Jens Lekman Shares 10-Minute New Music “Marriage ceremony in Leipzig”
Songs For Different Folks’s Weddings Due Out September 12 by way of Secretly Canadian
Aug 08, 2025
Images by Ellika Henrikson
Swedish singer/songwriter Jens Lekman is releasing a brand new album, Songs For Different Folks’s Weddings, on September 12 by way of Secretly Canadian, and now he has shared its newest single, the 10-minute “Marriage ceremony in Leipzig.” Pay attention under, adopted by Lekman’s upcoming tour dates.
Songs For Different Folks’s Weddings is impressed by Lekman’s time performing on the weddings of followers. It’s accompanied by a ebook of the identical title written by Lekman and David Levithan. The ebook got here out earlier this week by way of ABRAMS.
“‘Marriage ceremony in Leipzig’ is a tune that by no means wished to finish, it simply stored writing itself,” explains Lekman in a press launch. “I feel it was 20 minutes lengthy at one level earlier than I began chopping it down. I feel I used to be subconsciously impressed by Lou Reed’s ‘Avenue Problem’ after I was writing it. Within the tune we discover J, the marriage singer in our story, in a slightly determined and susceptible state as he makes his method to a marriage gig in Leipzig. There he’s positioned on the dreaded singles desk, consisting of a bunch of loners and weirdos. And thru tales advised on the desk, he begins to ponder what it means to be alone.”
Lekman’s 2004 tune “If You Ever Want a Stranger (To Sing at Your Marriage ceremony)” impressed followers to succeed in out to Lekman to sing at their weddings, one thing the musician took to as a paid facet gig at a time when the monetary outlook for many musicians is lower than sure.
The press launch explains the idea of the novel and album in nice element: “Songs For Different Folks’s Weddings is a piece of fiction about J, an unlucky-in-love musician who moonlights as a marriage singer. J gathers with {couples} earlier than their massive day to be taught extra concerning the intimate, unusual issues that introduced them collectively, with a view to write an unique tune to carry out for them at their marriage ceremony. However regardless of J’s penchant for locating the proper phrases for others, he can’t appear to do the identical for his personal love along with his girlfriend, V. Narratively, Songs For Different Folks’s Weddings follows J and V’s relationship, altering musically because the couple navigates the ups and downs of affection–with every new marriage ceremony offering its personal sonic background.”
Coauthor Levithan provides: “If Jens and I’ve executed our jobs, the novel and the album inform each side of J and V’s story—and the strain comes from how these sides match collectively.”
The album’s lead single “Sweet From a Stranger” was certainly one of our Songs of the Week.
Learn our 2017 interview with Lekman on Life Will See You Now.
Jens Lekman Tour Dates:
11/08 – Minneapolis, MN – Amsterdam Bar & Corridor
11/09 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Corridor
11/10 – Toronto, ON – The Nice Corridor
11/12 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair
11/13 – Northampton, MA – Iron Horse
11/14 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
11/16 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Corridor of Williamsburg
11/17 – Washington, D.C. – Union Stage
11/19 – Durham, NC – Motorco Music Corridor
11/21 – Atlanta, GA – The EARL
11/22 – Nashville, TN – Exit/In
11/24 – Dallas, TX – Deep Ellum
11/25 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
11/28 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
11/29 – Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room
11/30 – San Francisco, CA – The Unbiased
12/02 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
12/03 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
