JONATHAN HULTÉN Streams Snowy Video For "Dawn"

Following the release of his acclaimed sophomore album Eyes Of The Living Night earlier this year, Swedish singer-songwriter Jonathan Hultén has unveiled a brand-new music video for one of the record's standout tracks, "Dawn."

Hultén describes "Dawn" as the song that laid the foundation for Eyes Of The Living Night: "Dawn was the first song that was written for what would become the album Eyes Of The Living Night.

"With piano, electric guitars, buzzing synthesizers, a lo-fi-inspired beat and video game references from the SNES era, 'Dawn' flows through themes of emotional renewal and transitions between life's different phases. It's a short, melancholic journey that conveys a simple appreciation of existence itself, despite (or because of) its ephemeral nature."

The visual companion to "Dawn" reflects the same sense of reflection and impermanence. Initially conceived as a loose art experiment, the video evolved into Hultén"s most unpredictable and experimental project to date.

"With a lyrics-less and incomplete demo as a reference, Amira, Jakob and I went out to film the first shots of what would become the music video of Dawn in the summer of 2023. Although intended as the foundation of a future music video, it was a collaborative and improvised art experiment more than anything else. 8 months later, we went out in the middle of winter to film additional footage: a dance improvisation by Amira on a frozen lake. Eventually, in late 2024, all video material had been filmed, and the song Dawn was finalized and recorded."

But as Hultén notes, the process didn't end there: "It wasn't until the summer of 2025 that all the pieces of the puzzle would come together. Along with a storyboard, the collection of filmed material pointed the way to a cohesive storyline that had organically taken form over time. With more than two years in the making, this music video has had the most experimental and unpredictable creative process of everything we have worked on to date."

Eyes Of The Living Night is out now and available here.