[Cover photo credit to Nathan Lau]

Singer/songwriter Katie Tupper has announced her debut album, Greyhound, which will arrive on January 21, 2025, with the release of her new single, “Right Hand Man.” Tupper works with a blend of Soul, Indie and alternative R&B influences, with a touch of Folk. Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, the album Greyhound brings Tupper’s prairie roots into her present worldview.

On her upcoming debut, Tupper shares:

Greyhounds that race on tracks are given these parameters and rabbit decoys to chase that are unreachable. If the front/fastest dog gets close to the decoy it just speeds up to make them run faster. The dogs think they are chasing something reachable but by design it will always be slightly ahead of them. It made me think about my relationships and how I act in the world. I am often both the Greyhound and the decoy — chasing something unreachable and being the thing that cannot be caught.

With her single, “Right Hand Man,” Tupper dives into the “dichotomy of dependency on another person.”

She reflects:

This song is about the weight and pressures someone puts on you in a relationship— when you become someone’s only source of happiness and they are vocal about it. It becomes a compromising place to be in and clouds your decision making about the relationship. I am a very independent person and all of my relationships have been independent. This song was about the first time I felt someone acting co-dependent towards me and how difficult I found it. 

Tupper has received a JUNO Award nomination for Traditional R&B/Soul Recording of the Year. Ahead of making an official debut in the US, she has sold out shows in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, with more dates to come.

Greyhound was produced by Tupper’s touring partners and frequent collaborators Justice Der (Rachel Bobbitt, Dylan Sinclair) and Felix Fox (BADBADNOTGOOD).