Katie Tupper: The crooner’s ‘Safe Ground’ visualizer is setting my cuffing season vibes

There’s something about solid sounds and cinematic appeal which drives me crazy - in a great way, of course. So how about seeing and hearing crooner Katie Tupper completely getting me into a melodic zone with her ‘Safe Ground’ visualizer? Say less.

It’s chill vibes and an absolute must-stream tune for the masses. Get caught up in the chill vibes.

Katie Tupper has released her new single “Safe Ground” ahead of her debut album on January 21. The final preview before Greyhound is unveiled in its totality, “Safe Ground” is an unshakeable promise to a best friend. As life grows new branches and gnarls, Tupper’s root system is firmly held within the earth. Her devotion holds true whether those roots run beneath endless plains or city skylines — Stream. 

She shares, “This is my platonic love song. I wrote it to my best friend about how lucky I feel to know her. It is my promise to her to always be a safe spot for her to land.”

Often receiving comparisons to Olivia Dean and Charlotte Day Wilson, Tupper’s smoky alto voice wraps together soul, indie and alternative R&B with just a touch of folky twang on her upcoming debut. Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Greyhound unites the prairie roots of Tupper’s past with the blended and expanded worldview of her present.

Speaking on her upcoming record, Tupper said, “Greyhounds that race on tracks are given these parameters and rabbit decoys to chase that are unreachable. If the front/fastest dog gets close to the decoy it just speeds up to make them run faster. The dogs think they are chasing something reachable but by design it will always be slightly ahead of them. It made me think about my relationships and how I act in the world. I am often both the Greyhound and the decoy — chasing something unreachable and being the thing that cannot be caught.”