{"id":4039,"date":"2025-11-23T21:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musiclatvia.lv\/2025\/11\/23\/jannsi-releases-a-call-to-be-authentic-single-perfection-is-gone\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T21:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:50:09","slug":"jannsi-releases-a-call-to-be-authentic-single-perfection-is-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musiclatvia.lv\/en\/jannsi-releases-a-call-to-be-authentic-single-perfection-is-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Jannsi releases a call to be authentic &#8211; single &#8216;Perfection Is Gone&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On Tuesday, June 28, Jannsi&#8217;s single &#8216;Perfection Is Gone&#8217; was released, where indie rock sounds are a tribute to attempts, efforts, and struggles, when it is not always possible to achieve a perfect result.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe song is about the seeming perfection we see in other people&#8217;s lives, social media and stories, which disappears when the cameras are off. About reality, which is not glossy,&#8221; says Jannsi.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Jannsi published a three-song EP &#8220;Zilonis&#8221; (Elephant) &#8211; his manifesto that our prejudices and what we hear from like-minded people should not be the reason why we oppress our neighbors. The song &#8220;Br\u012bv\u012bbu Ukrainai&#8221; (Freedom for Ukraine), was a means of maintaining sanity at the time when the Russian army began attacking Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>In the single, all instruments and vocals were performed by the musician himself, while mixing and mastering were provided by J\u0101nis Locs. &#8220;Perfection Is Gone&#8221; is available on major music streaming services.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1295268367&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Jannsi\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/jannsimusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jannsi<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Perfection Is Gone\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/jannsimusic\/perfection-is-gone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Perfection Is Gone<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Jannsi, whose real name is J\u0101nis Uplejs, is an indie rock singer from Latvia, who previously played in various groups and compositions. With the group &#8220;Riverfall&#8221; he once performed together with the great guitarist Armands Alksnis, as well as participated in the TV show &#8220;X Factor Latvia&#8221;, getting to the &#8220;chair challenge&#8221;. Jannsi cites Nothing But Thieves, Twenty-One Pilots and The White Stripes as his most important musical influences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, June 28, Jannsi&#8217;s single &#8216;Perfection Is Gone&#8217; was released, where indie rock sounds are a tribute to attempts, efforts, and struggles, when it is not always possible to achieve a perfect result.\u00a0 \u201cThe song is about the seeming perfection we see in other people&#8217;s lives, social media and stories, which disappears when the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jannsi releases a call to be authentic - single &#039;Perfection Is Gone&#039; 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