Honesty (Editors song) explained

Honesty
Cover:Editors Honesty cover 320.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Editors
Album:The Weight of Your Love
Released:25 November 2013
Recorded:2013
Genre:Alternative rock
Length:4:49
Label:PIAS Records
Producer:Jacquire King
Prev Title:Formaldehyde
Prev Year:2013
Next Title:Sugar
Next Year:2014

"Honesty" is a song by British post-punk revival band Editors. It was released digitally on 25 November 2013, as the third single to promote the band's fourth studio album, The Weight of Your Love.[1]

Composition

"Honesty" was written by Edward Lay, Russell Leetch, Justin Lockey, Tom Smith and Elliott Williams.[2] The song is a "string-driven midtempo ballad,"[3] and "a soaring, vulnerable number complete with Tom Smith's signature baritone vocals- and a touch of falsetto. The atmospheric track continues to build in momentum as it proceeds, telling the familiar tale of a broken heart atop an anthemic chorus, dramatic drums and spectacular strings."[4]

Music video

A music video for the song, directed by Favourite Colour: Black,[5] was released on 21 October 2013.[6] It was filmed on 20 September 2013 around Soho and Shaftesbury Avenue in London. It features "a hen party, a young streetwise girl and a scary-looking vagrant." "It's all shot from my point of view, and I kind of encounter all these 'undesirables' along the way," said Editors' frontman Tom Smith in an interview with XFM.[7]

Charts

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Poland (ZPAV)[8] 38

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New single 'Honesty' released November 25th . editorsofficial.com . 15 October 2013 . 8 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131027135735/http://www.editorsofficial.com/new-single-honesty-released-november-18th/ . 27 October 2013 . dead .
  2. Web site: The Weight of Your Love - Editors . . 8 November 2013.
  3. Web site: Editors unveil "Honesty" music video . . Norman . Fleischer . 22 October 2013 . 8 November 2013 .
  4. Web site: Editors Reveal 'Honesty' Acoustic Video, LP Out Now . broadwayworld.com . 18 July 2013 . 8 November 2013.
  5. Web site: Editors - Honesty . . 21 October 2013 . 8 November 2013.
  6. Web site: Check out the official video for Honesty, the new single from Editors . . 21 October 2013 . 21 October 2013.
  7. Web site: Editors Shoot New Video On Streets Of London . . Martin . O'Gorman . 21 September 2013 . 8 November 2013.
  8. Web site: Lista Przebojów Trójki - Polskie Radio Online . 20 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191231025508/http://lp3.polskieradio.pl/utwor/artykul13131,868_honesty.aspx . 31 December 2019 . dead .