For the past four years, the award-winning, JUNO-nominated, SOCAN #1 bilingual Canadian songwriter, recording artist and producer Maïa Davies has been on a stubbornly unwavering mission of deep musical and self-discovery. Born in Montreal, Davies has devoted the vast majority of her life to the craft of music. Getting her start in the Warner Music signed folk band Ladies of the Canyon, she has released two solo albums in French and penned over 12 Top 10 commercial radio hits for Canadian music artists, including Mother Mother and Serena Ryder.

Davies’ new single, “Lift Me Up,” is a piano-driven, melodic plea to break free from the loneliness of unmet expectations. Written in Berlin at HANSA studios where David Bowie wrote and recorded his hit “Heroes,” “Lift Me Up” wistfully weaves confessional pop and synth nostalgia into well-crafted motifs, awash in buttery vocals. Produced by Montreal’s Marcus Paquin (The National, Begonia), “Lift Me Up” begins as a vulnerable tableau of the artist’s longing to belong, and her all-too-human loneliness. 

This song was a chance for me to become ultra-honest about my need to belong, and my disappointment at not finding true connections in my life. It was an examination of myself, of what my role in my unhappiness was and how I could break that curse. I think I had to become ready to attempt happiness, so I wrote this song aspirationally, in hopes it would come to be realized. – Maïa Davies