Ep.52: Kat Yvonne turned pandemic grief and pregnancy loss into one of the most emotionally raw albums you'll hear this year.

She's an independent singer-songwriter from Toronto who built both of her projects by reaching out to strangers online and asking if anyone wanted to make something sad and beautiful together. Her debut Hiding in Leaves came from a place of survival. Her upcoming second album was that one surprised her, because she wrote it happy.

In this conversation, we get into:

• How a pregnancy loss during the pandemic sparked a debut album born out of pure emotional need
• The song so stripped-down it was almost acapella, and why it was the hardest to record
• Growing up with a critical mother and a father who lost his own dad to suicide at eight, and how that shaped decades of undiagnosed depression
• The moment a friend literally paid for her therapy, and how a few sessions changed her life
• Why she doesn't do second takes, and what Jeff Buckley has to do with any of this

About Kat Yvonne:

Kat Yvonne is an independent singer-songwriter from Canada who turns deeply personal poetry into alternative folk songs with operatic undertones. Her debut album Hiding in Leaves emerged from processing a pregnancy loss during the pandemic, and her second album — exploring intergenerational trauma and finding presence — is due later this spring.

Connect with Kat Yvonne:

Instagram: instagram.com/locolanalove

LinkTree: linktr.ee/katyvonne

Music Mentioned in this Episode:

Songs:

• Space Time Continuum" — Kat Yvonne
• "Rivers to the Moon" — Kat Yvonne
• "Benz" — Kat Yvonne
• "Paper Plane" — Kat Yvonne
• "Commune" — Kat Yvonne

Albums & Projects:

• Hiding in Leaves — Kat Yvonne
• Pop Stars Revenge — Peter Curtis

Artists & Bands:

• Kat Yvonne
• Essence Martins
• Peter Curtis
• Hayley Williams
• Lana Del Rey
• Jeff Buckley
• Gordon Lightfoot
• Neil Young
• Guns N' Roses
• Joni Mitchell
• Leonard Cohen

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