When Colyer (Steven Colyer) got to making his debut album – Lonestardom, out now – he was determined to make it really count. “I wanted it to not only be cohesive but evoke a mood that I could then visually represent. It’s like writing the soundtrack before the movie, but without making the actual film.”

The Midwest-raised artist wanted Lonestardom to paint pictures of a story that unravelled as the production process ensued, with the tracklisting eventually being dictated by the narrative. As a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, he took a 360-degree approach to its creation, with every element featured constructed by him. It’s a diary with no subject area off limits, told through a lexicon ranging from 60s soul to 90s shoegaze.

“When it came time to create visuals for the record, there was really only a budget for one video. We chose “Weird World” because it’s truly a culmination of the central themes of the album.” The visual, which sees Colyer alone, at various moments of vulnerability and rumination, was directed by LA-based artist Nas Bogado, they “knew just how to bring it to life,” Colyer says. “They directed, edited, and designed the logos, creating the world I’d always imagined.”

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