Irene Shapes - Not a Saint (Official Music Video)

Описание: Not a Saint is a raw alternative rock single driven by electric guitar, bass, and an urgent vocal delivery that refuses to stay in line. The song confronts pressure, resistance, and the constant demand to conform.
The sound is physical and unfiltered. Distorted guitar lines and grounded bass create a tense backbone, while percussion built from real-world noises adds friction and weight, turning everyday sounds into rhythm. I wanted the atmosphere to feel lived-in and real, charged with anger, resolve, and persistence.

Not a Saint - Released January 14th, 2026
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Not a Saint grew out of years of navigating a reality that constantly asks you to be useful, reliable, and easy to place — especially as an artist.
This song is about choosing your own path knowing it won’t be easy, and finding the strength to make that choice again and again, fully aware of the consequences of a life without guarantees or comfort.
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Credits:
Written, Performed, Produced and Engineered by Irene Shapes
Video filmed by Leutha

I wrote the lyrics and melody, performed the vocals, and played all main instruments on this track. The percussion in the verses was created using recorded sounds and noise sent by my supporters, who were invited to take part in the song from its earliest stages. I shaped their contributions through sound design, sampling, and editing to build the rhythmic backbone of the track, later joined by a drum fill in the chorus.
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Not a Saint exists thanks to the support of my Ko-fi community. Their contributions make it possible for me to keep creating independently
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Special Thanks (alphabetical order): Anthony Ciarleglio, Avi Cohen, Daniel Nava, Evgeny Rygin, Jeff Hopkins, Joomey_Joom, Leon Cook, Maciek Aduckiewicz, Paulo Sousa, Robert Morin and to the Comune di Meduna di Livenza for kindly granting permission to use the public gym as a filming location.

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If you’re drawn to emotionally driven alternative rock with a rebellious edge, this might resonate with you, especially if you enjoy artists like PJ Harvey, U2, Alanis Morissette, Prince, and musicians who blend raw intensity with a strong feminine presence.
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About the lyrics:

Not a Saint comes from the experience of being constantly shaped by expectations — encouraged to become reliable, productive, and easy to define. To be useful. To be an asset. The lyrics speak to the quiet but relentless pressure of choosing a path that doesn’t fit neatly into what society considers acceptable or safe, and the weight of having to justify that choice every single day.
The song opens with something that could be part of everyday life: a curtain being pulled open. That moment in the morning when you wake up, the cat is still purring on the bed, everything feels suspended for a second and then light, reality, another day. Not as a defeat, but as impact. A reminder to keep choosing yourself, even when that choice comes with instability, fatigue, and doubt.
Not a Saint is not about victory or redemption, but about refusing to disappear into a version of yourself that was never meant to be lived — and finding the strength to repeat that refusal, day after day.
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Lyrics:

Not a Saint
Constraining me,
a pure asset
I’m left to feel alone
They press me not to leave
I mean I won’t fit
I knew this was hard
I've got petty pay, deadlines to meet
Weighing every step and what else
Should I try and find a way to survive
Wearing, wearing thin on me, on me

Where you wanna break the morning
Gave it all to the machine
Once you give in there’s no way around that
Maybe I should just move to Norway
I'm gonna freeze for two coins to steal
Oh what a life, real life

Mama said I’ll be a great asset
Someone to rely on
But I have no kids,
No man waits at home
What's meant to be
Help me, help me

Where you wanna break the morning
And waiting makes it harder to see
Can't leave the social gutter
They gave it all to the machine
Once you give in there’s no way around that
And you won’t be a saint, you won’t be a saint