Phoenix (Charlotte Cardin album)

Phoenix is the debut album by Canadian pop singer Charlotte Cardin, released on April 23, 2021, through Cult Nation.

[2] While she had generally written the songs on her prior EPs Big Boy and Main Girl on her own, when she began writing for Phoenix she felt limited by writer's block and a lack of certainty about what she wanted to say or how she wanted the album to sound, and began cowriting with Cult Nation head Jason Brando.

[5] The track "XOXO", an apparent duet between Cardin and a male vocalist, was in fact sung entirely by Cardin; due to a production error, her first take of the song was recorded at too high a pitch, but she and the producers decided to experiment with adjusting the tape in advance of recording a second take, and found that they really liked the soulful effect that the downpitched version imparted to the song.

[6] Cardin also later recorded a French-language version of "XOXO" for the Spotify Singles series, using the same vocal downpitch technique to replicate the duet.

[14] Cardin also won the awards for Anglophone Concert of the Year for The Phoenix Experience, and Most Successful Artist Outside Quebec.