Showcasing yet another side of her artistry, GRAMMY Award-winning history-making superstar Alessia Cara shares a new compilation album entitled Love Or Lack Thereof via Def Jam Recordings. For the 12-track collection, she revisited, reimagined, and reinvented standout songs from her catalog, turning them into jazz and soul-inspired versions that capture more than a decade of her musical journey in an intimate yet essential body of work. Alongside the album, a series of live-in-studio videos is being released for each track.
The album also features collaborations with GRAMMY Award–winners Norah Jones and Nelly Furtado. Listen HERE.
This time around, she cut everything with a cohort of elite jazz musicians in the studio, leaning into some of her most formative influences across soul, jazz and blues. Simultaneously, this endeavor also spoke to years of demand from her fans who have clamored for such stripped-down renditions. The result is indicative of Alessia’s versatility, vitality, and vibrancy as both a timeless songstress and performer.
Love Or Lack Thereof includes the single “I’m In Trouble” featuring Norah Jones. Listen HERE. On the track, a smoky standup bassline wobbles beneath lovestruck verses from Alessia and Norah. Punctuated by snaps and smooth horns, it culminates in a confessional chorus soulfully sung by each vocalist, “I’m a closed door, but when I hold your hands, all of me comes spilling out. I’m in trouble now!” The very first collaboration between these two powerhouses is undoubtedly an event in and of itself.
Threading together a cohesive vision for Love Or Lack Thereof, Alessia carefully selected songs from seminal projects such as Know-It-All [2015], The Pains of Growing [2018], In The Meantime [2021], and her most recent full-length album, Love & Hyperbole [2025]. She also re-recorded and re-envisioned the 6x-Platinum smash “Stay”—originally a signature collaboration with Zedd. Additionally, each song is accompanied by a live-in-studio video.
2025 was nothing short of a banner year for Alessia. She delivered a powerful rendition of the Canadian National Anthem during Game 2 of the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers. She also uncovered deluxe edition of Love & Hyperbole. Listen HERE. She notably added eight previously unreleased songs, including “Nighttime Thing” [feat. Julia Michaels], “(Isn’t It) Obvious” [feat. Lucky Daye], and more. Not to mention, she launched a sold-out North American headline tour. The original Love & Hyperbole earned widespread acclaim. GRAMMY.com raved, “Love & Hyperbole is Cara’s most emotive album to date,” and DIY awarded it “4-out-of-5 stars,” proceeding to applaud, “Placed against a landscape of infectious basslines, sensual strings, and irresistible hooks, the record is a lesson in timings, accepting the past, and embracing an unwritten future.” Atwood Magazine christened it “her most intimate and raw work yet.” CLASH professed, “‘Love & Hyperbole’ is anthemic, self-aware and shows listeners how confident Alessia is in herself as an artist.”
She paved the way for Love & Hyperbole with the single “Slow Motion.” EUPHORIA. wrote, “Cara has been experimenting more and more with jazz elements with this upcoming album, and “Slow Motion” is no different,” going on to profess, “The beauty is in the general song.” Billboard attested, “For Alessia Cara, emotion and connection is at the heart of her creative endeavors — hence why each of her three studio albums live in a unique world full of signature concepts, colors and themes built around them. Her music isn’t just a listening experience, it’s a feeling.” It arrived on the heels of the standout “(Isn’t It) Obvious,” which featured a guitar solo from John Mayer. The latter has already generated millions of streams and counting in addition to earning critical praise. Not to mention, she delivered a showstopping performance of the track on Good Morning America. Watch her performance HERE.
Thus far, Alessia Cara has generated billions of streams, earned dozens of multi-platinum certifications around the world, and notably made history as “the first Canadian to win ‘Best New Artist’ at the GRAMMY Awards.” At the same time, she has sold out tours on multiple continents and emerged as the rare force equally comfortable on a track with Logic and Khalid or Juanes, Bastille, Major Lazer, and The Warning.
TRACKLISTING
1. I’m In Trouble (LOLT Version)
2. Find My Boy (LOLT Version)
3. Not Today (LOLT Version)
4. Ready (LOLT Version)
5. Garden At Nighttime (LOLT Version)
6. Shapeshifter featuring Nelly Furtado (LOLT Version)
7. Out Of Love (LOLT Version)
8. Stay (LOLT Version)
9. Fire (LOLT Version)
10. (Isn’t It) Obvious (LOLT Version)
11. I’m Yours (LOLT Version)
12. I’m in Trouble featuring Norah Jones (LOLT Version)
Since catapulting to stardom with quintessential loner anthem “Here” in 2015, the singer/songwriter has matured alongside her audience, capturing the highs and lows of adolescence and young adulthood with camera-like clarity. In many ways, Cara’s new era is a snapshot of an artist finally processing her meteoric rise in the music industry. The Grammy winner’s debut single, “Here,” peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went on to sell three million copies. Her platinum-selling debut album, Know-It-All, delivered another smash hit with “Scars to Your Beautiful” and she memorably contributed “How Far I’ll Go” to the Moana soundtrack. She then added further platinum plaques to her collection with “Stay,” a dizzying club collaboration with Zedd, and an unforgettable feature on Logic’s “1-800-273-8255.” The Brampton, Ontario, native returned in 2018 with The Pains of Growing, which won a Juno Award for Best Album and Songwriter of the Year cemented Cara as one of her generation’s foremost singer/songwriters. Her last album, In The Meantime, that featured hit singles “Best Days” and “Sweet Dream.” The album was met with critical acclaim from Pitchfork, Billboard, Rolling Stone, with The New York Times calling it “Incisive and introspective as ever. Cara continues to position herself as both pop star and therapist.” Her recent release Love & Hyperbole solidifies her evolution as a powerhouse vocalist, empathetic songwriter and force of nature.