Nao releases the music video for “Make It Out Alive” ft. SiR. The visual is a part of a few new things that will be happening for the artist.
“The video for ‘Make It Out Alive’ explores the transitional period of our lives. We’ve left behind the old and heading into the new but between that we’re lost. Trying to find out direction and our path which can sometimes feel aimless. This is why I chose to shoot the video in the Californian desert. This idea of being consumed by vastness made me feel overwhelmed but hopeful at the same time.” Nao
World Tour
First off, Nao has announced her highly-anticipated world tour. The first stop is in Japan, then she will go on to perform in North America and Europe, concluding with a show in London’s Brixton Academy on March 28th.
The Japan performance will be on December 6th at WWWX in Tokyo.
Here is the full list of performances.
North America
Sat 12 Jan – Vogue Theatre, Vancouver, BC
Sun 13 Jan – Showbox, Seattle, WA
Mon 14 Jan – Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
Wed 16 Jan – The Warfield, San Francisco, CA
Fri 18 Jan – The Novo, Los Angeles, CA
Sat 19 Jan – Observatory – North Park, San Diego, CA
Sun 20 Jan – The Observatory, Santa Ana, CA
Tue 22 Jan – Metro Music Hall, Salt Lake City, UT
Wed 23 Jan – Gothic Theatre, Englewood, CO
Fri 25 Jan – Fine Line Music Café, Minneapolis, MN
Sat 26 Jan – Concord Music Hall, Chicago, IL
Sun 27 Jan – Majestic Theater, Detroit, MI
Tue 29 Jan – Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, ON
Wed 30 Jan – Corona Theatre, Montréal, QC
Fri 01 Feb – Royale, Boston, MA
Sat 02 Feb – Terminal 5, New York, NY
Mon 04 Feb – Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA
Tue 05 Feb – The Fillmore, Silver Spring, MD
Thu 07 Feb – Masquerade, Atlanta, GA
Europe/UK
Thu 07 Mar – Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL
Fri 08 Mar – Gaite Lyrique, Paris, FR
Sat 09 Mar – Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, BE
Mon 11 Mar – Luxor, Cologne, DE
Wed 13 Mar – Vega, Copenhagen, DK
Thu 14 Mar – Mojo, Hamburg, DE
Fri 15 Mar – Kesselhaus, Berlin, DE
Wed 20 Mar – Albert Hall, Manchester, UK
Thu 21 Mar – Beckett Student Union, Leeds, UK
Fri 22 Mar – 02 Institute, Birmingham, UK
Sun 24 Mar – Vicar Street, Dublin, IE
Tue 26 Mar – O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol UK
Thu 28 Mar – O2 Academy Brixton, London, UK
New Album Release
In addition to Make It Out Alive, NAO has given us the opportunity to listen to a couple of other tracks that are off the upcoming album. Another Lifetime and the recent Drive & Disconnect will give us more insight into the album which releases October 26th.
On Saturn, Nao is bold and experimental, eager to push things forward and unafraid to offload ideas that have been weighing her down. “My friends kept telling me about the term ‘Saturn Returns’.’ says Nao. ‘It’s this idea that Saturn takes 29 years to orbit from when you’re born and it is the planet of blessings and growth. So by the time you’re around 29, between 27 and 32, something big happens in your life. It’s like waking up and coming of age, like: ‘I’ve been going through my twenties and what have I been doing in this relationship?’ What have I been doing in this job?’ You start to rethink everything – old stuff that your parents taught you or ideas that you believed in. It’s like a complete shedding of skin and it can be painful.”
There’s a real sense push and pull to Saturn — it’s complex and conflicted, but there’s a pervading optimism that makes it timeless, just like Nao herself. “It’s not just about heartbreak, it’s a sense of rebirth,” she says. “It’s soul-searching, you know?”