Fresh off the release of her critically acclaimed album Shiverstruck, IAN SWEET –the moniker of Los Angeles-based musician Jilian Medford – has debuted an official music video for “987.” Shot in a junkyard, the arresting visual directed by Lucy Sandler brings the album’s tender track to life.

Medford comments, “987 is about trying to move through the wreckage and messier moments in your life with some grace and understanding for yourself. Lucy and I found this incredible junkyard and basically spent the day climbing on smashed cars and playing around while everyone working there just carried on around us. It felt like the perfect landscape for the song, finding some beauty in the mess and continuing to move through it.”

Following a sold-out album release show at Los Angeles' iconic Bob Baker Marionette Theater and a run supporting American Football, IAN SWEET will kick off an extensive North American headline tour this October, with stops in Brooklyn, Chicago, Toronto, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and more. 

Since release of Shiverstruck, IAN SWEET has been featured in Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, NPR, SPIN, Hearing Things, Paste, FLOOD, IMAGINE, Polyester, Numero Netherlands, and more, with Pitchfork praising her continued artistic evolution, writing that Medford "finds even more space within the boundaries of pop music to continue expanding IAN SWEET's sound." Paste hailed album track “Hired Gun” as “...a fantastic, important song with motorik propulsion, some wicked guitar parts, and smart commentary,” while Stereogum celebrated single “Criminal Kissing” as a “sweeping, lovesick anthem.”


2026 IAN SWEET TOUR DATES

Tue. Oct. 12  - Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool ^
Thu. Oct. 15 - Portsmouth, NH @ The Press Room 
Fri. Oct. 16 - Battleboro, VT @ The Stone Church 
Sat. Oct. 17 - Montreal, QC @ La Sotterenea
Sun. Oct. 18 - Toronto, ON @ The Baby G
Tue. Oct. 20 - Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme 
Wed. Oct. 21 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas 
Thu. Oct. 22 - Milwaukee, WI @ Falcon Bowl 
Fri. Oct. 23 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry 
Sat. Oct. 24 - Eau Claire, WI @ The Plus 
Mon. Oct. 26 - Nashville, TN @ Drkmttr 
Tue. Oct. 27 - Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5 ^
Wed. Oct. 28 - Durham, NC @ The Pinhook
Thu. Oct. 29 - Richmond, VA @ The Camel ^
Fri. Oct. 30 - Washington, DC @ DC9 ^
Tue. Nov. 3 - Seattle, WA @ Baba Yaga 
Wed. Nov. 4 - Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall 
Fri. Nov. 6 - San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord 
Sat. Nov. 7 - Los Angeles, CA @ Sid The Cat Auditorium !
 
^ w/ Meg Elsier
! w/ Luella