After uploading acoustic covers of songs such as "Love Yourself" and "Sweater Weather" online, she signed with EP Entertainment and Def Jam Recordings in 2014 and released her debut single, "Here", the following year.

In 2017, Cara collaborated with DJ and producer Zedd on the single "Stay", which is certified seven-times platinum in Canada, and featured alongside Khalid on rapper Logic's song "1-800-273-8255".

[15] Alessia's fourth album "Love & Hyperbole" was released on February 14th, 2025, to positive reviews from critics and listeners alike.

Alessia Cara was born on July 11, 1996, in Mississauga, Ontario,[16] and grew up in Brampton, where she attended Cardinal Ambrozic Catholic Secondary School.

[23] In July 2014, Cara, accompanied by her father, went to New York,[24] where she signed a management deal with EP Entertainment,[25][26][27][28][29][30] and began work on her debut studio album later that same year.

"[28] Produced by Pop & Oak and Sebastian Kole, the song is about her personal experience with going to a party and being uncomfortable at it.

[45] In April 2016, Cara was announced to be one of the supporting acts of British alternative rock band Coldplay in the European and North American legs of their A Head Full of Dreams Tour, alongside British singer songwriter and Grammy winner Foxes.

The music video for Cara's version of the single "How Far I'll Go", from the Disney film Moana, was released on November 3, 2016, and since then has received over 270 million views on YouTube.

[48] The song was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, produced by Oak Felder, and the video was directed by Aya Tanimura.

[53] The decision to award her the Grammy was fervently condemned in some quarters, with Cara receiving hateful messages and death threats from angry fans of American singer SZA.

On July 10, 2018, Cara announced that she would be releasing a song she made in her basement, written and produced by her, the next day, as a small gift for her birthday.

[59][60][61][62] On September 29, 2018, the Canadian Football League announced that Cara would be the halftime performer at the 106th Grey Cup.

[63] In October 2018, she collaborated with Italian singer Eros Ramazzotti for the song "Vale per sempre", from the album Vita ce n'è.

[75] She also announced that she would be adding a new leg of "The Pains of Growing Tour", visiting various US cities in October and November.

[88] The announcement of this release came after five days of cryptic posts on Instagram and Twitter, each with pictures that would turn out to be related to the music videos for the singles.

[91] On August 5, 2021, it was announced that Cara wrote and sang "Feel You Now", the theme song for Blade Runner: Black Lotus.

[92] On August 31, 2021, another clue about the album was sent to Cara's emailing list, this time an image of five clocks all pointing towards 9:24.

[93] On September 10, 2021, Cara collaborated with the Mexican rock band The Warning, on a cover of "Enter Sandman", which was released on the charity tribute album The Metallica Blacklist.

[94] This particular cover was famously used for the teaser trailer of the 2022 strategy role-playing video game Marvel's Midnight Suns.

On December 23, 2021, the 2021 edition of Yearly Departed was released on Amazon Prime Video, featuring Cara performing "My Heart Will Go On" at the end of the production.

[101][102][103][104][105][106][107] Cara lives in Toronto, Canada[108] She has revealed on separate occasions that she experiences synesthesia,[109][110] and also has keratosis pilaris[111] and alopecia areata.

Her influences include Lauryn Hill, Adele, Amy Winehouse, Pink, Fergie,[118] Christina Aguilera,[119] Drake, Ed Sheeran,[120] and Taylor Swift.