Watch: Montreal’s Kristian North channels his inner Prince on the bumping “Fantasy”

Kristian North photo by David Hurteau.

Montreal crooner Kristian North lets his inner Prince shine on the ass-shaking new single “Fantasy,” the opening track off his upcoming sophomore album Passion Play, out on April 30 via Mothland.

Passion Play was recorded and mixed by Renny Wilson (Anemone, Michael Rault) and mastered by Harris Newman (Wolf Parade, Orville Peck, Patrick Watson).

North had the following to say about the new track:

I was kind of humming the chorus in my head and then I watched Donkey Skin and it all clicked. There’s something to be said about reality there but mostly it’s just candy, melodrama, fairy tales. We did very little in the way of second takes. Abigail was basically running out the door, that’s why it sounds so cool. The song has some nods to George Michael, who I listened to religiously for a couple years.

Video director Phil Osborne adds:

“Kristian brought up the idea of capturing the times we are in. With the curfew in mind, we cooked up a little dystopian sci-fi style intro, a bit of dark humor which quickly transitions to a one man disco party.”

Watch the video for “Fantasy” and check out the Passion Play cover art and tracklist below. You can pre-order the album here. Kristian North will be performing at this year’s virtual Phoque Off festival on Friday, February 19th at 8 pm. Read more about this year’s festival here.