Uploaded June 2018 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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Directed by Charles-André Coderre, Les Mains Sales Films

Stream / Buy "Lucky One" - http://smarturl.it/LaForceLucky1
Catch La Force on tour - laforceband.com
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La Force is Ariel Engle, vocalist and newest member of Broken Social Scene, whose acclaimed 2017 album Hug of Thunder features her undeniable vocals on "Stay Happy" and "Gonna Get Better."

Balancing grace and ferocity, she creates a dusky universe of godless devotional music that comes straight from the beating heart. The new single “Lucky One” is hazy R&B balladry, with a mournful tune so beautiful and lonesome it stops everything. The song “is about the fickle hand of fate,” Engle says, “having it all and knowing you can lose it at any time.” La Force is orbital soul music, with Engle’s magnetic voice at its core. Borrowing her identity from the tarot card representing Strength – depicting a woman with gentle dominance over a lion – ‘La Force’ captures the tender / powerful balance of the music. Performed with Warren Spicer (Plants & Animals), Liam O’Neill (SUUNS), Mishka Stein (Patrick Watson), and David French (BSS), “Lucky One” reflects the reverential tone and universal, collaborative nature of La Force. Stepping up to the role first helmed by the immeasurable talents Leslie Feist, Emily Haines (Metric), and Amy Millan (Stars), Engle brings La Force's singularity to the familial energy of Broken Social Scene.

LYRICS:

When you said I was the lucky one
Did you mean compared to them
Here up top ’til the penny drops
And I lose everything

Did I forget where she and I began
We were born to win
In the vertigo of Lady Luck
Safe from pain in my own skin

Don’t you forget what’s simple
And what’s small
Cause we used to get obsessed
about it all

Heart be calm about it all
Cause we used to get obsessed

All we need is enough money
to buy the heavens
So we can shut out day
So we can shut out the daylight

Performed by:
Ariel Engle, Andrew Whiteman, Warren Spicer, Liam O’Neil