{"id":7304,"date":"2018-02-06T10:32:22","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T16:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=7304"},"modified":"2018-08-20T16:12:07","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T21:12:07","slug":"jens-lekman-weirdness-just-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/jens-lekman-weirdness-just-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"Jens Lekman is available for weddings"},"content":{"rendered":"

To put it as eloquently as possible, Jens Lekman is weird as fuck. His lyrics are absurd and empathetic, relatable beneath layers of irony. He\u2019s also available for weddings.<\/p>\n

While Lekman\u2019s most recent album, Life Will See You Now<\/em>, actually came out last February, the Swedish indie-pop oddity is touring behind it again now during a three-week lull between wedding gigs. This includes a stop at the High Noon Saloon on Feb. 7<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to a recent interview<\/a> with North Carolina-based Indy Week<\/em>, the whole \u201cwedding singer\u201d business started as a shot-in-the-dark request. Two fans took his old song \u201cIf You Ever Need a Stranger (To Sing at Your Wedding)\u201d literally and asked Lekman to perform at their nuptials. He did, and he enjoyed the experience so much that he\u2019s kept doing it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just did it for the fun of it,\u201d Lekman said, \u201cbut then I realized it\u2019s a really sweet way to see what your music means to people.\u201d<\/p>\n

But despite his whimsical aura, the 37-year-old keeps one foot firmly planted in reality: \u201cAlso, for me, it\u2019s a way to make a living, to survive making music.\u201d<\/p>\n