Singer songwriter Fred Lee, the importance of story telling in his new videos.

Swedish singer songwriter Fred Lee releases a new video for his single “You Were Anyone, But Not Anywhere...” a folk infused song that brings everything back to the basics: a guitar, a small (almost non existent), stage and a small crowd. There's no need to pretend you are a rock star when your music is sincere and is not afraid to show your true self and reach to other people's heart. That's what music is supposed to do. So Fred Lee and the Restless decided to capture this feeling in a very simple yet effective video to deliver this song's message.

WATCH THE VIDEO “You were anyone, but not anywhere”: https://youtu.be/eRGaDwqM9Rw

Fred Lee (aka Fredrik Lindkvist), who has made himself a name in the Scandinavian hardcore punk scene in the past and now is presenting himself as an indie folk / punk singer songwriter at his debut album, comments:

“I've done gigs for 500-1500 people, which felt incredibly cool. However, most gigs have been in front of a small, rather uninterested audience.

On such occasions, your willingness to continue to create and express yourself with the music is tested, your willingness to be able to give everything even though the audience is yawning. I have loved such occasions, the hope of reaching out to one or two people gives me the strength to continue.

This is what we wanted to capture with this video, and as the world looks now with the pandemic, there is nothing to lose. We'll just wait until it's time again, time to rock. In this video my wife does the background singing and she's been such a great supporter of my music. This is also the first song I wrote for Fred Lee & The Restless.”

This song is the third single to anticipate his debut album release, and follows the previous single and video “Devil's Chokehold”, which captured the interest of many fans of the genre. Visuals seems to be almost as important as the music for Fred, who released a video that emphasize the importance of story telling in his artistic communication. Fred Lee says about “Devil's Chokehold”:

“My friend Henrik and I went through the lyrics to the song and tried to find a story. It's a little dreamy story about life rolling around like a hamster wheel, I end up in the same place and have to start over again. The chorus ends with "I'm not going back again, never my friend", but no matter how much you want to get out of the Devil's Chokehold, you always end up there struggling for air.

The video was filmed in Holmsund / Obbola where we live. We thought the factory was nice as a background and we set the time for early evening when it was dark to set the mood.”

WATCH THE VIDEO “Devil's Chokehold”: https://youtu.be/AKk1WK-NejY

Fred Lee and the Restless debut album “Sleepwalking in Daylight” is coming out in June via Lövely Records.

Pre-order "Sleepwalking in Daylight”: https://fredleeandtherestless.bandcamp.com/releases