”
“WeakNights” is available to stream online and Janes will be performing at The Carleton on May 22 and 23 to celebrate the album’s release.
