50 Artists & Canada’s largest youth mental health movement

The anthem and video bring together a pantheon of Canada’s best and brightest young talent including Alessia Cara, JESSIA, Johnny Orlando, JP Saxe, Rêve, Roy Woods, The Reklaws, TOBi, Tyler Shaw and many more, and includes the moving and powerful addition of children’s choirs from both the Sarah McLachlan School of Music in Vancouver, BC, and Chief Jimmy Bruneau School in Behchokǫ̀, NT. Both the “What I WouldnAn anthem and video featuring Alessia Cara, JESSIA, Johnny Orlando, JP Saxe, Rêve, Roy Woods, The Reklaws, TOBi, Tyler Shaw, and others, plus the moving and powerful addition of children’s choirs from Sarah McLachlan School of Music in Vancouver, BC, and Chief Jimmy Bruneau School in Behchokǫ̀, NT.

Facts:

• Youth are struggling more than we even know. In fact, one in two youth are struggling with their mental health.
• Kids Help Phone is transforming mental health care for young people in Canada and is asking Canadians to support Feel Out Loud, a $300M campaign to unlock hope for young people in Canada to thrive in their world.
• Feel Out Loud is the largest movement supporting youth mental health in Canada’s history.
• The campaign is aimed at providing young people support without obstacles and help with any hardship. Because no challenge is too big, and no feeling is too small.
• To kick off the campaign, Feel Out Loud, a collective of more than 50 music artists from across Canada, have come together to record an anthem to support Kids Help Phone’s initiative to help all young people in Canada feel out loud and express their emotions in a safe and supported way.
• An advocate for mental health within the music community and beyond, Serena Ryder’s song “What I Wouldn’t Do” weaves an inspiring message and profound lyrics, alongside Leela Gilday’s sonically beautiful bridge from “North Star Calling” to create the anthem, which was produced by Bob Ezrin and Randy Lennox
• Artist representation and collaboration spans provinces, territories, and cities from coast to coast to coast, representing a diverse group of talent, with the equitable, informative, and creative intention of reaching underserved and equity-deserving youth across the country and within all communities