Ghostly Kisses is the musical project of French-Canadian singer-songwriter Margaux Sauvé. She is based in

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. She is signed to the British record label Akira Records. The name 'Ghostly Kisses’ was inspired by the

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poem ''Une ballade des dames perdues,'' which includes the verse "And brush my lips with little ghostly kisses." ''Clash'' describes her music as having "a weightless quality, something that transcends the ephemeral to grapple with key facets of our lives."

Career

Sauvé was in university studying psychology when she had a burst of creativity to start composing songs. She was a trained violinist but had never considered she could be a singer before. At the end of her studies, she showed her songs to Dragos Chiriac (

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) who praised Sauvé's voice and suggested they work together. She released her first single, "Never Know", in May 2015. Her debut EP, ''What You See'', was released in March 2017. Her sophomore EP, ''This City Holds My Heart'', was released in 2018. The EP included a cover of The Cranberries' song "

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". In 2019 she was officially chosen to showcase at the

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music festival in Austin. She also released another EP that year, ''Alone Together''. The EP was a collection of acoustic songs. 2020 saw the release of another EP, ''Never Let Me Go''. The announcement of her debut full-length album, ''Heaven, Wait'', came in 2021, when she released its title track in September 2021. She composed the songs for her debut album with her musical and life partner Louis-Étienne Santais. The album was released on January 28, 2022.

Collaborations

Sauvé worked with the producers Tim Bran and Louis-Étienne Santais on her song "Heaven, Wait", released in 2021. They worked on the song remotely, with Tim in England and Sauvé and Louis-Étienne in Canada. They also used a string ensemble from the Fame Studio in Macedonia on the recording. She has also collaborated with producer Thomas Bartlett, also known as

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, on her song "Don't Know Why".

''Red Frontier''

Ghostly Kisses provided the score to the

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Original series podcast, ''Red Frontier'', which premiered on June 14, 2021. The podcast was written, directed, and executive produced by Emmy Award-winning director Sarah Nolen. It stars

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, Finn Wittrock,

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, Charlie Barnett, and Maria Dizzia.

In television

The song "Empty Note" by Ghostly Kisses has been featured in the

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series ''The Rain'' and ''Skam Italia''.

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

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References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian women singer-songwriters Musicians from Quebec