Singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson will release her fifth studio album, Lights Out, on April 15th via Cabin 24/Mom+Pop. The first single, “Girls Chase Boys,” is now available at all digital retailers and the music video is going viral, with incredible media attention and over 1.5 million views so far. To celebrate the release Michaelson will embark on a 31-date tour which kicks off April 21st at Le National in Montreal, Quebec and will run through June 3rd at the House of Blues in Boston. Tickets are available now.
“’Girls Chase Boys’ started out as a break up song but took on a deeper meaning as I continued writing,” said Michaelson of the single. “More than just being about my experience, its focus shifted to include the idea that, no matter who or how we love, we are all the same. The video takes that idea one step further and attempts to turn stereotypical gender roles on their head. Girls don’t exclusively chase boys, we all know this. We all chase each other and in the end we are all chasing after the same thing: love.”
Beyond the sweetly buoyant “Girls Chase Boys,” presented visually in a cheeky music video that’s a stylistic homage to Robert Palmer’s “Simply Irresistible,” the new album finds Michaelson exploring some thoughtful, sometimes darker themes based on personal challenges she’s experienced over the last year. She also pushed her boundaries with the production of Lights Out, choosing a more inclusive creative process. Recorded in New York, Los Angeles, and Nashville, she worked with six producers and ten co-writers, including singer-songwriters Katie Herzig, Trent Dabbs and Busbee (Pink, Katy Perry, Lady Antebellum) as well as A Great Big World and Mat Kearney, with whom she also shares duets.
“The last year has been one of the most challenging of my life,” said Michaelson. “This album is a reflection of all of that. It’s about being pushed to your limits and looking for help from something other than yourself. It’s about letting go and being alright with that, accepting that. I collaborated with many different writers and producers but, ironically, I believe this is the most personal record I’ve made. I feel like I needed others to save me, in a way – to get the darkness out and help turn it to light. I’m so proud of the record and of the many friends who helped me make it. And I cannot wait to perform these songs live!”
This January Ingrid partnered with Rainn Wilson and his popular video production company SoulPancake to host a series of comedic shorts entitled, “Little Kids. Big Questions.” The series pays homage to Art Linkletter and Bill Cosby and makes use of Michaelson’s earnest approach and comedic timing to draw unique and often hilarious answers out of adorable kids. Last fall, Michaelson’s popular side project ARMY OF 3 released their debut EP. ARMY OF 3, a group comprised of Michaelson, producer Chris Kuffner and director Dylan Steinberg, first drew attention on YouTube for their visually compelling music videos featuring inventive covers of Rihanna’s “We Found Love” and Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know.”
Ingrid Michaelson has earned enviable name-recognition thanks to her knack for crafting beautiful, idiosyncratic songs, many of which have wafted out of your television in handfuls of Grey’s Anatomy episodes (not to mention countless other series since such as American Idol, Parenthood, and So You Think You Can Dance), in an affecting Google Chrome ad, and on VH1 as an artist You Outta Know. She has sold over 1 million albums and 5 million singles on her own label, ending up on the cover of Billboard Magazine as “the new paradigm” in the music industry. Her most recent album, 2012’s “Human Again,” was her highest-selling debut yet, reaching #1 on iTunes and Top 5 on the Billboard sales chart in its first week.
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LIGHTS OUT TOUR DATES
April 21 Montreal, QC (CANADA) – Le National
April 22 Toronto, ON (CANADA) – Danforth Music Hall
April 23 Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
April 24 Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
April 26 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
April 28 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
April 29 Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue
May 1 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
May 2 Vancouver, BC (CANADA) – Commodore Ballroom
May 3 Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
May 5 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
May 7 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
May 9 San Diego, CA – Humphreys Concerts By The Bay
May 10 Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
May 13 Dallas, TX – House of Blues
May 14 Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
May 15 Houston, TX – House of Blues
May 16 Gulf Shores, AL – Hangout Festival
May 18 St Petersburg, FL – State Theatre
May 19 Orlando, FL – The Beacham
May 20 Atlanta, GA – Center Stage
May 21 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
May 23 Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre
May 24 Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre
May 25 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
May 27 Clifton Park, NY – Upstate Concert Hall
May 29 New York, NY – Terminal 5
May 30 Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
May 31 Norfolk, VA – The NorVa
June 2 Boston, MA – House of Blues
June 3 Boston, MA – House of Blues
