Claudia Bouvette releases the deluxe version of DIARY FOR THE LONELY HEARTS

One year after the release of her sophomore album DIARY FOR THE LONELY HEARTS, Claudia Bouvette returns with a deluxe version featuring four bonus songs reimagined with the string quartet Strings from Paris. These new ‘romantic’ arrangements propel the artist's irresistible pop into a new sonic universe. Available on music services as of today, the deluxe album will also be released on limited-edition vinyl on November 7th.

In addition to her nomination for Anglophone Album of the Year at the Premier Gala de l’ADISQ, the singer-songwriter will perform during the gala’s opening number on November 5th. The performance will be broadcast live on Télé-Québec starting at 8 p.m. and will be available online the following day.

Where the original version of DIARY FOR THE LONELY HEARTS evokes vulnerability and ​​a post-breakup bloom, the deluxe version plunges into romance and flourishing dreams. These idealized variations also provided Claudia with an opportunity to reconnect with string instruments, having played the violin herself for over a decade.

This is an immersion into the personal diary of a young girl, explains Claudia Bouvette. When you're young, you daydream, you romanticize life, you live things to the fullest. Creating a new ground for these four songs is a way of paying tribute to that younger, starry-eyed Claudia, who had no limits in life.

This collaboration between Claudia Bouvette and the musicians of Strings from Paris, to whom she entrusted the arrangements, came about thanks to a meeting organized by multi-instrumentalist Mathieu Sénéchal. Recorded earlier this year between Toronto and Montreal, the romantic versions of W.O.W.Y., BITE THE APPLE, CALL ME BACK !, and THE MEANING TO US reflect how far Claudia has come in the last few years. The songs are still rooted in pop, but have a new sense of fulfillment that lets her step outside her comfort zone. The result is a series of delicate songs in which the singer's unique voice blends seamlessly with the quartet's notes to create a musical pairing that surprises as much as it charms.