Toddy Releases Their Stirring New Single “Wounded”

There are seemingly endless possibilities for self-expression, and Vancouver-based comedian and trained opera singer Toddy is out there breaking new ground. They just released her new single, “Wounded,” and an accompanying music video.

With a winning combination of drag, standup comedy, opera, classical and pop music, Toddy (she/they) is redefining the very idea of pop stardom. Before they found national recognition by winning Season 1 of OutTV’s Call Me Mother, the artist had been performing professionally since they were nine: singing in the Children’s Chorus and operas in Calgary, studying opera at McGill University in Montreal, and eventually segueing into the worlds of comedy and drag.

Commenting on the new song, Toddy offers:

“My song ‘Wounded’ is inspired by abusive relationships that I have been in. I wanted to capture that specific time when you first know you are in an abusive relationship but don’t know how to leave it. The song isn’t an anthem or hope. It’s a raw take on the complexities of abusive relationships.

“This song can be interpreted for several different types of abusive relationships whether it be family, romantic, friendship. I wanted listeners to be able to put themselves into this song and make it theirs.”

The debut single, “Wounded,” produced by Louise Burns and Kevvy Maher (Fake Shark), is strategically written for several different types of relationships whether it be family, romantic or friendship. Inspired by abusive relationships Toddy has been in, they wanted a wide variety of victims to be able to put themselves into this song.

Toddy “Wounded” single artwork