Jordan Klassen

Jordan Klassen has spent fifteen years earning his place as one of Canada’s most respected and emotionally precise artists. With over 20 million streams, a string of CBC Radio Top 20 singles, and praise from Rolling Stone, NPR and the BBC, he has been called a “singer-songwriter’s singer-songwriter,” known for quiet emotional depth and richly layered arrangements across baroque pop, cinematic folk and indie rock. Now he is starting over. His new album, Vice Versa, is a total reinvention: bright, upbeat and pop-forward, trading orchestral sweep for something playful and immediate. Co-produced with David Vertesi, Vice Versa builds an analogue world from the ground up, swapping folk plucks for ’90s VHS synths. Opener Crowning Vision starts with radio stations blurring together before Klassen announces “Good evening ladies and gentlemen” over the hype beats of early Y2K dance pop. Lead single Fall Apart channels middle school Top 40 countdowns with acoustic power chords and a harmonica solo. Hurts Like Hell sets vinyl scratching and saxophone against Klassen’s signature soft vocals, with a banjo running under the chorus, and Silver Bullet builds from ambient swoon into a soaring chorus. The record looks back without living there, and it is as warm, bright and emotionally honest as anything in his catalogue. Vice Versa is out everywhere February 26, 2027.