{"id":47491,"date":"2019-03-01T13:29:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T13:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=47491"},"modified":"2019-03-01T13:29:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T13:29:27","slug":"canadian-rocker-josh-taerk-talks-exclusively-to-ep-about-new-single-and-video-from-album-beautiful-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/03\/canadian-rocker-josh-taerk-talks-exclusively-to-ep-about-new-single-and-video-from-album-beautiful-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Rocker Josh Taerk Talks Exclusively To EP About New Single And Video From Album ‘Beautiful Tragedy’"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a while since we’ve had a chat with Canadian rocker Josh Taerk, but as he’s recently released the title track for his latest album, ‘Beautiful Tragedy’<\/a>, which comes with a very cool video, we figured it was high time we caught up with him. The single, ‘Beautiful Tragedy’ is currently charting at the 43rd spot on the Mediabase Top 40 Pop Activator Chart and #52 on the BDS\/Billboard Top 40 Indicator Chart, and looks set to go even higher.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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‘Beautiful Tragedy’ has already received rave reviews, and has been streamed over 40,000 times on Spotify alone, as well as being played on over 100 radio stations across the UK.<\/p>\n

Speaking of the success of ‘Beautiful Tragedy’, Josh said,<\/p>\n

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I can\u2019t even begin to say how excited and grateful I am. This has been a dream of mine ever since I started playing guitar and I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s actually happening! To my family, friends, everyone I get to work with everyday, and to my amazing fans, thank you for coming on this journey with me. I love you all!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Lisa<\/a> had the chance to ask Josh some questions about the new release, touring, and a subject close to every Canadian’s heart, bacon.<\/p>\n

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Heya Josh! What have you been up to since we last heard from you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been pretty full on since the last time we saw each other, and I love it! After my tour dates in Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London I toured through New York State until the end of October. November, I did a big tour through the Midwest going through Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. In December I was in Colorado and did some videos in the D\u2019Angelico store in Colorado after the holidays. In January we started a U.S. Top 40 Radio campaign, the band and I played shows in Los Angeles, and I attended the NAMM conference.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve got a new single out at the moment haven\u2019t you, \u2018Beautiful Tragedy\u2019. Tell us about that.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I do, and I\u2019m so excited about what\u2019s going on with this song! It\u2019s one of the first songs I ever co-produced with my friend, Nashville Producer and writer, Teddy Morgan and it definitely holds a special place in my heart.<\/p>\n

How\u2019s it performing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m really grateful for how people have been gravitating to \u201cBeautiful Tragedy.\u201d We released it to regional radio in The U.K. this past year and it was playlisted on over 100 stations across the country. The streaming numbers have been climbing, over 40,000 streams on Spotify last time I checked, and as of this week \u201cBeautiful Tragedy\u201d #43 on Mediabase Top 40 Pop Activator Chart and #52 on the BDS\/Billboard Top 40 Pop Indicator Chart.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the song about?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I started writing the lyrics for ‘Beautiful Tragedy’ when I got back to my hotel room after one of my shows in London. It\u2019s about 2 people realizing that, no matter how much they want to be together, sometimes it\u2019s just not meant to be.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve just released a rather cool lyric video for \u2018Beautiful Tragedy\u2019, which shares the song by using different online features that we\u2019d all use in our everyday lives – I have seen Google Translate, Kindle, word documents, iTunes, Facebook messenger, GMail, youtube…It even looks like you\u2019ve got GarageBand in there? There\u2019s loads more! Who came up with the concept?<\/strong><\/p>\n

When it was time to make a video for the song, I knew I wanted to do something different. I started thinking about my love\/hate relationship with the tech you mentioned above and thought, \u201cthis would make a hilarious video!\u201d I came up with the concept and outline of the different segments and then brought Josh Lockhart, Nashville Director, in to work on it with me. We connected on the idea instantly, and with our combined sense of humor were able to really make this idea come to life.<\/p>\n

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