Jens Lekman is an accidental wedding singer. But he’s also a wedding singer for a reason. Ever since his 2004 song “If You Ever Need a Stranger (To Sing at Your Wedding)” he has had a side gig fielding requests from strangers to sing at their weddings. For over twenty years, he’s had a particular vantage point from which to see the role love songs can play in our lives. In 20...(展开全部) Jens Lekman is an accidental wedding singer. But he’s also a wedding singer for a reason. Ever since his 2004 song “If You Ever Need a Stranger (To Sing at Your Wedding)” he has had a side gig fielding requests from strangers to sing at their weddings. For over twenty years, he’s had a particular vantage point from which to see the role love songs can play in our lives. In 2020, he and novelist David Levithan co-conceived a novel-with-music, Songs from Other People’s Weddings. Originally this album was meant to contain the songs from the weddings in the book, but as the novel came together, Lekman began to imagine what happened between the book’s chapters. The book and the album eventually became intertwined but also found their own paths. The book remained the structure of the story, but the album sometimes snuck behind the scenes. Stories from the songs made their way into the book and vice versa. The result is an exploration of what we sing about when we sing about love -- euphoria, doubt, dislocation, tenderness, conflict, playfulness, gratitude, ingratitude, longing, belonging, questioning, answering. It’s very much about a relationship and how it’s reflected through the relationships and weddings of others, but most of all it’s a lovesong to lovesongs.
婚礼歌手不是他的全职身份,但如果任何歌迷记得的话,When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog算起二十年多年来他已经为100多场婚礼献唱过了。以如此不加迂回的主题命名是他延续此副业以来的头一遭,为了一张专辑与他的好友铺垫了一本同名小说的体量更是前所未有。不过在我进入这...
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0 有用 懋之 2025-09-20 21:59:12 江苏
dull。
2 有用 hellst 2025-09-12 13:07:12 浙江
答应我你结婚也要请JL好吗
0 有用 Byrd 2025-10-17 09:37:45 四川
A-
0 有用 白矮星爱吃东西 2025-09-17 05:40:55 德国
美哭了,听得我显化了,好久没听到一张能让我拍案叫绝的长专辑了。Jens Lekman真不愧是情歌圣手。今年的第一张五星专辑。
0 有用 MJoe Holland 2025-09-18 00:15:42 四川
第十三首我觉得我梦想中的婚礼我会使用
0 有用 懋之 2025-09-20 21:59:12 江苏
dull。
0 有用 菌子的窄门长路 2025-09-17 20:10:16 北京
好美,好动听
0 有用 k.k 2025-10-14 08:58:59 安徽
3.5
0 有用 Taecomme 2025-09-25 19:18:56 中国香港
8.3/10
0 有用 □ 2025-09-18 15:40:04 广东
3.5,感觉有filler