Haley Nicole Blais is a Canadian

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from

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. Blais got her start on Youtube, uploading

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s, original songs, and covers. She received mainstream success with the release of the single "Small Foreign Faction" in 2018. Since then, she has released two full length LPs and toured throughout

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and

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. Blais' music has been described as "confessional" "nostalgia-pop" with a particular emphasis on her vocals.

History

Haley Blais grew up in

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. She is a classically trained vocalist and toured in a

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troupe when she was a teenager. After leaving opera and moving to

, she began recording her own music, releasing the EP ''Late Bloomer'' in 2016. In 2018, off of the success of her EP ''Let Yourself Go,'' Blais embarked on her first national tour. She has since toured North America supporting Peach Pit,

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, and The Greeting Committee as well as headlining tours in the UK and

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. In 2020, Blais released her debut full-length album, ''Below the Salt.'' The album was acclaimed and described as "multi-layered and lush" and "dreamy," capturing "the essence of growing up." In 2023, Blais signed with

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, which released her sophomore LP ''

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'' on September 15, 2023. The album was a longlisted nominee for the

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."2024 Polaris Music Prize long list: the Beaches, Tobi, Elisapie, Beverly Glenn-Copeland and more"

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, June 11, 2024. Blais also plays bass and contributes backing vocals to the Vancouver-based band Babe Corner.

Discography

Albums

EPs

* ''Late Bloomer'' (2016) * ''Zero Charisma (Demos)'' (2018) * ''Let Yourself Go'' (2018)

Singles

* ''Late Bloomer'' (2016) * ''Small Foreign Faction'' (2018) * ''Too Good'' (2020) * ''On a Weekend'' (2020) * ''Rob the Original'' (2020) * ''Auld Lang Syne'' (2020) * ''Rob the Original Live'' (2021) * ''Coolest Fucking Bitch in Town'' (2022) * ''Survivor's Guilt'' (2022) * ''Matchmaker'' (2023) * ''Baby Teeth'' (2023) * ''The Cabin'' (2023)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blais, Haley Living people 21st-century Canadian women singers 1994 births