How To Fail As A Popstar (Music from the CBC Gem Original Series)

by Vivek Shraya

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1.	Dry (Dream Version) 02:49	info	buy track
2.	I'm a fag 4 U (Sped Up Version) 03:17	info	buy track
3.	Take Flight 03:40	info	buy track
4.	Showing Up (feat. Jully Black) 02:51	info	buy track
5.	Music Ur the 1 (Youth Talent Quest Interlude) 01:21	info	buy track
6.	I Won't Envy 2.0 03:40	info	buy track
7.	SOS 04:31	info	buy track
8.	Take Flight (Mississauga Children’s Choir Version) 03:30	info	buy track
9.	The List 04:13	info	buy track

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HOW TO FAIL AS A POPSTAR is a compilation of songs from and inspired by Vivek Shraya's beloved one person show and her forthcoming CBC Gem Original series (airing this fall).

"When I started writing 'How To Fail As A Popstar' in 2019, my original vision was for the play to be a musical with a complete ten track soundtrack–but that would have made for a very long play! Now after creating the adapted series for CBC Gem, I am excited to finally realize this vision by bringing together the various songs that have been central to the telling of this story.

One of the biggest lessons in my creative journey has been to constantly experiment and reinvent, because I have never been able to predict what might connect with a listener–and this approach is reflected here. Some of these songs are brand spanking new, some are older songs that have been reimagined or remixed, and some songs are from the archives.

Despite my popstar dreams not coming true, this album is a sonic representation of my persistence and my undying love for music."

-VS

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released October 13, 2023

Mastered by Heather Kirby

Text edited by Trisha Yeo
Photos by Vanessa Heins
Design by Tim Singleton

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Vivek Shraya Toronto, Ontario

Vivek Shraya is an artist whose body of work crosses the boundaries of music, literature, visual art, theatre, and film. She is a Canadian Screen Award winner and a Polaris Music Prize nominee. Her CBC Gem Original Series, "How to Fail as a Popstar," is launching this fall. ... more

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