Following the release of hisbrilliant second album Eyes Of The Living Night at the beginning of the year, Swedish singer-songwriter Jonathan Hultén is back today with a brand-new video for one of the album’s standout tracks, ‘Dawn’.
Jonathan comments: “Dawn was the first song that was written for what would become the album Eyes Of The Living Night. With piano, electric guitars, buzzing synthesizers, a lo-fi-inspired beat and video game references from the SNES era, Dawn flows through themes of emotional renewal and transitions between life’s different phases. It’s a short, melancholic journey that conveys a simple appreciation of existence itself, despite (or because of) its ephemeral nature.
With a lyrics-less and incomplete demo as a reference, Amira, Jakob and I went out to film the first shots of what would become the music video of Dawn in the summer of 2023. Although intended as the foundation of a future music video, it was a collaborative and improvised art experiment more than anything else. 8 months later, we went out in the middle of winter to film additional footage: a dance improvisation by Amira on a frozen lake. Eventually, in late 2024, all video material had been filmed, and the song Dawn was finalized and recorded.
But it wasn’t until the summer of 2025 that all the pieces of the puzzle would come together. Along with a storyboard, the collection of filmed material pointed the way to a cohesive storyline that had organically taken form over time. With more than two years in the making, this music video has had the most experimental and unpredictable creative process of everything we have worked on to date.”
JONATHEN HULTÉN – EYES OF THE LIVING NIGHT
1.The Saga And The Storm [05:24]
2. Afterlife [04:19]
3. Falling Mirage [02:43]
4. Riverflame [04:18]
5. The Dream Was The Cure [04:18]
6. Song Of Transience [03:23]
7. Through The Fog, Into The Sky [02:46]
8. Dawn [03:38]
9. Vast Tapestry [02:37]
10. The Ocean’s Arms [03:38]
11. A Path Is Found [01:15]
12. Starbather [04:58]
BUY JONATHAN HULTÉN EYES OF THE LIVING NIGHT
THE VIDEO IS A COLLABORATION WITH DANCER AMIRA ALEXÁNDRA
FILMED BY JAKOB JOHANSSON IN ÅRJÄNG, SWEDEN
Photo credit – Anastasia Lihnka
After the release of their new album ‘Fear of Emotion’, which features collaborations with James Morrison, KT Tunstall…
Power metal warriors WARKINGS celebrate their energetic shows with a new single: their cover of “Live is Life” honors…
The release of Lauren Wallace's single Gap Teeth in February, saw great radio support across Ireland, a…
After more than 30 years of making music to widespread critical acclaim, Merseyside hero Ian…
London indie pop four-piece daydreamers are on the brink of announcing their biggest project to date. The…
Acclaimed alt-rock band Against the Current shares “Dead Man Walking,” the explosive second single from their upcoming album. In…