Kandle can weave magic so powerful because she feels it too, she is out here in the darkness with us. A true music industry veteran, she has been a powerhouse in the scene with an impressive career spanning over a decade.

“Live A Lie” is the first single off her next album to be released spring 2024. Coming back bolder than ever, self-produced and in charge, this fearless chanteuse shows us once again that her cinematic, raw songwriting can’t be packaged up and put in one simple category. With a wide range of influences ranging from Portishead to PJ Harvey, “Live A Lie” is a hypnotic taste from one of Canada’s finest songwriters.

1. Tell us the story of this song, why did you choose to visualize this song specifically?

Live A Lie is a reflection on a society that’s burnt out from living in a structure that doesn’t work anymore. After struggling so much myself the last few years with mental and physical health, exhaustion and the near impossible cost of living, the song seemed to almost write itself. I chose to visualize this song specifically because it felt important and relatable and it had a lot of raw emotion. With the sound so influenced by 90s alt rock/trip hop sounds, my mind was time travelling, and all I could see was The X-Files. What better way to tell the story of living a lie than by searching for the truth with everybody’s favourite FBI agents?

2. What was the inspiration behind this video(visuals, storyline, etc.)?

The first image that came to me was the blinding lights in the car. A chilling scene I remember seeing in an episode as a child that stuck with me for my entire life and brought all kinds of nostalgic curiosity with it. This song, and thus the video, is all about the struggle of searching for a reason, a buried truth; Mulder’s UFO hunt in the face of dense intrigue and deception parallels the average person’s search for an answer to why one must work oneself to death in order to achieve just the mere basics of life. I had to throw dancing into the idea, because really the whole message of the song is to break out of the hamster wheel. “Why aren’t we prioritizing fun in our lives anymore? Fuck it, let’s dance.”

3. What was the process of making this video?

This video was done incredibly DIY with a solid small group of friends and a nearly impossible timeline. My partner/co-writer Jeffrey Mitchell ran with my ideas, created the a treatment for the “episode” and took on the role of director. We shot most of it guerrilla-style in the dead of night, trying to look casual with our hazmat suits, FBI badges, movie lights and musical instruments every time the cops or fire department came by. With little budget to actually create a set, we used my aunt’s print shop which was conveniently filled with old computers, printing presses, and shredders. The outfits were plucked out of local thrift stores and one of my all-time favourite directors Brandon William Fletcher came on as cinematographer. He’s a huge X-Files fan, and he nailed the look, it looks absolutely gorgeous. The deadline was insane, we shot and edited the entire video in just over 48 hours. We were exhausted and excited, and a more than a little sore from all the dancing.