MORE NEW MUSIC COMING SOON
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Story: Ralph Greco, Jr.
Rising Toronto singer-songwriter Lia Pappas-Kemps unveils a new song today, “Just the Thought,” via AWAL and produced by Nathan Ferraro (Beyoncé, Charli xcx, Carly Rae Jepsen)—listen HERE and watch the video HERE.
“I wrote this song by myself in my dorm room,” Pappas-Kemps says. “It started as a ballad and I would play it like a sort of meditation, but I never felt like it was finished. Then I played it with a band and realized that it was meant to be played with way more energy, and that’s when it clicked.”
The new track follows “Switchblade,” Pappas-Kemps’ first new music of 2024, which Complete Music Update praised for her “delicate vocals, tinged with a malaise” that “capture the longing and malleability of teenage love while retaining an upbeat catchy energy.”
Lia Pappas-Kemps is a vocalist and songwriter based in Toronto whose love of music grew alongside a wider set of creative interests, including acting and writing. Most widely known for her role as Jane in the popular Canadian drama series “Anne with an E” from 2017, Pappas-Kemps always knew her true calling was music. The beginnings of her musical education involved honing her resonant vocal style and developing a knowledge of theory through playing piano until she eventually gravitated toward the guitar, an instrument she had far less understanding of, to further explore her capacity as a musician.
Inspired by the raw lyricism and reflective storytelling of alternative mainstays like Alanis Morissette, The Strokes and Big Thief, Pappas-Kemps started sharing her songs and covers of other artists she admired—from Alvvays to Wings to Daft Punk—on social media in her late teens. In 2021 and 2022 the 20-year-old musician made her debut with a series of singles, including the grunge-inflected “Jinx,” which has accumulated millions of streams, and ballads “Sad in Toronto” and “Object at Best.” These songs broadened her fanbase worldwide, connected her with other musicians and helped bring her to the attention of Coalition Music and AWAL.
Pappas-Kemps has more new music to come shortly. For more information, please visit her official website or follow her on social media.
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Ralph Greco, Jr. is the devilishly clever nom de plume of professional writer/musician Ralph Greco who lives in the wilds of suburban New Jersey. He is also a podcast co-host, but as everyone has a podcast these days, this fact is of very little consequence. Ralph can be reached by writing [email protected] 
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