SPILL NEW MUSIC: CHARLOTTE CARDIN’S “TAKE ME BACK” IS A CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE

CHARLOTTE CARDIN’S “TAKE ME BACK” IS A CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE

CULT NATION

On June 5, 2026, French-Canadian musician Charlotte Cardin released her new single “Take Me Back” via Cult Nation / The Orchard. After winning the Female Artist of the Year at the Victoires de la Musique earlier this year, following her being named as Billboard’s Global Woman of the Year in 2025, Cardin continues to build international momentum with this effortless new single, accompanied by a cinematic music video directed by Academy Award nominee Vincent René-Lortie.

A sultry, brooding alt-pop song with jazz-inflected melodies that build to a cathartic finale, “Take Me Back” explores the consequences of hesitation: what happens when you seek clarity in a relationship by creating distance from a partner – but end up with roles reversed.

“Take Me Back is about the selfish heartbreak of asking for space, then realizing he may have used that space to heal from you,” says Charlotte Cardin.

The stunning music video for “Take Me Back” was directed by Québécois filmmaker Vincent René-Lortie, a 2024 Academy Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Film. Shot on film and inspired by the language of continental cinema, undone elegance, and the grain of film as memory, the video was filmed on a remote island off the coast of Sicily. At its core, it’s about remembering what we once knew; about how easy it is to forget ourselves when we learn to perform instead of feel, to protect instead of surrender.

Charlotte Cardin
Take Me Back
(Cult Nation)
Release Date: June 5, 2026

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