Lou-Adriane Cassidy

{{Short description|Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1997)}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = Lou-Adriane Cassidy.jpg | caption = Lou-Adriane Cassidy in 2023 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|07|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | genre = {{flatlist| * Folk * folk rock * indie pop }} | occupation = {{flatlist| * Singer * songwriter }} | years_active = Since 2017 | label = Bravo Musique }} '''Lou-Adriane Cassidy-Lacasse''', known professionally as '''Lou-Adriane Cassidy''' (born July 11, 1997) is a French-Canadian singer-songwriter from Quebec.<ref>Élise Jetté, [https://www.socanmagazine.ca/features/lou-adriane-cassidy-shes-not-just-one-thing/ "Lou-Adriane Cassidy: She’s not just one thing"]. ''Words and Music'', February 8, 2019.</ref>

== Discography == Cassidy was the performer of "Ça va ça va" ('It's okay, it's okay'), which was a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nominee in 2018 for songwriter Philémon Cimon,<ref>Marie-Ève Lambert, [https://www.lavoixdelest.ca/arts/ca-va-pour-lou-adriane-cassidy-c656745c068ac0875847655a2f7063d4 "Ça va pour Lou-Adriane Cassidy"]. ''La Voix de l'Est'', July 23, 2018.</ref> but she is perhaps most noted for her song "La fin du monde à tous les jours" ('The end of the world everyday'), which was shortlisted for the 2020 SOCAN Songwriting Prize.<ref>Allie Gregory, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/socan_announces_2020_songwriting_prize_finalists "SOCAN Announces 2020 Songwriting Prize Finalists"]. ''Exclaim!'', July 16, 2020.</ref>

Her debut album, ''C'est la fin du monde à tous les jours'', was released in 2019.<ref name="lapresse" /> In 2021, she came out with her second album, ''Lou-Adriane Cassidy vous dit : Bonsoir''.

In 2025 she released the album ''Journal d'un Loup-Garou'', which was shortlisted for the 2025 Polaris Music Prize,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gregory |first1=Allie |title=Polaris Music Prize Reveals 2025 Short List |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/polaris-music-prize-reveals-2025-short-list |website=Exclaim! |date=July 10, 2025|access-date=July 10, 2025}}</ref> and won the Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2026.<ref>Natalie Harmsen, Melody Lau, Holly Gordon and Kelsey Adams, [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/junos-2026-winners-list-9.7132379 "Here are all the 2026 Juno nominees"]. CBC Music, March 28, 2026.</ref>

== Contests == Cassidy was a competitor in the fourth season of ''La Voix'' in 2016,<ref name="lapresse">Marissa Groguhé, [https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/musique/201904/04/01-5220883-le-vrai-debut-pour-lou-adriane-cassidy.php "Le vrai début pour Lou-Adriane Cassidy"]. ''La Presse'', April 4, 2019.</ref> competing on Éric Lapointe's team before being eliminated from the competition in episode 10. In 2018, she was a competitor in the Francouvertes contest, where she and her songwriting collaborators Philémon Cimon and Stéphanie Boulay won the Paroles & Musique Award.<ref>Eric Parazelli, [https://www.socanmagazine.ca/features/francouvertes-lou-adriane-cassidy-collaborators-stephanie-boulay-philemon-cimon-win-paroles-musique-award/ "Francouvertes: Lou-Adriane Cassidy, collaborators Stéphanie Boulay, Philémon Cimon win Paroles & Musique Award"]. ''Words and Music'', April 23, 2018.</ref>

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