Rae Spoon is a Canadian musician, composer, producer, performer, and writer from Calgary, Alberta.

"[5] During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, which forced them to cancel a series of tours, Spoon was diagnosed with cervical cancer.

[6] They underwent chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery, and at one point were suffering so much that they considered seeking medical assistance in dying; however, by October 2020, they were declared cancer-free.

Their early music features country imagery to the sound of acoustic string instruments such as banjo, guitar and mandolin.

Spoon has performed with such artists as Annabelle Chvostek, Ember Swift, Kinnie Starr, Melissa Ferrick, The Be Good Tanyas, Bitch & Animal, Natalie Merchant and Earl Scruggs.

[1] Superioryouareinferior includes themes previously used by Spoon like Canadian history and culture such as the commentary on colonialism in their song "Come On Forest Fire Burn The Disco Down".

[15] The experimentation with electronic music influenced their subsequent albums and culminated in I Can't Keep All Our Secrets.

[18] Spoon has stated that First Spring Grass Fire was written to help them prepare for the production of a National Film Board of Canada documentary about their life and music, My Prairie Home, directed by Chelsea McMullan.

[31] Not Dead Yet (2023) explores Spoon's experience as a nonbinary person undergoing treatment for cervical cancer.

[33] Spoon's young adult novel, Green Glass Ghosts, a queer coming-of-age story set in Vancouver, British Columbia and illustrated by Gem Hall, was published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2021.