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36-553: On October 12, 2010, Lights Tweeted, "It'll be on the new record, but I'm not done it yet lol. Needs... More... Time..." Lights said in an interview that the second full-length album was supposed to "come out in August, but I'm not supposed to tell you that." Quoted from Jess Kotanen, Lights ' sister on the Official Lights Message Boards: "Lights was writing in northern Ontario last winter and looking out

72-787: A "mature, electro-punk affair that proved Lights had grown beyond the twee, synth-and-folk artist she started out as." Lights stated that her artistic influences were Björk , Genesis and Supertramp . In 2010, Lights was introduced to Beau Bokan , the lead vocalist of metalcore band Blessthefall , at a Taking Back Sunday concert in Los Angeles, and quickly started dating. After becoming engaged in September ;2011, they were married on May 12, 2012, and Lights added "Bokan" to her last name (now stylized as Poxleitner-Bokan). They received matching tattoos to commemorate their wedding date. Lights gave birth to their first child,

108-450: A campy, 1960s-style science fiction film theme, and her romantic relationship with an astronaut . Lights has mentioned that the astronaut can represent anything that you want. The video's astronaut is played by her father, Eric Poxleitner. Directed by Sean Michael Turrell , the video premiered September 22, 2008. It starts with Lights sitting on her bed reading a comic (presumably the one she had written in " Saviour ") when she looks out

144-412: A daughter, on February 15, 2014. In December 2017, Lights came out as bisexual during an interview with People magazine. The liner notes for The Listening thank, among others: " Jesus for giving me everything I have" as well as Skate4Cancer and Wonder Woman . In a Twitter post in 2022, Lights clarified that she no longer identifies as religious. Drive My Soul " Drive My Soul "

180-506: A re-imagined album of Pep titled dEd . Lights is known for her electropop and contemporary synth-pop tunes. Her musical style has been described as electropop, electronic rock and synth-pop. Lights described her own music as an "electronic landscape of moody sunset times". The Listening was characterized as gentle indie-electronic alt-rock. Siberia was characterized by a "heavier" sound than her previous works. Allmusic ' s review of Little Machines described it as

216-502: A seven-track instrumental synthwave album on Bandcamp titled How to Sleep When You're on Fire . Proceeds from this album would be donated to the Black Lives Matter Vancouver branch. On July 9, 2020, Lights released the song "Dead End", alongside its music video. The song was part of a remix EP of the same name, released in collaboration with MYTH on August 7. In 2021, Lights began releasing music under

252-462: Is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter. Her debut album, The Listening (2009), included the singles " Drive My Soul " and " Saviour ". Her second album, Siberia , which featured the single " Toes ", was released in 2011. Her work has earned multiple Canadian Independent Music Awards , and Juno Awards including Pop Album of the Year for her third album Little Machines , which included

288-408: Is about the element in your life that you cannot live without and without it you feel lost and lose control. Lights said that this element could be anything you feel drives your soul and keeps you in the right path: your parents, a friend, or even something supernatural or a religious element. Lights has stated that "Drive My Soul" was actually a song where she had the title first before she even wrote

324-429: Is about, it's about lightening people's moods and stuff. I’ve always loved writing L's and my real name does not start with an L." – Lights, 2008 interview In high school, Lights played the guitar and sang in the metal band Shovel Face and accumulated a following through her Myspace page. She moved to Toronto at the age of 18 and changed her name to Lights, a nickname derived from her surname. Although there

360-563: Is featured in the video game Just Dance 2018 . In January 2018, Lights launched the "We Were Here Tour" with Chase Atlantic and DCF, playing 46 shows across North America in support of the album. On February 2, Lights released the music video for her song "We Were Here". She joined Young the Giant's fall tour in October as the supporting act. In November 2018, Lights collaborated with Deadmau5 on his track "Drama Free", which

396-659: Is the debut single by Canadian singer-songwriter Lights from her debut self-titled EP. It was released as the EP's lead single on March 11, 2008, in Canada and July 24, 2008, in the United States. The song reached number 18 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 and was certified gold by Music Canada for digital sales of over 40,000. It was later included on her debut album, The Listening . "Drive My Soul"

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432-557: The Billboard Adult Top 40 chart. She later released versions of the song in French , Japanese , Tagalog and Spanish . On July 14, Lights released the promotional single "Skydiving". The album was made available for pre-orders on August 11 and was released on September 22, 2017. Lights released the song "Savage" on August 11, followed by "New Fears" on September 15, 2017. The album track "Fight Club"

468-519: The Great Lakes region , in Canada and the United States. Around the same time, her song " Drive My Soul " rose to No.  18 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart. In late 2008, she toured the United States. In August 2008, Lights signed a record deal with Toronto-based label Underground Operations and an American partnership deal with Warner Bros. and Doghouse Records . Her self-titled EP

504-510: The pseudonym Lūn, a character that appeared in her Skin & Earth comic in 2017, explaining "Lūn is a musician in the Skin&;Earth universe. Though she is never actually mentioned, she appears all through the comic." The EP titled haha i like it was released by Lūn in April 2021. That same month, Lights released the song "Beside Myself". In October, she released "Prodigal Daughter" as

540-688: The Headlights ". In March 2013, Lights released an acoustic version of "Cactus in the Valley", featuring Owl City, as a single in the UK. Siberia Acoustic was released in April 2013, and reached No. 7 in Canada. She toured North America in support of the album, with Dear Rouge opening some dates and Lianne La Havas opening others. In July 2014, Lights' third studio album, Little Machines , became available for pre-order on iTunes with its lead single, " Up We Go ", available to download. The album

576-533: The June 2011 Utopia Music Festival, Lights performed three new songs, " Toes ", "Where the Fence is Low", and "Everybody Breaks a Glass". The first of these songs was released as a single in August, to promote her second studio album, Siberia . She had signed with Last Gang Records , and concerns by label executives about her shift in style to a more gritty sound delayed the album's release to October 4 in Canada and

612-676: The US, and later that month in Australia. Siberia received positive reviews and was nominated for a Juno Award for Best Pop Album of the Year. It debuted at No. 3 on the Canadian Albums Chart , and sold more than 10,000 units in its first week. Sales surpassed 40,000 and the album was certified gold in Canada on April 27, 2012. She was also featured in "The Yacht Club" on Owl City's 2011 album All Things Bright and Beautiful , and appeared in his music video for " Deer in

648-516: The United States, and Europe. Lights released an acoustic EP titled Acoustic in July ;2010, with a special performance at the University of Waterloo , where she had received most of her inspiration for the album. Later that month, she began a six-date US tour. In September, she joined Hedley for the eight-show Ontario leg of their Canadian tour. Lights appeared as a guest vocalist on

684-430: The acoustic EP Midnight Machines , which included acoustic versions of six songs from Little Machines and two new songs: "Follow You Down" and "Head Cold". Lights and her band were featured in the 2016 video game LOUD on Planet X , as character avatars and with their songs "Same Sea" and "Up We Go". In April 2017, Lights announced the forthcoming release of her fourth studio album, Skin & Earth . The album

720-478: The album cover was inspired by Watchmen , 28 Days Later , and Sailor Moon . Lights won the 2009 Juno Award for New Artist of the Year . The Listening sold more than 80,000 copies and was certified gold in Canada. In September 2009, Lights toured with the British band Keane on their Canadian/Pacific Northwest tour. She also contributed vocals to Ten Second Epic 's song "Every Day". Its music video

756-411: The album with the August 10 release of a music video for " Saviour ", the first single from the album. The single was released on September 22 in Canada. Its US release was held until October 6 while she left Underground Operations for her own record label, Lights Music Inc. Lights re-recorded "Ice" for the new album and released a new video on November 10. According to Lights, the artwork for

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792-499: The city and into space. As Lights zooms through space towards the purple planet, a comet hits the ship and it crashes into the purple planet. As the dust clears, Lights walks toward the astronaut and grabs his hand. The two walk away together, and the video ends with a shot of the comic that Lights was reading. It details her meeting with the astronaut, and at the bottom it says "to be continued". That comes to " February Air ". The video reached number one on MuchMusic 's Countdown for

828-445: The lead single from her album Pep , released on April 1, 2022. On November 16, 2021, in support of the album, Lights announced she would begin her "Baby I'm Back Tour" starting with shows in the US throughout the month of April and May 2022. She ended the tour with a leg of shows in Canada from late January to February 2023. In November, her album Warehouse Summer with i_o was released after his death. In April 2023, she released

864-487: The lyrics. She's said it all started when she was listening to an indie radio station, and heard a song which she thought had the lyrics "Drive My Soul" sung in a really beautiful way. After hearing the song, Lights, searched for the lyrics and to her surprise the lyrics "Drive My Soul" were never used in the song she heard. When she was searching for ideas to write, she went back to the title of "Drive My Soul" for her own song. The music video features Lights as Barbarella in

900-559: The single " Up We Go ", and fourth album Skin & Earth , in 2015 and 2018, respectively. Lights' fifth studio album, PEP , was released in 2022. Lights was born as Valerie Anne Poxleitner in Timmins , Ontario , to missionary parents Virginia and Eric Poxleitner on April 11, 1987. She has one older sister, Jess. She spent her childhood in many parts of the world, including the Philippines, Jamaica, and Hanover, Ontario. She

936-572: The snow-covered streets to go out and dance on this one", complementing on the song's lyrics and the "...twinkling synth beat". The Daily Beat gave the song five stars, praising Lights for the synthy, "dance inflicted soon-to-be hit", calling the song her "...best offering yet". This 2010 single -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lights (musician) Lights Valerie Anne Poxleitner-Bokan (born Valerie Anne Poxleitner ; April 11, 1987), known mononymously as Lights (previously stylized in all caps ),

972-746: The songs "Crucify Me" and "Don't Go" of Bring Me the Horizon 's 2010 album There Is a Hell Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven Let's Keep It a Secret. and on The Secret Handshake 's song "Used to be Sweet". In October 2010, Lights released the digital single " My Boots " and began a concert tour with Jeremy Fisher . At a November show in Toronto, she was presented a trophy by the Canadian Recording Industry Association for The Listening ' s gold certification, having then achieved 40,000 units in sales. At

1008-399: The window and sees something glowing. A purple planet can be seen from the window. She gets up and looks into her binoculars. She sees an astronaut roasting marshmallows on the planet. The astronaut appears to notice; he looks up at Earth with interest. Lights then walks over to her computer and inserts a map of Earth. After pressing a couple of buttons, she creates a spaceship and drives out of

1044-469: The window, she realized how much she missed winter (you don't really get it in Toronto). She had to drop everything and frolic outside with a dog and she got so excited about that experience that she walked back inside and wrote a song about it." "My Boots" has generally received positive reviews from critics. NeonLimelight.com stated that the song will make you want to "...strap on your dancing boots and hit

1080-558: Was already a signed band named "Lights", officially changing her name allowed her to use it despite the prior claim. Lights began her music career writing for Sony/ATV Music Publishing and composed music for the CTV television series Instant Star . She and Luke McMaster are credited with composing "Perfect", sung by Alexz Johnson in the role of Jude Harrison. In 2007, she contracted with Jian Ghomeshi , who acted as her manager until late 2014. In early 2008, Lights toured cities in

1116-400: Was home-schooled by her mother, and was taught guitar by her father. Lights produced her first song "Saturn's Rings" with an eight-track recorder she purchased with inheritance money from her grandmother in 2001. "Lights has always been my nickname for starters and it does come out of my last name. It's kind of what people have been calling me for so long and it totally explains what my music

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1152-515: Was nominated for Best Independent Music Video at the 2010 MuchMusic Video Awards . She is also featured on the soundtrack (songs "Ben" and "Climbing") for the 2008 Canadian film One Week , starring Joshua Jackson . She was a guest vocalist on the album A Shipwreck in the Sand , released in 2009 by post-hardcore band Silverstein from Burlington, Ontario . From January to May 2010, she toured with contemporary synthpop artist Owl City in Canada,

1188-486: Was released on September 23 in the US and Canada. It debuted at No. 5 in Canada. " Running with the Boys " received radio play in early 2015 as the second official single, while "Portal" and "Same Sea" received promotional releases. In October, Lights parted ways with her long-time manager Ghomeshi. Lights continued touring extensively in support of Little Machines into 2015. On April 8, 2016, she released

1224-443: Was released on his Mau5ville: Level 2 EP. In early 2019, she collaborated with Felix Cartal on the track "Love Me" and with Sleepy Tom on the track "Amateurs". On May 12, 2019, it was announced that she had signed to Fueled by Ramen , which would release Skin&Earth Acoustic supported by a North American concert tour. The acoustic album was released on July 12 with three new songs. On June 11, 2020, she released

1260-670: Was released on iTunes in July and on vinyl in September. Her second single, " February Air ", which had been used in a commercial for Old Navy in early 2008, was released in December and sold about 12,000 copies. She released a third single, " Ice ", accompanied by a homemade video in March 2009. The commercial success of the EP and its singles enabled Lights to release the full-length album The Listening in September 2009. She promoted

1296-428: Was released with a comic book series drawn and written by Lights, one song per issue, starting in July. New music was released with each edition on a monthly basis until the album was released in full. Twenty One Pilots drummer Josh Dun collaborated on the album tracks "Savage" and "Almost Had Me". The song " Giants " and its accompanying music video were released on June 23. The song peaked at No. 18 on

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