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Julia Thomsen Releases New Song “Here For You”

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1 year ago

October 13, 2025

Emily

Julia Thomsen is back with new piece “Here for You,” and it feels like someone gently telling you it’s okay to not be okay.

The track comes from “Keys For Empathy,” a compilation put together by the Contemporary Classical Collective that drops on World Mental Health Day. All the money goes straight to NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness. It’s not just music for a cause. It feels bigger than that.

Thomsen’s piano work here is the kind that makes you stop scrolling, put your phone down, and actually listen. It’s warm without being sappy, simple without being boring. The notes have space to breathe, and so do you while listening. In a world that rarely shuts up, “Here for You” offers a few minutes where you don’t have to be anything but present.

The whole album features 17 different artists, each bringing their own voice to themes of empathy and mental health. You’ve got tracks like Joy in Every Breath from Lynn Tredeau and Dave Lewis, and Legàmi di Pace by Ara_piano and Daniela Spadini. But Thomsen’s piece stands out because it doesn’t try too hard. It just sits with you.

For someone whose music has always leaned into reflection and comfort, this project makes perfect sense for Thomsen. Her playing has this way of making people feel less alone, which is exactly what “Here for You” is about. We all go through it. We all need someone, or something, to remind us we’re not in it by ourselves.

Timing the release for World Mental Health Day isn’t just symbolic. It’s a statement. This is music that wants to do something real, to help families dealing with mental health struggles while giving listeners a moment of peace in their own lives.

You can listen here.

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sombr Brings the You Are The Reason Tour to Scotiabank Arena on November 16

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13 minutes ago

November 2, 2026

Leo Bodei

sombr performing live on stage during the You Are The Reason tour, holding a microphone.

sombr performs live on the You Are The Reason tour. Photo courtesy of sombr.

Toronto gets one of the last stops on the biggest breakout run in pop. sombr brings his You Are The Reason Tour to Scotiabank Arena on Monday, November 16, with Dove Cameron and Hannah Jadagu opening the night.

The show starts at 7:00 PM, and the Toronto date sits near the end of a 37 show North American arena tour. The run opened in July at the Pepsi Center in Mexico City and closes at Madison Square Garden in sombr’s hometown of New York City, which makes the Scotiabank Arena stop one of the final chances to catch the tour before it wraps.

The rise behind the tour is real. sombr is a Grammy nominee for Best New Artist, and his debut album I Barely Know Her turned one year old this fall. In April he made his Coachella debut, a set the tour announcement noted for a special guest appearance from Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins. Since then the You Are The Reason show has been traveling, and his own tour posts from the road have shown packed rooms and a singer who treats every stage like it is the one that matters.

Toronto’s support lineup is part of the draw. Dove Cameron brings her own pop following to the bill, and Hannah Jadagu opens, giving the night three distinct voices before the headliner takes the stage. Support has rotated across the tour, with names like Interpol, The Last Dinner Party and Tom Odell appearing in other cities, and the Toronto pairing of Cameron and Jadagu is set for this date only.

For an artist who was writing songs alone in his room not long ago, an arena in downtown Toronto on a Monday night says plenty about how far the music has traveled. Tickets for the November 16 show are available through Ticketmaster.