In The Spotlight

Ariana Fig – “I Hope You Love Me”

Raised in Hamilton, ON, this Canadian singer and songwriter started classical violin lessons at the age of three, which later would lead to her playing in the Hamilton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra for four years. She studied Popular Music and English Lit at the Don Wright Faculty of Music. Since she’s played festivals like Sound Of Music and NXNE and opened for Young Friend and Bealby Point. Inspired by Stevie Nicks, Billy Joel and Alanis Morissette, she debuted with “I’ll Call You Later” in 2020.

Trying to capture the fear of opening yourself up to another person, her new single deals with a deep emotional vulnerability and difficulty communicating in a relationship. Taken from her upcoming album “So Long, Sinnerstate!”, expected on August 14th, the song has a distinct 90s female songwriters flavour. With warm acoustic guitar plucking, driving folk rhythm and soft strings forging a colorful melody, it’s her intimate, conversational vocals that make this tune sound delectable.

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