I’ve spilled quite a bit of virtual ink covering rising rising Montréal-based multi-disciplinary artist, singer/songwriter, pop artist and JOVM mainstay Naomi, who has made a name for herself across Québec for a sound that effortlessly blends pop, R&B, house music and Caribbean music.

The Montréal-based JOVM mainstay’s highly anticipated sophomore album Un coin sombre pour danser is slated for an October 11, 2024 release through Bravo Musique. Reportedly, the new album is an invitation to the listener to dive into the night, to forget your worries, to rediscover yourself and dance to songs that talk about love, challenges and self-reflection. “For me, this album is a story of femininity and an alter-ego: the woman who exists in the eyes of others and the one who exists towards oneself,” Naomi explains. “It is an exploration of dissociation in the face of the trials I have experienced, of the discovery of the community, of pleasure and tears, sometimes simultaneously. It was born from a deep introspection in my late twenties that gave me a new perspective on myself, my queer identity, and how this identity and these experiences have shaped me.”

During the production and recording process for the album, the rising JOVM mainstay managed the creative aspects of the album, from writing and composition to choreography and styling, ensuring that the album faithfully reflects her artistic vision. She collaborated with a number of renowned producers including Willy Wonder and Guillaume Doubet, who helped develop the material’s ambient-leaning, refined sound and aesthetic.

The album will feature the previously released released “Phénomène,” a slickly produced bit of dance floor friendly pop anchored around a hook-driven, house music-meets-Rihanna-like production that features glistening synth arpeggios paired with a propulsive and infectious groove serving as a lush, silky bed for Naomi’s sultry delivery singing lyrics in both French and English.

Thematically, the song has a powerfully feminist message — that it’s time to take responsibility for your life and your life’s path, to be proud of yourself and accomplishments and perhaps more important, to just be your damn self.

The album’s fourth and latest single “Good Trip” continues a run of slickly produced, hook-driven R&B-inspired synth pop that sounds like a sleek synthesis of 2000s pop and trap. Featuring lyrics sung in both French and English, “Good Trip” sees the JOVM mainstay at arguably their most introspective, with the song focusing on end of the night come down and regret. ” “It’s a really personal song for me, an exploration of the end of the night, when the sun comes out and you find yourself regretting the decisions you made in the euphoria of the moment,” Naomi explains.