Feist Embraces ‘Hiding Out in the Open’ on ‘The Tonight Show’

With nowhere to hide, Feist embraced being in plain sight as she performed “Hiding Out in the Open” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday night. The record appeared on the singer’s latest album, Multitudes, released in April.

For the performance, Feist was joined by a full backing band. Throughout the song, the camera remained locked on her, the screen illuminating the back of the screen, displaying three layers of her reflection. “Everybody’s on their own/So that way we’re never alone,” she sings on the record. “But the mirror in another’s eyes/That’ll get you every time/There are a thousand different ways to hide.”

Multitudes marked the indie musician’s first album in six years. Feist previewed the release early this year with “Hiding Out in the Open,” “In Lighting,” and “Love Who We Are Meant To.” She produced the record with Robbie Lackritz and Mocky, and recruited multi-instrumentalists Gabe Noel, Shahzad Ismaily, and her touring bandmates Todd Dahlhoff and Amir Yaghmai.

“The last few years were such a period of confrontation for me, and it feels like it was at least to some degree for everyone,” Feist shared in a statement when announcing Multitudes. “We confronted ourselves as much as our relationships confronted us. It felt like our relational ecosystems were clearer than ever and so whatever was normally obscured — like a certain way of avoiding conflict or a certain way of talking around the subject — were all of a sudden thrust into the light.”

She added: “And in all that reassessment, the chance to find footing on healthier, more honest ground became possible, and the effort to maintain avoidance actually felt like it took more effort than just handing ourselves over to the truth.”