By the way, Inuktitut was a great album, but it wasn't the first time Elisapie had sung in that language.
This song was the lead song and single from her 2018 album The Ballad of the Runaway Girl, a multilingual masterpiece, with songs in Inuktitut, English and French - years before Rosalía showed off being a polyglot.
The album got Elisapie a Juno nomination and her first Polaris shortlist. The song - the title translates to "Woman" in English and speaks to the strength of women - is absolutely masterpiece level work.
I debated which of the many excellent live performances of this song to share with you.
I chose this one, from CBC Music, which shows 1) it's a clearly guitar-driven song and 2) the song has a slow burn and slow build to an epic conclusion.
But also, I couldn't not share this performance from Seattle, WA, UNITED STATES radio station KEXP - from 2024, when she was touring in support of Inuktitut. This 2018 song was epic and iconic enough to make the cut for the short setlist.
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