[Cover photo of Helena Deland, credit to Jodi Heartz + Alex Blouin]

Montreal-based artist Helena Deland has shared the new single “How Do You Like Me Now” along with a video directed by Jodi Heartz + Alex Blouin. The song’s release comes before Deland joins her friend Hana Stretton for some solo North American shows later this month.

“How Do You Like Me Now” is a song that “describes an act of trespass.”

As the story goes:

“At a party, Helena Deland slips toward the edge of the room;no one sees her as she eyes a notebook which belongs to the party’s host. She insists she would never read it, then lets herself imagine being caught, only to learn that its owner had wanted to be discovered all along. The journal becomes a mirror of songwriting: private processing made public and left to the interpretations of strangers.” 

Helena Deland shares:

I wonder to which extent the authors of posthumously published diaries were writing with a vague audience in mind. Here, I’m convincing myself that a person I admire, very much still alive, has written everything down in their notebook in the hopes of it being found. When that day finally came, they’d say ‘That’s right. There I am. How do you like me now?’

Helena Deland – Live (solo)

w/ Hana Stretton:

September 24, 2026 – FONO • Ottawa, ON • Tickets

September 27, 2026 – Higher Ground • Burlington, VT • Tickets

September 28, 2026 – TOURISTS • North Adams, MA • Tickets

September 29, 2026 – Avalon Lounge • Catskills, NY • Tickets

September 30, 2026 – Manny’s • State College, PA • Tickets