Tika Simone, also sometimes credited as TiKA, is a Canadian

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singer. She is noted as a winner of the

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for

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, at the

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in 2022 for "And Then We Don't", a song she co-wrote with

Casey Manierka-Quaile Casey Manierka-Quaile, also known as Casey MQ, is a Canadian singer, musician, and writer. In 2022, he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Song at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards for "And Then We Don't", a song he co-wrote with Tika Si ...

for

Thyrone Tommy Thyrone Tommy is a Canadians, Canadian film director and screenwriter. After writing and directing the short film ''Mariner (film), Mariner'' (2016), Tommy received acclaim for his work on the feature film ''Learn to Swim'' (2021), both of which p ...

's debut feature-length film ''

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''. A prominent performer on

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's live music scene since the early 2010s, she released her full-length debut album, ''Anywhere But Here'', in 2021.Aly Laube
"TiKA's 'Anywhere but Here' Is an Exuberant Celebration of Black Queer Love"
'' Exclaim!'', February 23, 2021.

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