Charlotte Day Wilson (born 1993) is a Canadian contemporary R&B singer-songwriter.[1] She came to prominence in the mid-2010s with her single "Work" and collaborations with other Toronto-based artists like BadBadNotGood and Daniel Caesar. Wilson released her debut album Alpha in July 2021.
Life and career
A native of Toronto, Ontario, Wilson studied classical piano in childhood before teaching herself production via GarageBand as a teenager.[2] She moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia to study music at university,[3] but left school to focus on her music career.
She self-released the EP Palimpsest in 2012,[4] and followed up with the standalone singles "Avondale," "Stephen," and "Montreal" in 2013 and 2014. She was also part of the funk band The Wayo,[2] which released an EP in 2014, among other releases. She contributed vocals, keys, and saxophone.
Her third EP, Stone Woman, was released in 2018.[1] The song "Falling Apart" from that album was sampled on the 2020 James Blake track "I Keep Calling."[11] In 2018, Vinyl Me, Please released an exclusive album that compiled CDW and Stone Woman.[12]
Following a May 2021 announcement, Wilson released her debut album Alpha on July 9, 2021 to favorable reviews.[14][15] Written and produced by Wilson, the album features a number of tracks co-written and produced with Toronto songwriter Jack Rochon (Jack Ro) in addition to contributions from other Toronto acts like Daniel Caesar, BadBadNotGood, Mustafa, and Merna Bishouty. Other producers include retro soul artist Thomas Brenneck, R&B producer D'Mile in collaboration with Babyface, Dylan Wiggins (Sir Dylan), and Teo Halm.[16]
