With an evocative voice that captivates her audience, Ontario’s Paige Warner creates alt-pop music with soul-inspired vocal licks layered on catchy hooks of poetic lyrics. Her ultimate drive in life and music is to create moments for people to feel empowered and seen, whether in their sadness and pain, happiness and love, or confusion and uncertainty.

A collection of songs writtens years apart, her debut LP Bitter/Sweet is themed to women’s empowerment, the aftermath of a breakup (whether bitter, angry, sad, or hopeful) and surviving abuse. “This album has taught me that life is so extraordinarily varied,” she says. “These songs are all from different eras and experiences in my life, yet they come together in this album as one body of work.”

The album’s saucy and defiant focus track, “Bitter,” was produced to crescendo along with the lyrics of the song, growing bolder and more swung. 

The word “Bitter” is usually used in a negative way, but this song is about how being bitter is fun and is sometimes a better alternative to being broken-hearted. – Paige Warner