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Monica Lynn’s ‘Sunshine Small Town Girl’ is Country-Pop with a Pulse and a Whole Lot of Heart

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1 year ago

July 29, 2025

Monica Lynn didn’t just show up out of nowhere—she emerged, bloomed, from years of real life, heartbreak, healing, and one hell of a lot of lived-in wisdom. Her debut album Sunshine Small Town Girl might sound like a warm breeze off a dusty country road, but don’t let the title fool you—this record’s got teeth, tenderness, and total girlboss energy.

Let’s talk about that opener—“Sunshine Small Town Girl” is more than a cutesy name-check of backroads and bonfires. It’s an anthem for grown-ass women who’ve been through the storm and are now dancing in the puddles. Monica rides the fine line between traditional country and glowy indie-pop, giving us Miranda Lambert vibes with the emotional sincerity of a late-night phone call.

Then there’s “Girl Gang,” which should come with its own themed merch. It’s pure empowerment juice. You will want to text your besties after this one. You will want to cry and sing and maybe punch the air a little (in a good way). It’s a tribute to female friendship that lands with as much honesty as it does groove.

“Let the Winter Come” shifts the mood, and it’s where Monica really flexes her songwriting muscle. She sings to her sons with the sort of poetic grace that sneaks up on you. You’re fine one minute, then sobbing into your coffee because she just nailed something you’ve never been able to say.

But don’t sleep on the darker cuts. “No One Left to Blame” and “Karmic Love” bring that messy, magnetic chaos we all pretend we’ve outgrown. They’re sonic proof that country and indie-pop can blend and bite, with lyrics sharp enough to cut through years of emotional noise.

If this is Monica Lynn’s opening chapter as a full-time artist, then damn—it’s a promising first page. Sunshine Small Town Girl is like your favorite pair of boots: well-worn, real, and absolutely made for walking into something new.

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

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3 hours ago

November 2, 2026

Leo Bodei

Portrait of Doja Cat with long blonde hair against a dark background.

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.