Tanika Charles unleash "Different Morning" the first single from the forthcoming new album "Papillon de Nuit: The Night Butterfly" featuring rising Toronto rapper, DijahSB.
"Different Morning" is the first single taken from "Papillon de Nuit: The Night Butterfly" the forthcoming third studio album from the two times JUNO Nominated and two time Polaris Prize listed, Toronto's Soul/R&B powerhouse Tanika Charles and it will be available on all digital platforms February 18th. The new album "Papillon de Nuit: The Night Butterfly" will be released worldwide on April 08 on Milan based Record Kicks label on CD, LP and digital. ""Different Morning" sees the collaboration between Tanika and rising Toronto MC DijahSB whose album "Head Above the Waters" has been featured in Exclaim Magazine top 50 album of the year and grated them a nomination and a performance at the Junos. According to Tanika: " So much of our days are spent dwelling on the same mistakes, the same misfortunes. That thing we wish didn't happen, or what we wish we hadn't done. "Different Morning" is about starting a new day without that baggage, then finding a way to correct course and move past it. What starts as a pitiful interior monologue evolves into a celebration of getting over that hump by being your biggest cheerleader. DijahSB is best rapper in Canada right now, and someone who was able to carry that triumphant spirit that the second half of the song needed. "I'm alive today" is enough a blessing, enough of an accomplishment, and enough to be thankful for".
On the new album the Safe Spaceship Records production team, consisting of Scott McCannell (Lydia Persaud, Claire Davis), Ben MacDonald and Chino de Villa (re.verse, Jessie Reyez), produced four songs on the album. The group also assisted as session musicians for songs produced by newcomer Todd "HiFiLo" Pentney (Allison Au Quartet, JUNO Award winner). "The Gumption" contributor Kevin Henkel ("Tell Me Something", "Look At Us Now") returned with three compositions, and old friend Jesse Bear (Sean Kingston, Stan Walker) contributed to one song. On the writing side, Tanika was assisted by regular co-writer Robert Bolton ("Soul Run", "Remember to Remember") and accomplished solo performer Tafari Anthony (Priyanka, of RuPaul's Drag Race). Featured guests include the multi-disciplinary artist Khari McClelland and rising Toronto rapper, DijahSB. Both Dakarai Morris-James (Joanna Majoko, BeBe Zahara Benet) and Sean "D/SHON" Henderson ("Love Overdue", Serena Ryder) assisted with vocal arrangements across multiple songs.
"I think this album represents my best work to date. And yet, it also represents me coming to terms with who I am as an artist. For the first time I think I've actually accepted my own voice. I can hear beyond the imperfections, and I realized that when paired with the right music, it can sound pretty good. I still have my doubts and my dark places, but a little less of them".