Despiser lets out a wrecked love story: A new single Weakness takes “car videos” to another level

Despiser from Northern Finland is continuing its journey with their second single Weakness (feat. Sara Strömmer). The band released the song with a brand-new music video on April 16. Strömmer (Shereign, ex-Fear of Domination) is featuring in both, the song itself and the music video. The male lead role is played by the guitarist-vocalist Tomi Tuomaala. He’s describing his composition as a grooving rock song.

“It’s kindova up-yours-love-song. There is a bit of a dialogue in the chorus. It’s great that we got Sara to feature! Now it’s way better than the original version. Sara is the best vocal coach in Finland and she took Weakness to a whole new level.”

The whole group knew Strömmer and she was a clear choice to feature in the project. She was happy to join in. Strömmer says that she was aiming for an honest emotion without smoothing it too much with her interpretation. The same package contains edges and vulnerability.

”I like how Weakness is combining sensitivity with a certain ruggedness. Decadent melancholy from Finland at its best! The story part of the video has a right amount of weirdness and contrast. I think it works really well with the song.”

We all have weaknesses

The bassist and the second lyricist of the song Antti Halonen says that it is ok to have weaknesses. We all do.

“Sure, Weakness is a story about a relationship, which is wrecked, but it hasn’t ended. Two people would like it to work, but it simply doesn’t. When I was working with the lyrics, I realized that the song might as well be about family issues, friendship or addiction.”

The video is directed by Petri Sara. He says that at first the production was supposed to be smaller than in Live for Nothing. Eventually planning sessions with Tuomaala and Halonen ended up everything being even bigger. The dysfunctional and frozen wreck fits the lyrics perfectly. Expensive luxury-cars and cruising in beautiful places belong to a bit different music genre.

“The car really looked like it’s part of the band and the story. The motor was missing and even the key broke inside the lock. Goddamn roof ruined my hat! I was shooting in the trunk and the roof was full of mold. My black hat turned into green and I threw it away. Otherwise it was again a really nice project!” Despiser was originally formed in Oulu in 2017. The band has released two music videos from their debut EP. Besides Tuomaala and Halonen the band includes the guitarist Eetu Kortetjärvi and the drummer Ville Vitikka.

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