Today, singer, songwriter, rapper, and visual artist SonReal shares his new single “right before my eyes” via Alt Press from his highly anticipated new EP i can’t make this up, available tomorrow (8/20) via Black Box. Produced by Trevor Muzzy and written by Aaron Hoffman (aka SonReal), the EP displays SonReal’s exquisite ability to consistently be versatile, and once again showcases his extraordinary talent for songwriting and storytelling in addition to pushing boundaries in both his music and incomparable visualizers.
Pre-order i can’t make this up HERE.
“The ‘right before my eyes’ video was directed by Sterling Larose – a 20-year-old kid from Vancouver that has become a huge part of my creative vision,” says SonReal. “The video is about a man’s quest for happiness in a Truman Show like setting. The video is a full circle moment and encompasses a lot of my previous notable videos. Also…my 1.5-year-old daughter makes her acting debut in this video, and she nailed it which is pretty rad!”
Of the EP SonReal shares, “This EP was a very full circle moment for me because I recorded the majority of it by myself which is how I started making music. Something is special about this body of work to me. My producer Trevor and I were forced to think outside the box. I had to get back to recording my own vocals in a bedroom. No flashy studio, nobody to do the work for me. There’s something special about that and it made me hungry to be better. Though this is only 5 songs it feels like a mini album and shows what we are capable of. This is only the beginning – i can’t make this up.”
The EP i can’t make this up follows 2019’s critically acclaimed “The Aaron LP’ an artistic statement that presented SonReal’s growth not only as an eclectic singer-songwriter, but as a genre-bending artist able to navigate folk-tinged acoustic ballads and intensely personal hip-hop joints with ease. i can’t make this up continues to highlight SonReal’s “fiercely ambitious” (The Georgia Straight), and uniquely intrinsic ability to stay adaptable and genre-agnostic, creating a visionary world within his music one song at a time.
With years of international touring and more than a dozen notable award nominations under his belt – including 6 JUNO Awards and 11 MuchMusic Video Award nods in addition to nearly 130
million YouTube views and over 200 million global streams to his credit – SonReal has confirmed that the i can’t make this up headlining Canadian tour will begin November 10.
“WE BACK,” exclaims SonReal. “Been waiting to announce this for a while and it’s finally here.
Canada, you’re first. See you at the i can’t make this up tour.”
The sixteen date national tour visits Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and more before wrapping in Hamilton on December 3. Tickets are on sale now at www.sonreal.com.
i can’t make this up Track Listing:
- right before my eyes
- bananas
- daylight savings
- bank on me
- wide awake
i can’t make this up 2021 CANADIAN TOUR:
November 10 – Capital Ballroom -Victoria, BC
November 11 – The Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC
November 12 – Sagebrush Theatre – Kamloops, BC
November 13 – Kelowna Community Theatre – Kelowna, BC
November 16 – Bo’s Bar – Red Deer, AB
November 18 – Commonwealth – Calgary, AB
November 19 – Union Hall – Edmonton, AB
November 20 – Capital Music Club – Saskatoon, SK
November 22 – Park Theatre – Winnipeg, MB
November 25 – The Brass Monkey – Ottawa, ON
November 26 – L’Anti – Quebec City, QC
November 27 – The Beaumont – Montreal, QC
November 30 – Maxwells – Waterloo, ON
December 1 – London Music Hall – London, ON
December 2 – Opera House – Toronto, ON
November 11 – The Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC
November 12 – Sagebrush Theatre – Kamloops, BC
November 13 – Kelowna Community Theatre – Kelowna, BC
November 16 – Bo’s Bar – Red Deer, AB
November 18 – Commonwealth – Calgary, AB
November 19 – Union Hall – Edmonton, AB
November 20 – Capital Music Club – Saskatoon, SK
November 22 – Park Theatre – Winnipeg, MB
November 25 – The Brass Monkey – Ottawa, ON
November 26 – L’Anti – Quebec City, QC
November 27 – The Beaumont – Montreal, QC
November 30 – Maxwells – Waterloo, ON
December 1 – London Music Hall – London, ON
December 2 – Opera House – Toronto, ON
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