01 March 2025

1 March 2025 - Sophie Powers - Better On Mute

Welcome to March.

Did I choose March because it starts with the same letter as "Maple Leaf"?  Maybe.  More likely I started it because the Junos take place in March - for now.  It seems to be slowly moving to April.   

Which makes it even weirder that I started the month with never-nominated Sophie Powers, a Toronto native who has made great music tailor-made for the TikTok generation.  Co-written by the artist (no, Powers is not her real last name and the credits tell me that), the song is very much a declaration of independence by an musician who is making bold, different music from a nation who refuses to be annexed by the United States.

THAT'S as political as I will ever get here. 


She has performed a stripped-down version of the song live, which shows me that she's both not manufactured (a little cringe, in fact) and is a uniquely talented performer. 



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