Regarding putting on an act, Confidence Man fully embodies its moniker: the group’s members are, one could comfortably assert, thrill-seekers. Should you require evidence, you might refer to their performance at Glastonbury a couple of years prior, where they emerged as one of the weekend’s undisputed standouts with a performance featuring lead vocalists Janet Planet and Sugar Bones launching one another across the platform to their electrifying anthem “Holiday.” Alternatively, consider the visual for their new tune, “I Can’t Lose You,” where the duo climbs into a helicopter in London’s Docklands, then zips down the Thames hanging out of its open doors, soaring thousands of feet over the metropolis, with Planet casually swinging her ponytail. Oh, and they’re both utterly naked.
“When we were set to film it, I thought I wouldn’t feel afraid, but it was genuinely frightening,” Planet admits, with a nervous giggle. “And I solely have myself to hold accountable since it was entirely my concept. I came across this photo of a model flying topless over New York City in the ’80s, and I thought, ‘Let’s do that but take it a step further and be totally naked.’ It just seemed like a very daring, Con Man idea to me.” Was it uncomfortable in any manner, being secured into their invisible harnesses or having the camera crew capturing every angle? “Well, the pilot appeared quite over it,” Planet humorously remarks. “He’d just completed Mission: Impossible, I believe.”