BUY / STREAM “MY WAY” HERE
BUY / STREAM “CYAN BLUE” HERE
NEW ALBUM CYAN BLUE OUT THIS FRIDAY, MAY 3RD, VIA STONE WOMAN MUSIC / XL RECORDINGS
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR KICKS OFF MAY 15
PRE-SAVE CYAN BLUE HERE
“a deeply personal and introspective collection of songs that seek to discover beauty in heartbreak and find solace in recognizing the limitations of love.” The Toronto Star
“ 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
“She can shush viewers to silence with heart-wrenching lyrics and rile them up with a surprise saxophone solo—all in the same song.” - Harper’s Bazaar
“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
“As always, Day Wilson's arresting alto is the focus but a warbled vocal sample that repeats in the background adds a haunting, early James Blake feel to the track. If the rest of Cyan Blue is equally moving, fans are in for a treat.” CBC Music
“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
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Today, the Toronto-born-and-raised singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Charlotte Day Wilson releases two new singles, “My Way” and “Cyan Blue,” from her highly-anticipated sophomore album, Cyan Blue out May 3rd via Stone Woman Music / XL Recordings. Soul-bearing and poetic, “My Way” evokes desire with refined lyricism and Charlotte’s hallowed, resonant vocals. Inspired by the blue-green hue of Wilson’s irises, the album’s title track “Cyan Blue” is a stripped back and transcendent ballad, embodying the record’s emotional and sonic palette. Both tracks arrive with lyrical visualizers that render an exquisite ocean of sound.
BUY / STREAM “MY WAY” HERE
BUY / STREAM “CYAN BLUE” HERE
Today’s double release follows the release of “Canopy”, a sleek and serene track with an accompanying music video that features Wilson, a star hockey player in her own right, skating with a hockey stick in hand across vast expanses of ice. “My Way” and “Cyan Blue” join a collection of new music from Wilson set to release on Cyan Blue this Friday, including 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.”
WATCH / SHARE “CANOPY” HERE
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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.”
WATCH / SHARE “I DON’T LOVE YOU” HERE
BUY / STREAM “I DON’T LOVE YOU” HERE
Working with producers like Leon Thomas (SZA, Ariana Grande, Post Malone), and Jack Rochon (Beyoncé, 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, Snoh Aalegra 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, Vancouver, Halifax. Purchase tickets here: https://charlottedaywilson.com/Tour
PRE-SAVE CYAN BLUE HERE
CHARLOTTE DAY WILSON 2024 NORTH AMERICAN 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
Jul 13 - Halifax, NS - TD Main Stage
