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Taking a cursory look at LIGHTS music and videos may give you the impression that her world is one of happy, bright poppy innocence. It’s rather ironic then, that LIGHTS finds her inspiration in the darkness. “It totally spawns from darkness though, and that’s’ how I keep myself happy.”

LIGHTS is cute, earnest and full of smiles, so it’s pretty surprising when she says her hobbies include World of Warcraft, comic books and video games. After she gushes about vintage Magnus Robot Fighter 4000 AD comics it’s easy to see why she’s big on the internet.

LIGHTS says being from Canada helps too, “we have to spend more time indoors because of the winter, so we’re forced to have more creative time.” LIGHTS has been busy across a number of media. She paints and illustrates (her press kit features a biographic comic book she wrote and drew), and takes a hands-on approach to her music videos. LIGHT’S eyes glow when she starts talking about the videos. The “vintage sci-fi” productions combine the giddy glamour of pop with a child-like wonderment – imagine the Little Prince with a keyboard. LIGHTS auditioned directors, devised the costumes and elaborate sets and says they have both turned out exactly as she pictured them.

LIGHTS is endearingly nerdy throughout the interview. I ask if her music had to be a mode of transportation, what does she thinkin it would be. “It would tele-transportation!” Apparently, she has actually considered this before, “I think of ways you could configure it. You’d probably have to have a transmitter and receiver, with movement in between.”

She waxes philosophical about culture and the internet and says “I spend a lot of time online.” LIGHTS says if she weren’t making music she would be in a dark cave designing video games. Her debut full-length is coming out this August, and it’s a good bet that it will cut down on her gaming. She’s playing four shows this week for swooning geeks looking for their dream girl.

by Jacob Cottingham

 

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