Singer-Songwriter Janet Devlin Featured on Music Existence
Singer-songwriter, X-Factor UK star, and YouTube sensation, Janet Devlin has announced that she will be releasing a brand new single this October. The songstress will be releasing her new single ‘Outernet Song’ on Friday, October 7th. Music blog, Music Existence has more information on Janet’s upcoming single. Check it out below:
With Janet’s distinctive vocals, her ukulele and one of the catchiest choruses you’ll hear this year, “Outernet Song” has all the makings of a pop classic. Covering our obsession with the Internet and social media, “Outernet Song” showcases Janet’s honest and frank lyricism to great effect and couldn’t be more timely as more and more people embark on a ‘digital detox’.
“This song has long history,” says Janet. “I started writing it on my ukulele when I was 19. Too many mornings spent watching TV and being told how to dress, how to look, and what to eat had worn away my confidence.”
Janet kept the lyrics written down and found herself adding to them at various points over the last couple of years with more verses penned in response to some of the criticism she’s faced in her YouTubecomments. “I discovered negative remarks about my appearance, unkind assessments of my talent and apparently being over the hill (at age 20!). I soon became pretty desensitized to it all and learnt to ignore them; but not before writing down how I felt to help me process my feelings and move on.”
With such an impressive online following, and a successful post X Factor career built on the dedication of her fans and her online community, could she actually take the kind of social media holiday she sings about on “Outernet Song”?
“Yes. Just a small break is a window to re-evaluate. Sometimes we just need to step outside for a little while and go pet a dog or something. Am I saying that we should run through the meadows into the open arms of Mother Nature and hug trees? No. I mean pressing the pause button on the never-ending scroll. Doing something other than waiting for notifications, emails or likes. Then come back to the magnificent world that is the Internet and see it for what it really is. A perfect place to Google videos of dogs surfing.”
Janet will hit the road in the UK in November for her ‘My Opium’ tour, her third UK headline tour. She’s also recently finished filming her screen debut for indie film, “Songbird,” which features two original songs written by Janet especially for the soundtrack. More news on this and her long awaited second album, Holy Water, which is currently being written.
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‘Outernet Song’ will be available for digital and physical purchase, as well as streaming on Friday, October 7th. Pre-orders are available no on iTunes and at http://www.janetdevlin.com/store/
