Jessy Lanza Announces Slapped by My Life EP, Shares Video for New Song: Watch

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Jessy Lanza, photo by Winston Case

Jessy Lanza has announced a new EP. Slapped by My Life is out this Friday, September 12, via Hyperdub. The project features two versions of the title track, which Lanza co-produced with Pearson Sound’s David Kennedy. Below, watch a video for “Slapped by My Life” directed by and starring Lanza’s husband, Winston Case.

“I wrote ‘Slapped by My Life’ while my husband Winston was going through chemotherapy,” Lanza shared in a press statement. “The treatment cycle was relentless and he spent most of the time bedridden, so while he slept I wrote this song for him. It’s been challenging to find the space to be creative since cancer came into our lives, but I knew this song would make Winston smile and that was motivation enough. Collaborating with Pearson Sound made this track exciting too because listening to his music has always been a serotonin rush. When I wrote ‘Slapped by My Life’ I was desperate to feel something other than sadness, to escape my mind and live inside the music, even for a few minutes. I dedicate this song to my husband Winston and to all the caregivers. You are the ones who keep the world turning.”

Case added: “My journey through cancer has been marked with insensitivity and sorrow so harrowing it borders on comedy. I’d often find myself between laughter and despair, and I wanted the video for Jessy’s song to reflect that feeling.”

Lanza’s last solo release was 2023’s Love Hallucination. Physical editions of Slapped by My Life will include reworks of two songs from the album: “Limbo” and “Midnight Ontario.”

Read about Love Hallucination in “The Best Electronic Music of 2023.”