Toronto-based newcomer Clennon tackles identity and anguish on his remarkably confident debut single, “No Pain”.
From Kingston to Toronto, emerging artist Clennon brings a sonic and thematic dexterity to his atmospheric and erudite core. Impressing incipiently with this striking debut cut, “No Pain”, the polymath shows a deft ability to depict raw and visceral emotions within his lyricism and genre-bending world building. The single merges dancehall tendencies with a quality that’s darker and more electronic-adjacent, celebrating his queerness whilst cutting through a societal lens.
Speaking on the track, the artist offers offers: “I wanted to write a song that was equal parts Jamaican and equal parts Clennon. I sometimes feel that I have to compartmentalise who I am as a person because it’s not always safe to be me everywhere I go. this song represents the merger of the most important parts of who i am and does so in a way that is unapologetic and reaffirming.”
To arrive on the scene with such bold creative output indicates Clennon is an artist with vision and integrity, and places him at the cusp of the already thriving Toronto circumference.
Listen to “No Pain”…
