Scott Helman is literally bouncing off the walls in the video for his new song “Hang Ups.”
“‘Hang Ups’ was inspired by a FaceTime with my girlfriend which ended in a big fight,” Helman explained, in a release. “Afterwards, I had an intense moment of anxiety, hoping I didn’t do too much damage.
“As someone with ADHD, I usually have 800 things going on in my brain at once. With the song, I wanted to paint a picture of the feeling after a conversation where everything comes out wrong.”
The Canadian singer debuted the video, directed by Ben Knetchel, on Thursday – just as he kicks off a 14-date European tour with Vance Joy in Madrid.
This past summer, Helman opened up for Joy in Canada.
“His music is mature and it’s definitely poetic but I didn’t realize how many young women are in the audience,” Helman told iHeartRadio.ca before the Montreal show. “I thought it was a male college demographic. And then I saw his show and it was screaming girls and I think that’s so cool.
“The whole myth that teenaged girls don’t have the ability to appreciate what the general culture deems to be respectable art is, to me, super f**ked up. It’s really good music for anybody. It’s so welcoming and anyone can come to the show.”
Upon returning to North America, Helman will play a series of shows at smaller venues in the U.S.