CHARLOTTE DAY WILSON SHARES SLEEK AND SERENE NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO “CANOPY”
NEW ALBUM CYAN BLUE OUT MAY 3 VIA STONE WOMAN MUSIC/XL RECORDINGS
Toronto-born-and-raised singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Charlotte Day Wilson releases “Canopy”, the third single from her highly-anticipated sophomore album, Cyan Blue out May 3rd via Stone Woman Music / XL Recordings.
Premiering today on Apple Music’s New Music Daily with Zane Lowe, “Canopy” is stripped and poignant, addressing the shadowy burden of animosity. ‘It’s like a canopy all that hate, I’m above it, can’t live that way,’ Wilson sings in her understatedly elegant, brooding vocals on the song’s hook. The piercing single comes alongside an equally sleek and monochrome video, filmed by cinematographer Sylvain Chaussée and styled by Mellany Sanchez. The video features Wilson, a star hockey player in her own right, skating with a hockey stick in hand across vast expanses of ice. “Canopy” follows Wilson’s stark and devastatingly beautiful second single “I Don’t Love You”, a confessional that highlights Wilson’s immaculate production skills and that she says is “meant to remind us that losing love & leaving can be just as inspiring as finding it.”
MORE ABOUT CYAN BLUE
Cyan Blue finds Wilson crafting a smoothly woven cyan tapestry of her eternal influences; thumping gospel piano, warm soul basslines, atmospheric electronics, and penetrating R&B melodies. Yet, it possesses a sense of vastness that rings in a new era for Wilson, one in which she’s embracing collaboration and newfound creative openness tinged with wistfulness and yearning and a reflection on youthful innocence. “I want to look through the unjaded eyes of my younger self again,” Wilson explains of making Cyan Blue. “Before there wasn’t as much baggage, before so much life was lived. But I also wish that my younger self could see where I am now. It would be nice to be able to impart some of the wisdom and clarity that I have now onto her.”
Working with producers like Leon Thomas (SZA, Ariana Grande, Post Malone), and Jack Rochon (H.E.R, Daniel Caesar), Cyan Blue demonstrates Wilson’s sonic expertise while also showcasing the next evolution of her time-bending songwriting. Through 13 hypnotizing tracks, she continues to use music as a vessel for unpacking relationships, which in turn allows her to meet and understand herself in life-spanning, panoramic focus. But, on Cyan Blue, she challenged herself to kick her perfectionist tendencies. “Before, I was extremely intentional about creating music with a strong foundation, a bed of artistic integrity,” Wilson reflects. “But that was a bit stifling, like, ‘Let me just make a great piece of art that will stand the test of time, no pressure.’ Now, I think I’m getting out of this frozen state of needing everything to be perfect. I’m more interested in capturing feelings in the moment as they happen and leaving them in that moment.”
While this is only her second album, Wilson’s influence in music has made a major mainstream impact. Wilson broke out in 2016 with her critically acclaimed EP, CDW, followed by 2018’s Stone Woman and made her debut studio album an official coming out moment in 2021 with the critically acclaimed, self-released Alpha. Over the past decade, she’s been sampled by Drake, John Mayer, and James Blake, while Patti Smith has recently praised and covered Wilson’s 2016 breakout single “Work.” Additionally, she’s collaborated with artists like Kaytranada, BADBADNOTGOOD, and SG Lewis, demonstrating that there’s no sound Wilson can’t adapt to and sprinkle her cyan-colored magic over.
Wilson’s upcoming 2024 tour kicks off May 15, stopping in Toronto and Vancouver. Purchase tickets here: https://charlottedaywilson.com/Tour
Tour Dates
May 15 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
May 17 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre
May 18 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
May 20 – San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom
May 21 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey
May 24 – Houston, TX – House of Blues – Bronze Peacock
May 26 – Atlanta, GA – Center Stage
May 29 – Philadelphia, PA – Foundry
May 30 – Washington, DC – Union Stage
May 31 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
Jun 2 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair
Jun 4 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
Jun 6 – Toronto, ON – History
July 3 – Montreal, QC – MTELUS
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Main Photo Credit: Jessica Foley | Background Photo Credit: Matthew Tammaro
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