When it comes to putting on a show, Confidence Man lives up to its name: the band’s members are, it’s safe to say, daredevils. If you needed proof, you could look to their set at Glastonbury two years ago, where they emerged as one of the undisputed highlights of the weekend with a set that saw lead singers Janet Planet and Sugar Bones hurl each other across the stage to their high-octane anthem “Holiday.” Or simply take the video for their latest single, “I Can’t Lose You,” in which the pair climb into a helicopter in London’s Docklands, then proceed to whizz their way down the Thames hanging out of its open doors, thousands of feet above the city, as Planet nonchalantly swings her ponytail. Oh, and they’re both stark naked.
“When we were going to shoot it, I didn’t think I’d be scared, but it was genuinely terrifying,” says Planet, with a nervous laugh. “And I only have myself to blame, because it was all my idea. I saw this picture of this model flying topless over New York City in the ’80s, and I was like, ‘Let’s do that but take it one step further and be completely naked.’ It just felt like a very ballsy, Con Man concept to me.” Was it awkward, in any way, getting strapped into their invisible harnesses, or having the camera crew get all up in there with the angles? “Well, the pilot seemed pretty over it,” Planet deadpans. “He’d just done Mission: Impossible, I think.”