Christine Savard brings a Wicked Woman into your world with her provocative new comeback single and video — showcasing today on Tinnitist.
The Victoria-via-Ontario singer-songwriter’s first single in three years proves that motherhood hasn’t slowed down her style. Wicked Woman fits fight in with the classic tradition of love-at-your-own-risk songs, filled with smoky-smooth vocals, flowing melody line, pulsating bass, and no-nonsense lyrics:
“She’s a wicked, wicked woman
She’ll take your heart out without warning
Then she’ll make you carry the burden
She’ll twist your mind and make you her servant
Never let you get a word in
She don’t deserve you, wicked woman.”
The track’s multilayered instrumentation features strings, synths, sax, lap steel guitar, a flute solo, and a siren introduction — for the lady is a siren, after all — to cinematic effect.
The multi-talented Savard also co-produced and co-directed the song’s video, a stunning mix of vintage and modern atmosphere. The action takes place at a lavish 1930s mansion (once owned by a grifting business mogul who went on the lam). A pair of female dancers add a frisson of dark sensuality as they interact with Savard, the Wicked Woman herself, and the hapless lover who doesn’t take the singer’s advice until it’s almost too late. As the contrasts between the luxe and shady elements play against the song’s complex arrangement, the results demand multiple listens and multiple viewings.
Savard draws from a wide range of musical inspirations. She was obsessed with Paula Abdul as a little girl, then eventually got into her dad’s ’70s music collection (The Doors, Led Zeppelin) and her mom’s ’80s pop collection (Eurythmics, Roxette). Other influences include Björk, Radiohead, Chris Cornell, Sarah McLachlan and Fiona Apple. After making her way from Thunder Bay to Canada’s West Coast, she thrived among a group of performance artists and folk musicians who often coaxed her to open for their live bands, performing ballads with just piano and vocals. Following further collaborations with other producers, she finally honed in on her current sound.
Watch the video for Wicked Woman above, hear more from Christine Savard below, and go on the lam to her website and Instagram.
