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haillie's avatar

americans tend to underestimate the influence that canadian artists have on music. nickelback, nelly furtado, avril lavigne, celine dion, ALANIS MORISSETTE ??? huge names in music that get overlooked when it comes to the influence of music no matter what genre. even bbno$ has been blowing up since the start of 2020 and they don't even know he's from vancouver!

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ProducerLiz's avatar

Yes yes yes!! If bbno$ wins his JUNO nom this year in his hometown I might shed a tear

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Sarah J's avatar

I love cultural work that also stimulates the brain! This was great. I am neither American nor Canadian but I read every word and as a cultural commentator and analyst myself, this was super important to digest considering how much actual "culture" and history as you said is excluded from a ridiculous amount of commentary these days. I have a new respect for Tate!!

This motivates me to keep doing the research that is necessary to make impact in cultural discussion, esp in the digital age! Thank you!!

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ProducerLiz's avatar

This is such a lovely comment omg thank you!!

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hillzalive's avatar

Learned a lot reading this and am excited for my new playlist based off this post! Thanks 💞🇨🇦

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ProducerLiz's avatar

Oh your playlist is going to BOP. Also add Ria Mae “Ooh Love” and “Clothes Off”, Serena Ryder “Stompa”, Shawn Desmon “Electric”, Tegan and Sarah “Closer”… I could go on all day

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hillzalive's avatar

Thanks 🎶😊

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Alasia Destine-DeFreece's avatar

is there any chance you'd share the link for that playlist? i'd love to join in on the music education!

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hillzalive's avatar

IF ONLY I was that quick on the tip - im building it off of songs mentioned in the article and comments right now (and because I subscribe to the devil aka Spotify I’m using some of their Canadian artist compilations).

I will happily post once I do the dang thang 🤩📡

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Alasia Destine-DeFreece's avatar

thank you for your hard work in advance!!

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𝓵𝓵 𝓬øø𝓵 𝓳ordan's avatar

tater tots rise!!!! americans are always 2000late to pop music generally i apologise for my fellow americans lack of taste and Understanding

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ProducerLiz's avatar

coming from the country of sorry's, there's no need to apologize if you do the work the figure out what you don't know!! thanks for reading and commenting I appreciate it!

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𝓵𝓵 𝓬øø𝓵 𝓳ordan's avatar

i have been whispering "i think you know what this is" for what feels like months to anyone who will listen. love me some tatiana and everyone seems to be writing about her right now but your piece was easily my favourite one i have read this month🩷

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ProducerLiz's avatar

🥹🥹 I appreciate that so much!

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𝓵𝓵 𝓬øø𝓵 𝓳ordan's avatar

grateful to you for doing the lord's work and spreading the gospel of canadian pop!!! massive hockey fan and during the recent four nations tournament press, not a single player from any country (INCLUDING CANADA) had any idea who alanis was...i know she is not pop but we are losing the recipes!!! they all knew who morgan wallen was... lmao

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Stephen Attong's avatar

This is really great!

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ProducerLiz's avatar

Thank you!!

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Brigitte Riordan's avatar

As a die hard Belieber I really appreciated this

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ProducerLiz's avatar

Omg and we are being fed with JB hockey content right now, a great time for beliebers!

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Sadie Cann's avatar

As a fellow Canadian who does arts advocacy for a living, thank you 🫡🇨🇦 CanCon or bust baybeee!!

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ProducerLiz's avatar

The gurls who get it GET IT 🫡🇨🇦💃

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Donatella's avatar

absolutely stellar article! Living abroad, alot of people think that the Canadian market exists only to benefit the American one. But in having conversations like this article, I’ve been able to give examples of the talent we have. My friends always laugh cause i say “did you know he/she/they are Canadian”. But now more than ever, its important to distinguish.

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Miles Of Thoughts's avatar

Ngl this entire time I thought she was Australian and I have no idea why

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ProducerLiz's avatar

There are really fascinating connections between Australian and Canadian pop culture -- I wrote a piece about the 14 hours TikTok was down in America, and the way "commonwealth tiktok" emerged AKA tiktokers from countries part of the Commonwealth.

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Emily's avatar

I love this so much! Canadian pop culture and music is something that really interests me, so I loved reading this. I find it so fascinating that we have so many bangers from our childhood that only Canadians know, it’s really cool in a way!

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Lilly Drury's avatar

Loved reading this! As someone who is a Nashville songwriter and whose brother is in the NHL this was the perfect piece for me lol. I’ve been exposed to so much amazing Canadian country music and learning more about the music scene there and really have so much respect for it and for the country. Such fascinating points made, and Canadian music is such a beast in its own right

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Mat Hooper's avatar

Wow. What incredible analysis. Not only will I view Tate McRae in a different light (I'm guilty of comparing her to her American contemporaries without the Canadian context), but I also feel inspired to bring this level of examination to other pop culture items I might be exploring.

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Elle Sid's avatar

It’s all stereotypically Canadian tho.

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Simone Gonzalez's avatar

I am in LOVE with the last line!! Thank you for educating Americans and respecting Tate. I have so much love for her and her love for where she comes from is what makes her special!! No need to compare her to anyone!!

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Mikayla Bartholomew's avatar

genuinely read out of curiosity and thoroughly enjoyed!! it’s baffling to me, as a human that works in entertainment, the way people use America almost like a standard to contextualize the validity of any art form. this quote struck me the most: “That involves filling in your own cultural gaps, and researching more than you’re yapping about what’s hot.”

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Chloe Ginsberg's avatar

needed this in writing!!!! loved this

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