Jens Lekman is an accidental wedding singer. But he's

also a wedding singer for a reason. Ever since his 2004

song "If You Ever Need a Stranger (To Sing at Your

Wedding)" he has had a side gig fielding requests from

strangers to sing at their weddings. For over twenty

years, he's had a particular vantage point from which to

see the role love songs can play in our lives. In 2020, he

and novelist David Levithan co-conceived a

novel-with-music, Songs from Other People's Weddings.

Originally this album was meant to contain the songs

from the weddings in the book, but as the novel came

together, Lekman began to imagine what happened

between the book's chapters. The book and the album

eventually became intertwined but also found their own

paths. The book remained the structure of the story, but

the album sometimes snuck behind the scenes. Stories

from the songs made their way into the book and vice

versa. The result is an exploration of what we sing about

when we sing about love - euphoria, doubt, dislocation,

tenderness, conflict, playfulness, gratitude, ingratitude,

longing, belonging, questioning, answering. It's very

much about a relationship and how it's reflected through

the relationships and weddings of others, but most of all

it's a lovesong to lovesongs.