“I’m so inspired by bossa nova music, and that sound made me want to immediately go to this aspirational place and take risks,” she says of the experiment. Cara’s voice on the song is sublime, echoing a delicate tip of the hat to Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer Astrud Gilberto, Norah Jones and Lani Hall (of Sérgio Mendes and Brasil ’66 fame). The first is a subtle-yet-stirring track titled “Bluebird,” in which Cara samples “ I Wish You Love,” performed by China’s eight-year-old social media star, Miumiu Guitargirl. However, the album has two transcendent moments that stand out from the pack. Tracks move from R & B and soul to pop that draws primarily from the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s and the early 2000s. The disc’s overall sound is difficult to pinpoint. It’s a focus I don’t think I had before … I have a new outlook I’ve shed an old skin, and I’m lucky that I was able to document the pain I went through in these songs.” I feel like I’ve lived a whole other lifetime since my last album,” she says, referring to her 2018 disc “The Pains of Growing.” “These new songs represent freedom for me. Whatever the interpretation, Cara admits that a full-on transformation is happening to her as we speak. Over a Zoom chat from her home in Toronto, Mississauga-born, Brampton-raised Cara is adamant that she’s recorded “the best work” of her career.Īs for that transparent force field encasing Cara on her album cover? Perhaps it’s extra protection from outside negative forces or the occasional music industry flying monkey. In many ways, the album represents a graduation ceremony for the 25-year-old Italian-Canadian talent. Posing in a transparent bubble, yet appearing oddly at peace, Cara is captured wearing a yellow gown reminiscent of a ’70s prom dress: long, layered, ruffled.Īnyone who has listened closely to Cara’s recent 18-song track list knows her choice of attire is more than apropos. In an apparent nod to “The Wizard of Oz,” Cara is photographed as a modern-day Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. It was the singer-songwriter’s way of explaining the concept behind the album’s striking cover art. These cryptic words tweeted by Alessia Cara in September had fans intrigued about her new album, “In the Meantime.” Fish in a bowl, seclusion, introspection.
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