''jj n° 3'' is the second
studio album
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by Swedish
indie pop
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band
JJ. It was released by
Sincerely Yours and
Secretly Canadian
Secretly Canadian is an American independent record label based in Bloomington, Indiana, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin. Secretly Canadian is a label included in Secretly Group, which ...
on 9 March 2010.
In April 2011, the first half of the first song from the album, "My Life", was featured in a gameplay trailer for the video game ''
Battlefield 3
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In ''B ...
''.
Release
''jj n° 3'' was announced by
Secretly Canadian
Secretly Canadian is an American independent record label based in Bloomington, Indiana, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin. Secretly Canadian is a label included in Secretly Group, which ...
on 24 December 2009. The album was released on 9 March 2010 in collaboration with
Sincerely Yours. ''jj n° 3'' was named
Rough Trade's "Album of the Month" in April 2010.
The third song on the album, "Let Go", was released on 15 January 2010 for free on the Sincerely Yours website. A music video for "Let Go" was released on February 24, 2010 on the website. The music video was directed by
Marcus Söderlund Marcus Söderlund is a Swedish music video, Television advertisement, commercial and documentary director. He has directed music videos for several Swedish artists such as Yung Lean, The Tough Alliance, jj (band), jj, Fibes, Oh Fibes!, Jens Lekman ...
and was shot in black and white. It featured both band members, a dog and close-ups of different items as they were stained with blood.
Track listing
References
2010 albums
JJ (Swedish band) albums
Secretly Canadian albums
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