GRAMMY® AWARD-WINNING ALESSIA CARA SHARES INTIMATE GIANT DESK CONCERT

SET TO PERFORM AT FIFA WORLD CUP OPENING CEREMONY IN TORONTO TODAY

12 June 2026 (Toronto, ON) - Showcasing yet another side of her artistry, GRAMMY® Award-winning, superstar Alessia Cara recently delivered an intimate Giant Desk Concert, performing a selection of fan favorites and standout tracks from across her catalog. Watch the full performance HERE. The Giant Desk Concert has quickly garnered attention from CBC, Vulture, Exclaim!, The Shade Room, iHeart Canada, and more.

She opened the set with a relaxed, jazz-inflected rendition of "Middle Ground" and continued with an intimate version of "I'm in Trouble" from her latest album Love or Lack Thereof, the romantic "Nighttime Thing" from 2025's Love & Hyperbole, and a stripped-back take on "Shapeshifter." She also performed a special version of her hit song “Here,” featuring a brand-new verse written exclusively for the Giant Desk Concert, as well as a rendition of her global hit "Stay." Following the release of her Giant Desk Concert, Cara will perform at the FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony in Toronto later today at 1:30 PM EST.

Earlier this year, she released her compilation album entitled Love Or Lack Thereof via Def Jam Recordings. For the 12-track collection, she revisited, reimagined, and reinvented standout songs from her catalog, turning them into jazz and soul-inspired versions that capture more than a decade of her musical journey in an intimate yet essential body of work. Alongside the album, a series of live-in-studio videos are being released for each track. The album also features collaborations with GRAMMY Award–winners Norah Jones and Nelly Furtado. Listen HERE.

ABOUT ALESSIA CARA:
Since catapulting to stardom with quintessential loner anthem “Here” in 2015, the singer/songwriter has matured alongside her audience, capturing the highs and lows of adolescence and young adulthood with camera-like clarity. In many ways, Cara’s new era is a snapshot of an artist finally processing her meteoric rise in the music industry. The Grammy winner’s debut single, “Here,” peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went on to sell three million copies. Her platinum-selling debut album, Know-It-All, delivered another smash hit with “Scars to Your Beautiful” and she memorably contributed “How Far I’ll Go” to the Moana soundtrack. She then added further platinum plaques to her collection with “Stay,” a dizzying club collaboration with Zedd, and an unforgettable feature on Logic’s “1-800-273-8255.” The Brampton, Ontario, native returned in 2018 with The Pains of Growing, which won Juno Awards for Album of the Year, Pop Album of the Year, and Songwriter of the Year, cementing Cara as one of her generation’s foremost singer/songwriters. Her last album, In The Meantime, featuring hit singles “Best Days” and “Sweet Dream”, was met with critical acclaim from Pitchfork, Billboard, Rolling Stone, with The New York Times calling it “Incisive and introspective as ever. Cara continues to position herself as both pop star and therapist.” Her recent release Love & Hyperbole solidifies her evolution as a powerhouse vocalist, empathetic songwriter and force of nature.

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