Live For Live Music is excited to premiere soul singer Madelyn Grant‘s new music video for “Beautiful Lie.” The release of the video, directed by Joseph Cavanaugh, comes a day before the launch of the Grant’s new Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to give “Beautiful Lie,” as well as a handful of other new songs, the full studio treatment in the form of a new EP, Purpose.
Check out the video below, featuring Grant performing the new song along with bandmates/EP co-producers Julian Allen (drums, backup vocals) and James Cornelison (bass, backup vocals), as well as keyboardist Ian Finkelstein:
Says Grant of the new track, “‘Beautiful Lie’ is a song I wrote when I was feeling quite distraught about the world around me. It often seems like there’s no way to escape feeling hopeless. I wrote the pre-chorus hook (‘Maybe one day we’ll see a little clearer, maybe one day we’ll know just what to do’) as a reminder that while things may seem bleak, there is a brighter future ahead. A reminder that we, as a society, are not completely hopeless.”
Watch Madelyn Grant Perform with Vulfpeck at Tipitina’s During New Orleans Jazz Fest
Grant grew up listening to Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and is heavily influenced by Lauryn Hill, D’Angelo,and Lianne la Havas. She has spent the last two years gigging around the Metro Detroit and Ann Arbor, Michigan, and recently performed at New Orleans’ Tipitina’s with funk favorites Vulfpeck and Lettuce, and at New York City’s Webster Hall with FKJ. She has written music and collaborated with ODESZA, FKJ, and Emancipator, with tracks featuring her vocals racking up millions of SoundCloud and Spotify plays and even a Grammy nomination (RAC remix of “Say My Name ft. Zyra” by ODESZA).
Visit Grant’s SoundCloud to hear more of the up-and-coming singer’s work, get updates on the upcoming album via her website, and don’t forget to donate to her Kickstarter (launching tomorrow) to help make Purpose a reality!