The 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.”
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 hypnotising 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.
Praise for Charlotte Day Wilson
“Few can hit the notes Charlotte Day Wilson hits, and her commitment to emotional truth remains thoroughly undimmed. Her audio building is subtle but distinctive, the spartan template resulting in something so pure, and so evocative” – Clash Magazine
“Gorgeous and devastating… Sublime and understated” – Wonderland
“Charlotte Day Wilson’s name has become a sign that you’re in for great things” – The Line Of Best Fit
“Wilson occupies a lane distinct from most burgeoning R&B stars and often allows her soulful music to be the center of attention.” – Billboard
“Wilson directly channels soul music of decades past but also inhabits that same minimalist expanse occupied by so many of her contemporaries.” – NPR
“The Toronto singer-songwriter and producer’s vast voice is like a canyon that the sun can’t access; the percolating soul and quiet storm that surround it flicker like candlelight….Her voice—and what a voice, deep and passionate, cast in the mold of Anita Baker—feels less crepuscular, less intimate, and more capable of levitating cars and uprooting whole forests.” – Pitchfork
“Blending elements of jazz, soul, folk, and R&B, Wilson writes deeply personal lyrics and delivers them with the expertise of a seasoned vocalist.” – Complex
“she’s got the type of slow-burning, smoldering jazz and R&B-influenced sound that already feels classic.” – NYLON
“Charlotte expertly pulls inspirations from jazz, R&B and soul and what results is an atmosphere that is solely her own.” – HYPEBEAST
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-coloured magic over.
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Charlotte Day Wilson – Cyan Blue
1. My Way
2. Money
3. Dovetail
4. Forever (ft. Snoh Aalegra)
5. Do U Still
6. New Day
7. Last Call
8. Canopy
9. Over The Rainbow
10. Kiss & Tell
11. I Don’t Love You
12. Cyan Blue
13. Walk With Me
Charlotte Day Wilson – Cyan Blue
is out May 3rd via XL Recordings
