“I wrote ‘Dead End’ when I was sleeping with my ex and hoping for different results. But I knew we’d hit the end of the road. I always stay too long and get more hurt—don’t do what I do!”

Bassist Ciara King describes the track as “an ode to every single burnout episode that any creative has ever had. It’s important to break the fourth wall sometimes and say, ‘this is really hard, isn’t it? You can be exhausted and still love your craft. This one goes out to all our burnt out pals. Keep going.”

“‘sportscar’ is an interesting addition to the deluxe because spittake almost had a different identity. At one point, I considered naming the album Check Engine Light On. I didn’t realize how central the theme of cars was until after writing it.”

Described as a love letter never sent, Call Me is raw and intimate, built on airy vocals and minimal, dreamy production. Anchored by the haunting line, “maybe someday I’ll love and he won’t have your face,” the song captures the ache of lingering love and the quiet hope of moving on.

“It had been so long since I’d felt that way. I romanticised everything — which I think is necessary to cope with the distance. We’re in different countries, speaking different languages, but we still share this bond.”

“Teenage Disillusionment is a pretty sensitive song. I’m in a good place now, and it felt like the right time to speak on my past. I’m passionate about advocating for kids who aren’t safe at home, and I want anyone who relates to the lyrics to know they’re not alone.”

“Everything I write is unfortunately a little too true to life. I’d met this girl in a smoking area, swore off love for 14 months, hadn’t kissed anyone—but couldn’t stay away. I tried a ‘situationship’ for two weeks (what even is that?). I hated it. I would’ve followed her into hell. Joyride is me saying, I’m all in, please don’t hurt me.”

Slick, sultry, and no longer decoding mixed signals, Ron Dadon is done with ambiguity. On her bold new single “Say It,” she confronts the men who can’t decide if they want real love—or just the illusion of it.

“I wrote ‘Without You’ two days after a breakup. It’s about not knowing who I was without him—not trusting myself not to go back—and feeling stuck in a cycle of being scared to leave and scared to stay.”

Montreal-born singer, songwriter, and producer Mokina returns today with the release of her lush new EP, mirage—a five-track journey through dreamy indie-folk textures and raw emotional honesty.

“‘Seeing Angels’ is about the healing nature of women. It speaks to the kind of love that turns your world upside down, alchemises your pain, and makes you believe in something greater. Makes you believe in angels.”

“LOVE YOU BETTER came from wishing I had the ability to love people better than I was capable of. Grief and trauma have shaped the way I connect with others, and the song reflects that — the wish to heal with love, and the painful truth that sometimes love just isn’t enough.”

Montreal multidisciplinary artist Annie-Claude Deschênes returns with Main de Fer, a haunting new single that fuses minimal techno and avant-garde into a disorienting soundscape of emotional isolation and psychological unraveling.

“Rosie is a thank-you to my friends. It’s about rolling all of them into one perfect person — Rosie — who doesn’t actually exist. I didn’t want to single anyone out, and none of their names fit into the chorus!”

“World’s Worst Girlfriend is me at my peak dramatic gay.It’s about feeling like a terrible partner because instead of going on nice dates, I mostly wanted to stay inside with our cats and play video games.”