Rebecca Lappa has frosty fun on “Blue Lips”

Remember how surprised we were when Maggie Rogers released Surrender? It put the world on notice that she was a high-energy pop/rock star, even though she had folky roots. The same is true for Rebecca Lappa’s addictive new single “Blue Lips”. It’s fascinating when someone with a folk background finds her Debbie Harry/Liz Phair groove.

Lappa hails from the Canadian city of Edmonton, where you can quickly get blue lips if you’re outdoors too long this time of year. The singer is a five-time nominee for the prestigious Canadian Folk Music Awards, but her new record is buoyant pop from beginning to end. It’s so hooky that I could listen to it until my ears turn blue while ice-fishing in Alberta.

Says Lappa: “Taking you into a world of frozen hearts and blinding snow, “Blue Lips” is a uniquely Canadian story about a friends-with-benefits relationship, combining heartache and excitement together like fire and ice. The winter imagery throughout the song brings forward the harsh realities of a situation where one partner is hoping the relationship will turn into more than it is.”

Lappa’s next EP, Tales of a Taurus, gets released in May, and it just might turbo-charge her pop career. I would definitely risk frostbite to hear more songs like “Blue Lips.”

Watch the video for “Blue Lips” below, or find it on the streamers.