ALT-POP SINGER VAINES RELEASES MUSIC VIDEO FOR HIS NEW TRACK ‘ALL IN MY HEAD’

Words by: Erika Magpili | Photo Credits: Hopeless Records

 

November 25th, 2020 – Philippines – Alt-pop singer/multi-instrumentalist, Vaines has released a new song and a music video for “All In My Head” via Hopeless Records. The track is a song about digital infatuation and tackles how people fall in love with somebody they’ve met only on social media. Watch the music video for “All In My Head” below.

 

 

When asked about his inspiration behind the track, Vaines has this to say: “Have you ever fallen in love with someone’s social media profile and every time they posted something or tweeted something you felt like you were just falling more and more in love with them, until you realize that you don’t actually know a thing about that person and there’s no way you could be in love with them? ‘All In My Head’ is a song about falling in love with someone’s profile before ever meeting them and knowing that it’s stupid, but not being able to help it.”

“I’ve always put more weight on music in my life than learning the business or killing social media,” says Jared Gaines when reflecting on his new alternative pop project Vaines. Vaines is here to shatter genre boundaries and break the traditional recording model (recording albums in studios with producers). Vaines not only writes his own music but also plays all of the instruments, records all of the mixes, and produces all of his own songs — right in his own bedroom.

Jared Gaines (under the moniker Vaines) grew up in a tumultuous environment. As a coping mechanism, Gaines let his loneliness lead to creativity and began writing music and be involved in the local music scene. At the age of twelve-years-old, his passion for skateboarding and scouring local libraries for Thrasher magazines was interrupted when his dad gave him his first guitar. From then on, Vaines was constantly performing and creating performances for his parents with his siblings. He soon discovered that he did not find comfort in just being a “band guy” but wanted to make more of an impact through songwriting as a solo artist.

He cites “one-man generational” artists like Joji, Blackbear, and Post Malone as inspirations, but as he envisions his future, does not want to be pigeonholed to that genre only. In 2017, Vaines crossed the country and crashed with a friend in Los Angeles. It was there that he began writing songs in any and all styles of music and honing his craft in his bedroom with just $200 worth of home studio equipment.

In his songwriting style, Vaines will often write things in a reverse perspective to tackle how his distance and fear of commitment can make other people feel lonely. It helps him process how to be a better person and how to correct some of his self-diagnosed “toxic behavior”. Songwriting is how he processes and pushes through the obstacles he faces

Stream and Download “All In My Head” here. The track is a follow up to his recent single “Summer’s Over”. Watch the music video for “Summer’s Over” below.

 

 

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