Canadian musician and Humber College of Music graduate Francois Klark is a brilliantly talented, multidisciplinary soul-pop/R&B artist with an extensive list of accolades. From opening for Grammy Award winner Jon Bellion, (Eminem and Rihanna’s “Monster” and Justin Bieber’s “Holy”), to backing up R&B icon Ginuwine, Francois has received accolades from across the music industry and beyond. Discovered by choreography icon Mia Michaels (So You Think You Can Dance, Prince, Madonna), Francois’ music soared to new heights afterhis song “Always” prominently featured in Netflix’s hit movie “Feel The Beat”. He was awarded the highest honour for any student in Humber’s music program – the Oscar Peterson Award for outstanding achievement in Music and also received Humber College’sMoe Koffman/Universal Music Award. An artist of the highest integrity, Francois’ music is stunningly thorough and enchanting.
Francois recently released “Paper Planes” – a sunset-staged ballad filled with incredible musicianship, harmonies, and sonic quality. A love song inspired by the beauty of the golden hour at the beach, Klark’s “Paper Planes” is as much of an experience as it is a song. His brand new, cinematic video for the song is due out this Friday, October 8th, and is as captivating as the music itself.
About “Paper Planes”:
The video for “Paper Planes” is the perfect compliment to the song, showcasing the storyline of both the ballad, as well as Francois’ outstanding musical performance on the decades old Yamaha harmonium pump organ used in the song. Portraying lovers on the beach during the golden sunset, the video for “Paper Planes” follows a couple through a summer vacation where nothing matters except being together. With detailed attention paid to the imagery, lighting, and overall feeling that the video evokes, Francois’ video for the ballad beautifully captures the storyline, emotion, and warmth of the song, offering fans and soon-to-be fans a visual element to his truly outstanding talent.
With intimate, organic, acoustic performances surrounded by cinematic and electronic elements, “Paper Planes” is a beautifully crafted pop song and is the second single off of Francois’ upcoming album “Adventure Book”. The song, written on a decades old Yamaha pump organ, was co-produced by Vancouver artist/producer Sean Wharton (On Planets) who also played strings, and was vocally produced by Justin Abedin (Jacksoul, Matt Dusk), who Klark worked with while a backup vocalist on Canadian Idol. Combining anthemic strings with a pop melody, “Paper Planes” peacefully and romantically describes a couple watching the sunset and getting lost in a little vacation town, unfazed and unworried about not knowing where they are because they have each other.
Late summer memories imbued with honeyed vocals, sun-drenched violin swells, and lush pop production steadily dripping like thick molasses over a sticky groove that blurs the lines between organic and electronic. ‘Paper Planes’ is a cinematic ballad poetically painting vivid snapshots portraying two lovers, unbound by the constraints of time and seemingly lost to the world, sharing intimate moments in a small forgotten beach town. – Francois Klark
Biography:
South African-born, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer, Francois Klark, is a Universal Music Award winner who has shared the stage with such acts as Grammy winner Jon Bellion(‘Monster’ Rihanna & Eminem, ‘Holy’ Justin Bieber & Chance The Rapper). He has worked on projects with UMG/Decca Records UK, his songs have been recorded by the likes of Hollywood Records artist Sofia Carson, and his music prominently features in Netflix’s film ‘Feel The Beat’.
This Toronto based artist has collected a number of awards including the Oscar Peterson Award for outstanding achievement in Music, Standard Bank Award for best original composition and Most Promising Performing Solo Artist. Francois was also an awarded finalist in the International Acoustic Music Awards, John Lennon, and USA Songwriting competitions.
The launch of Klark’s career is marked by his independently released 2017 debut single ‘Spaceman’ which was followed by his 2018 debut album ‘Love’. He soon garnered tens of millions of streams across digital platforms and his songs appeared on several Spotify editorial playlists and the Viral 50 Singapore and Norway, the American Top 40, and US top 100 Charts. In 2020 his evocative ballad ‘Always’ played a pivotal role in director Elissa Down’s Netflix Film ‘Feel The Beat’ which propelled Francois onto a global stage.
Francois is a graduate of the Humber College music program and completed his Bachelors in Music at Thompson Rivers University. Klark has previously been awarded the FACTOR Juried Sound Recording Grant and he has been on performance tours across the United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa, and Spain.
From pop anthems doused with provocative hooks, flickering synths, and cinematic soundscapes, to delicate piano ballads – Klark contains a world of songs both refreshing and familiar with a colossal amount of slickly addictive polish and an undeniable vocal, sharply dressed onto storytelling lyrics.
Connect with Francois:
Website: https://www.francoisklark.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/francoisklark/?hl=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/francoisklark/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6pWdTbfpN654qlN83k3O0P
