Janet Devlin’s Interview With The National Student
Irish singer-songwriter Janet Devlin has a lot to celebrate this holiday season. Having just wrapped up her UK Tour, the songstress has been receiving rave reviews for her single “Outernet Song,” and her brand new festive EP ‘Little Lights.’ The singer-songwriter recently spoke with The National Student about her new EP, Christmas, and much more. Read some of the exclusive interview below, but be sure to head over to thenationalstudent.com for more!
Janet Devlin, who originally made her name on The X Factor before taking the independent route through the music industry, released her second Christmas themed EP this Winter: Little Lights. This follows the success of her previous festive foray, December Daze, released last year.
December Daze, her first festive endeavour, was released last year and reached #14 on the indie breakers chart.
“I did [a Christmas EP] last year and it just went down so well with everyone that I thought it’d be a shame not to [release Little Lights]! When I was home for the holidays last year I just felt inspired to write more festive themed tracks.
“My favourite track hands down is ‘Wake Up It’s Christmas’. I always love my saddest songs the most; I’m a sucker for dark vibes. When I wrote it I tried imagining a worst case scenario for what could go wrong at Christmas: being dumped from a long term relationship seemed to be terrible enough scenario to write about! I think it’s my favourite because it’s sad but it also sounds a little hopeful.”
Little Lights is made up of a mix of original songs written by Janet, and a few covers of Christmas classics. Not on the EP though, is her all time favourite Christmas song ‘Fairytale of New York’.
“I think that’s why I’ve never done a cover of it! It’s just so perfectly embodies Christmas for me. I like the dark undertones married with the cheeriness of the melodies! For me it’s just the perfect Christmas song!”
Delicate new takes on ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’ and ‘White Christmas’ come complete with the addition of a powerful string quartet against Janet’s soft voice.
“It was amazing to hear it on White Christmas”, Janet says recalling working with strings – something she says she has always wanted to do. “The song itself is obviously a Christmas classic so I wanted it to have that classic feeling – and what better way to do that then to add strings! I just loved having them on the EP in general, more specifically on my original songs because it’s an unexplainable feeling having a song be transformed into score and performed to you!”
So what’s the top present on Janet’s Christmas list this year?
“A Christmas number one.”
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Janet Devlin’s ‘Little Lights’ is a perfect stocking stuffer and has something special for everyone on your list this Holiday Season. The EP is available for digital purchase on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, and Bandcamp. The EP is available for streaming on Spotify. It is also available for physical purchase at music retailers nationwide. ‘Little Lights,’ as well as ‘December Daze,’ is available in the OK!Good Records Shop. Exclusive merchandise is available through Pledge Music.
Outernet Song’ is available for digital purchase on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, and Bandcamp. It is also available for physical purchase in Janet’s online shop, where you can also purchase exclusive ‘Outernet Song’ merchandise. Stream the single on Spotify.
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