KATIE TUPPER SHARES GROOVE HEAVY “ORIGINAL THOUGHTS”

Katie Tupper’s year is off to a good start. The JUNO Award nominee found her previous single “Need Nothing” voted as CBC Music’s Top 20 Fan Favourites for 2024 and recently she’s been selected for Apple Music’s ‘Up Next Canada’. And, after a meteoric rise on social media, with multiple videos going viral on both Reels and TikTok, she now has a captive audience in love with her voice.

In addition to announcing more tour dates for this Spring and Summer, today Tupper returns with another single, “Original Thoughts”, a groove-heavy R&B track that explores the rush of feelings after an intimate connection. Made with Felix Fox (BADBADNOTGOOD) and Justice Der, the track is layered with thick analogue sounds that set the stage sonically for Tupper’s upcoming debut album, anticipated later this year.

“This song captured my feelings after this intimate connection that I had for the first time,” says Tupper. “I sort of felt my world shifting and my lines between curiosity and certainty became redrawn. Something that always felt really heavy and confusing became incredibly clear to me in the span of basically 72 hours and I wrote to try to capture the excitement I felt.”



Since early last year, Tupper has been enchanting audiences on TikTok and Instagram with covers of her favourite songs accompanied only by her bandmate and collaborator Benjamin Millman on keys. These covers ranging from Hall & Oates to Jazmine Sullivan have amassed over 10 million views and earned nods from superstars like SZA and Joe Jonas.

MORE ABOUT KATIE TUPPER
Beneath the painted hues and infinite prairie skies of Saskatoon – a city in the heart of Canada – lies a soulful, creative spirit that proves there’s much more to the so-called ‘fly-over states’ than grassland and grain silos. Katie Tupper, an indie R&B musician, embodies that spirit and is determined to show there’s an entire world of boundary-pushing music at work within the often overlooked region. Tupper's two EPs of heartland soul - 2022's Towards The End, and 2023's Where To Find Me - have amassed 11 million streams world wide, a JUNO Award nomination (2024 Traditional R&B-Soul Recording of the Year), the praise of tastemakers like Zane Lowe, and international radio spins from BBC 6Music (UK), FIP (France), and CBC (Canada).

TOUR DATES
April 18 - Istanbul, Turkey / Zorlu Centre for Performing Arts
April 20 - Amsterdam, Netherlands / Paradiso
April 22 - Antwerp, Belgium / Amor
April 23 - Paris, France / Le Pop Up du Label
April 25 - Berlin, Germany / Prachtwerk
April 26 - London, United Kingdom / Rich Mix (Brick Lane Jazz Festival)
April 29 - Leeds, UK / Hyde Park Book Club
April 30 - Glasgow, Scotland / SWG3 Poetry Club
May 1 - Dublin, Ireland / Workman’s Cellar
May 2 - Belfast, United Kingdom / Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival
May 4 - Manchester, United Kingdom / YES (Pink Room)
May 5 - Bristol, UK / Rough Trade
May 7 - Brighton, UK / Dust
May 12 - Providence, RI / Providence Performing Arts Center (supporting Lake Street Dive)
May 13 - Huntington, NY / The Paramount (supporting Lake Street Dive)
May 14 - Montclair, NJ / The Wellmont Theater (supporting Lake Street Dive)
May 16 - Port Chester, NY / The Capitol Theatre (supporting Lake Street Dive)
May 17 - Philadelphia, PA / Kung Fu Necktie
May 18 - Allentown, PA / Archer Music Hall (supporting Lake Street Dive)
July 3 - Vieux-Quebec, QC / Festival D’ete de Quebec
July 12 - Saskatoon, SK / Saskatoon Jazz Festival
July 24-27 - Calgary, AB / Calgary Folk Fest