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goodtoknow Unveils Debut EP ‘I’LL STAY’

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1 year ago

July 30, 2025

There’s something beautifully untamed about I’LL STAY, the debut EP from goodtoknow — a new collective born from a late-night studio session in Mexico City that unfolded more like a slow-burning revelation than a formal recording. Rooted in gentle indie-pop and alternative folk, the five-track project feels like a moment suspended in amber: soft-edged, emotionally rich, and unwilling to conform to industry polish. It’s not trying to be perfect. And that’s precisely the point.

The collaboration between Paula Prieto, Benjamín Walker, Sir Hope, and Mariano Gillio doesn’t feel forced or strategized. Instead, the EP offers a rare kind of alchemy — voices and instruments sliding into one another with a natural ease, like four perspectives converging on the same emotional landscape. It’s fluid. It’s intuitive. And above all, it’s honest. The production stays close to the ground — warm acoustics, minimal percussion, and an emphasis on lyrical closeness — all drawing the listener in rather than pushing outward.

What’s striking is the level of restraint. Rather than chase the peaks typical of a debut statement, goodtoknow is content to sit in the in-between spaces: the ache before the letting go, the questions that linger after the conversation ends. The arrangements breathe slowly, prioritising feeling over formula. Vocals often feel like they’re being sung from across a quiet room — present, but never imposing.

It’s this emotional subtlety that sets I’LL STAY apart. There’s a quiet courage in its refusal to over-explain or over-produce. The lyrics are intimate but elliptical, drawing you in through tone and texture more than narrative. You don’t need to know the backstory to feel the weight of the moment — these songs speak through mood, atmosphere, and delicate turns of phrase that linger long after the final notes fade.

As a debut, I’LL STAY doesn’t shout for attention — it whispers truths that feel lived-in and necessary. It’s a project built not on ego, but on trust, offering a compelling reminder of what happens when artists let go of the need to define and simply allow something to be. goodtoknow is not a side project — it’s a living, breathing space. And with this EP, they’ve made something that matters.

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Doja Cat Brings the Tour Ma Vie World Tour to Scotiabank Arena on November 25

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5 hours ago

November 2, 2026

Leo Bodei

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Doja Cat. Photo courtesy of Doja Cat on Instagram.

Doja Cat brings her Tour Ma Vie World Tour to Toronto on Wednesday, November 25, with a 7:30 p.m. show at Scotiabank Arena. It is one of the last stops on the biggest headlining run of her career, and it lands in the middle of a heavy week for the building.

The tour supports Vie, her fifth studio album, released in September 2025. The record is an 1980s inspired turn back toward pop, led by the singles “Jealous Type” and “Gorgeous,” and the live show has been built as a full scale arena production. Latto joins the bill as special guest for the entire North American leg, which runs 31 dates from the October 1 opener in Detroit to the December 1 finale at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Toronto gets the show near the end of the run, with Boston on November 23 before it and Montreal on November 27 after it. By the time she reaches Scotiabank Arena, the production will have played more than twenty North American arenas, on top of earlier legs across Oceania, Asia, Latin America and Europe. Earlier in November the tour also plays Miami, Tampa, Orlando and Atlanta.

Fans have been getting a look inside the tour straight from Doja Cat herself. She has been filming the run on Ray-Ban Meta glasses, posting point of view footage from backstage, soundchecks and life on the road, so the Toronto crowd will see a show that has been documented almost night by night. Tickets for November 25 are on sale through Ticketmaster. With the Garden shows in New York closing the tour one week later, the Toronto date is one of the final chances to see this production before the run wraps.