Justine Blanchet is a bilingual country artist from Montreal, inspired by legends like Shania Twain and Carrie Underwood. She started releasing music in 2017 and has since accumulated over a million streams. She’s performed at notable events such as Nashville’s Bluebird Café and RBC Bluesfest, and she’s had a #4 hit on CBC Country/Sirius XM with “Get Out of the Mud.”
Blanchet started her music career in opera at the age of 12 and became classically trained but ultimately realized the genre wasn’t for her. She found country music was the genre for her because of the songwriting and storytelling aspect of it.
Since 2017, she independently released 13 singles, which have gotten spins on country radio stations throughout Canada.
Blanchet has recently released her newest single, “What I Got” as she continues making significant strides in reaching her next country music milestone.
The song is about a traumatic and damaging relationship she went through. The process of writing the song helped her channel and process her feelings.
During the creation of the music video for “What I Got” it was important for her to visualize the lyrics and meaning of the song. When the song was complete she sat with it and waited to see what images would come to mind.
She wanted to bring lyrics to life by using props and visuals in a meaningful way.
” I didn’t want to song to be bitter and full of hate but for the sentiment to be ‘just do better next time’ and I got to experiment with that and powerful imagery through the video,”she explained.
Justine Blanchet is in the process of putting a band together in hopes of performing live more often. A goal is for her to build a show audiences will want to come out and see.
Make sure to listen to “What I Got” and stay up-to-date on new releases and shows from Justine Blanchet!
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