Tanika Charles

Toronto-based Tanika Charles has become a true mover and shaker both at home and abroad. Her music revels in honesty and attitude, with songs that touch on heartbreak and vulnerability, but in the spirit of resiliency and overcoming adversity. Her art is inherently autobiographical. If Tanika is singing it, she’s lived it!

Following on her first two recordings, Soul Run (2016) and The Gumption (2019), Tanika’s third studio offering, Papillon de Nuit: The Night Butterfly (moth), is slated for an April 8th release through her own label Unique Applause (Canada) and Record Kicks (worldwide). Featuring rising Toronto rapper DijahSB and multi-disciplinary artist Khari McClelland, Charles’ new album was composed and recorded while in and out of lockdowns. The inspiration for Papillon de Nuit came from an unlikely source – a creature that soars after the sun sets, but often goes unnoticed until the light shines on it.