Toronto recording artist Nicole Huff has shared her new original single, “Who We Are.” The rising Canadian star leans fully into dance-pop with a reflective anthem exploring identity, transformation, and the very specific joy of stepping out of the shadows.
There is a strange, potent liberation that happens when you finally stop pretending for the sake of other people. Huff captures that exact emotional pivot here. She builds an electropop sanctuary right on top of a deep, thumping low-end groove and a bright, pulsating electronic rhythm. Through it all, her vocal delivery remains exceptionally clear, eventually swelling into massive, layered harmonies across the chorus.
Listen closely to the shimmering, high-energy sonic textures swirling underneath those vocals. They map out the quiet resolve required to shed societal expectations and the immense strength found in female camaraderie. The atmosphere heavily evokes the rush of a defiant night out with friends, completely stripped of apologies. You can practically feel the invisible coats of self-censorship dropping onto the nightclub floor.
We spend decades trying to shrink ourselves to fit comfortably inside other people’s rooms. After hearing Huff reclaim her agency over such a vibrant, celebratory beat, you have to ask yourself: why do we ever let anyone else define the rhythm of our lives?
