Whether or not they are real, I couldn’t really tell you.”
Because I always have a hard time actually recalling memories that happened, I think I put more a lot of the landscape and feelings and emotions of childhood into my songs. I can’t tell you about specific incidents, but I can describe everything, if that makes sense-my childhood home, smells, everything that we did. “I have not a lot of vivid childhood memories that I can describe to you. “It was so idyllic-very simple and picturesque,” says the 29-year-old, who was raised in Kelowna. WEIRDLY, GIVEN THE wealth of often-personal details she packs into her songs, Blais is a little short on stories from her childhood. Video of Haley Blais - Coolest f*cking b*tch in town (Official Video) And that’s when I went, ‘You know what? I don’t think I ever really processed any of this.’ ” It was like, ‘Well, that’s life, you know, and things happen.’ But then this album came out of me a couple of years later. “My parents’ divorce was the biggest thing I went through, and I was able to process that all. “Nothing ever bad really happened to me-I was a pretty average person, so I didn’t have a lot of trauma growing up or anything,” Blais reveals. Not to mention clever, genuinely funny, endearingly empathetic, and possibly tormented-although when it comes to that last one, things aren’t always what they seem. Whether recalling golden childhood memories in “The Cabin”, worrying about kids that have yet to be born in “Matchmaker”, or dealing with a world-shaking divorce in “The Coolest Fucking Bitch in Town”, Blais comes off as, well, the coolest fucking bitch in town.
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Working through a rough patch that never seems to end? Blais is there for you in “Body” with, “Man this whole year feels like hell/Stuck forever in a reboot of your favourite teenage television show.” Worried that you’re flailing if your life goals include starting a family, carving out a career, owning a home, or just getting through a day without crying at the futility of it all? Blais suggests that she understands in “Beginner’s Guide to Birdwatching”, where she sings, “Just trying to do the best I can/Still on our parents’ cellphone plan”. Which perhaps explains why it’s so relatable. Then again, Blais suggests, maybe she’s surprised even herself with Wisecrack.
But I think I bounce back pretty quick with, ‘Everything is just going to be fine!’ ”
I definitely get as stressed and anxious as the next person. “I definitely think around my mid-20s, when my parents divorced and I moved out, that big change definitely made me a glass-half-empty person,” she offers thoughtfully. Ever dreamed of loading all you own into a U-Haul and heading to Los Angeles to chase your dreams? Blais has been there, as evidenced by the “Baby Teeth” lyrics “I used to think that I could live there/Be the next big fucking star.”īut ask Blais if she might have more-or at least as many-dark days as the rest of us, and she suggests that perception isn’t everything. Want a gold-standard album-opening line? Consider “I'd kill to be a sensitive person” from “Soft Spot for Monarchs”. To immerse yourself in Haley Blais’ endlessly rewarding sophomore album, Wisecrack, is to conclude the Vancouver DIY queen might be in the process of working through some things.
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