New Single Our Year from Tegan and Sara
Tegan and Sara release “Our Year,” their first new single since the 2022 release of their acclaimed tenth studio album, Crybaby. The West Coast collaboration features Lights and is produced by Felix Cartal, melding three distinct artists with deep ties to the Canadian music community and a deep respect for one another. Shot in Vancouver, the official video for the “Our Year” is also out today:
“Our Year” began as an early demo that Tegan sent to Cartal, who immediately connected with its distinctive mix of humour and honesty. Cartal came on to produce the track, with Lights soon joining for the collaboration. “Our dream was to get Lights on the record,” shares Tegan. “When she agreed to get involved, I felt immediately that we were making something special.”
For Lights, an admirer of Tegan and Sara’s work and close friend and creative peer of Cartal, the opportunity carried its own significance. “For me this song is one of those heritage moments, those legacy things that feel like if you died today, you’d be happy with where you left off,” she says. “I’m such a long-time fan of Tegan and Sara, all that they represent and do and create.”
Part love letter to Vancouver, and part hard-bitten commentary on the current economy, at its heart “Our Year” is about the optimism that comes with a fresh start, and the reality that even the best-laid plans sometimes don’t go the way we’d hoped.
“We wanted to share a tongue in cheek approach to more or less bitching about the economy while still celebrating that we made it this far,” says Lights. “And that there’s always hope to keep striving for.”
For Tegan, the joy of creativity came from the collaboration; “I feel like we’re at a point in our career where everything we put out should have meaning — but also feel fun,” she says. “Our band has always been about building community, and it was really cool to build this song with other people, to include so many other artists in the process.”
In addition to the new single, on September 1st Tegan released her debut solo novel Merry Christmess – a funny, warm-hearted middle-grade novel about sisterhood, family, and how the holiday season is a time to be merry, and messy.
Tegan and Sara have also been announced to join Hilary Duff on select dates of her 2027 the lucky me tour with tickets going on-sale on Friday, October 2.
About Tegan and Sara
Twin sisters born in Canada, Tegan and Sara have built a remarkable career that spans ten studio albums, and more than one million albums sold. Their creative accomplishments have been matched by a longstanding commitment to advocacy. Tegan and Sara are multiple JUNO and GLAAD Award winners and recipients of a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award, Honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from the University of Calgary, and the 2018 New York Civil Liberties Union Award, in addition to numerous GRAMMY and Polaris Prize nominations.
- Notably their song “Where Does the Good Go” was featured heavily in early seasons of Grey’s Anatomy, marking a major milestone in introducing indie artists to mainstream television audiences.
They have performed on some of the world’s biggest stages, from the 2015 Oscar Telecast to major festivals such as Coachella, Lollapalooza, and Glastonbury. In addition to music, they were executive producers of the TV series, High School, based on their New York Times–bestselling adult memoir of the same name. They are also the authors of the Junior High graphic novel series for young readers, which was illustrated by Eisner Award–winner Tillie Walden. In 2016, they created the Tegan and Sara Foundation, which fights for health, economic justice, and representation for 2SLGBTQ+ community.
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