P'tit Belliveau unveils J’aimerais d’avoir un John Deere, a powerful piano ballad

Today, the Acadian singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist P’tit Belliveau unveils J’aimerais d’avoir un John Deere, an epic piano ballad with a powerful crescendo. Marking his return to original music - following the release of his cover EP … chante Baptiste last spring - the single is a first taste of his upcoming, sophomore album, which will be released in 2022 via Bonsound.

Showing masterful songwriting and production skills, the artist delivers an ingenious piano-vocal composition, which takes an unexpected magnitude along the way with the introduction of a vibrant melodica and an atmospheric, almost airy choir. Just like P'tit Belliveau's previous work, this new song is both surprising and brilliant. In contrast with the glorious piano arrangements, the lyrics are more down-to-earth. J'aimerais d'avoir un John Deere casts an analytical eye at our relationship with social success and what we’re willing to do to expose our wealth and prosperity to others. In an insular community like Baie Sainte-Marie, where P'tit Belliveau grew up and still lives, the legendary John Deere truck is a symbol of wealth, and embodies the materialistic drive to which we all conform to some extent.

Created from scratch by Jonah Guimond (better known under his alias P'tit Belliveau) the music video for J'aimerais d'avoir un John Deere is made of a joyous blend of child-like collages and stop-motion, a technique that the artist learned specifically for the sake of the video.

After a full house performance on the main stage of the Francos de Montréal this summer, P'tit Belliveau announces close to 30 dates over the next year, including a show at Club Soda in Montreal on April 30th. Before hitting the stage again in 2022, the young Nova Scotian is heading to France, where he'll be playing at the Point Éphémère in Paris on November 30th, as well as in Rennes on December 4th as part of Bars en Trans. Check out the list below or visit ptitbelliveau.com for all the dates.