“Baby” by Basia Bulat

Basia Bulat releases her new album Basia’s Palace will arrive on February 21, 2025 via Secret City Records. The LP was co-produced by Mark Lawson (who worked with her on previous albums Tall Tall Shadow and The Garden), and mixed by Tucker Martine (Beth Orton, Neko Case, The National). With the album announcement, The artist has also shared the lead single, “Baby,” including strings courtesy of Drew Jurecka (Dua Lipa, Alvvays, Metric). The song is paired with one-take video shot on film by director Nora Rosenthal.

Basia Bulat on “Baby:”

“I wrote this song many years ago but never could get the lyrics and performance quite right. I wanted to try it again after becoming a parent–it’s about how we can’t control how or when we’re going to evolve even when we desperately want to. We keep making the same mistakes until we notice a pattern repeating, and even then, change is hard when we have to fully surrender to it. Could I make that predicament something I wanted to dance to? Could I sing the lyrics with joy instead of the sorrow I was channeling in the past? Nothing in my life has made me want to evolve faster, better, stronger than parenthood and the universe keeps throwing that desire back at me with a laugh and a wink, reminding me that things take time and to just love myself for being human. So this song from my past I couldn’t let go of finally made it onto a record–after all the times I tried to get it right I knew I finally had ‘the take’ when my daughter kept asking to hear it again.”

Basia Bulat
Basia’s Palace
Track List
Secret City Records

1. My Angel
2. Baby
3. Spirit
4. Right Now
5. Disco Polo
6. The Moon
7. Daylight
8. Laughter
9. Curtain Call

Basia Bulat 2024 Live Dates:

10/10/24 – McDonald’s Corners, ON – Festival of Small Halls (McDonald’s Corners Agriculture Hall)
10/11/24 – Picton, ON – Base31
10/12/24 – Mississippi Mills, ON – Festival of Small Halls (Almonte Old Town Hall)
2/15/25 – Arden, AB – Arden Theatre
2/16/25 – Regina, SK – Darke Hall
03/07/25 – Ottawa, ON – NAC
03/14/25 – Montreal, QC – Théâtre Fairmount
03/15/25 – Sherbrooke, QC – La Petite Boîte Noire
03/19/25 – Boston, MA – City Winery
03/20/25 – New York City, NY – Joe’s Pub
03/21/25 – Washington, DC – Pearl Street Warehouse
03/22/25 – Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live
03/28/25 – Quebec City, QC – Théâtre Petit Champlain
04/02/25 – Chicago, IL – Old Town School of Folk Music
04/03/25 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
04/04/25 – Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center
04/05/25 – Milwaukee, WI – Vivarium
04/30/25 – Vancouver, BC – Hollywood Theatre
05/02/25 – Seattle, WA – Triple Door
05/03/25 – Portland, OR – Mission Theater
05/05/25 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
05/07/25 – Los Angeles, CA – The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
05/22/25 – Toronto, ON – Great Hall
05/23/25 – London, ON – Aeolian Hall