Maggie Andrew’s ‘HOW TO SING FOR MONEY’ Has A Whole Lot of Flair

If you’re not already listening to Maggie Andrew, that’s about to change.

The Nova Scotia alt-pop artist has just dropped her brand new EP HOW TO SING FOR MONEY, and it’s giving heartbreak and euphoria, and synth-soaked swagger, all in under 30 minutes. Honestly, I’ve listened three times already and it gets better (and more chaotic) every spin.

Featuring recent buzzy singles like Fall Like a Feather, How To Sing For Money, and Emotional Touchdown, which just made a Top 60 debut on U.S. pop radio the project is a wild ride through Maggie’s many moods and musical selves.

It’s real and it’s got a mouth on it. In the best way.

“This EP offers a clear view into another dimension or chapter of myself,” Maggie says. “It reveals who I am and what I can do if I have the tools and the opportunities.” And let’s just say: the tools are being used. Winning CBC Music’s 2024 Searchlight competition didn’t hurt, it scored her a recording residency at the National Music Centre in Calgary. But the real magic happened during a month in Toronto with longtime collaborators Carleton Stone and Kyle Mischiek. The entire EP, minus one track came from that creatively electric era.

Sonically, it’s all over the place in the coolest way. There’s Emotional Touchdown with its dreamy jet-set despair. The title track How To Sing For Money sounds like a heavy sigh in song form. Unfinished Business aches like a voice memo you never sent. Father Figure gets personal, If God Was Real gets existential, and Did You Cry goes full breakup-anthem. Oh, and Fall Like a Feather closes things out with a gut-punch of resilience.

She also dropped a video for Did You Cry, and it’s a whole runaway bride moment. Directed by MOOSECANFLY, the video sees Maggie in full escape mode, peeling out of a toxic relationship (and a wedding dress) “I wanted to conceptualize the aftermath of a breakup,” she says. “The video represents running away from something—or someone—who turned out to be no good.”

Maggie’s not here to play it safe, and that’s the point. “I embrace my flair and attitude; I don’t give a f*ck about external pressure when I’m making music,” she says. And honestly, you can hear that in every track. Her sound is ever-shifting, but her voice, confident, cathartic, and completely her own is what keeps it all grounded.

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Written by Angel Joanne Okonkwo