Feist rolled out “Borrow Trouble,” the latest taste of the acclaimed singer-songwriter’s upcoming new album, Multitudes. The song arrived with a psychedelic music video playing off the album’s title.
Multitudes, due out on April 14 via Interscope Records, marks Feist’s sixth album and first since 2017’s Pleasure. The Canadian singer-songwriter previously previewed the LP she co-produced with Robbie Loackritz and Mocky by releasing tracks “In Lightning,” “Hiding Out In The Open” and “Love Who We Are Meant To.”
The latest Multitudes single brought about issues for the musician. “’Borrow Trouble’ caused some trouble in trying to finish the recording,” explained Feist. “It began as a contemplative acoustic morality tale and shape shifted itself into the sound of trouble itself. It’s a mess that holds its own logic. It’s the convincing cacophony that thoughts can be. It saws away at you until your overwhelm pops an air supply in the form of another idea, a solution that starts with accepting there’s no such thing as perfection.
“Mike Mills (the filmmaker), directed me deeper into the tangle, insisted I play drums ‘because you’re not a drummer!’ and Amir Yaghmai brought the fist pumping drone of violins,” added Feist. “Early on, when I was writing it Charles Spearin said ‘yah but what does borrowing trouble mean?’ And I said ‘It’s an expression from the old days,’ which became the chorus. ‘May as well let the song explain, like I’m doing now.’”
Watch Feist’s “Borrow Trouble” video below:
