PATRICK WATSON WROTE AN ALBUM FOR AND WITH HIS DREAM COLLABORATORS TO SING WHEN HE COULDN’T - FEATURES MARTHA WAINWRIGHT, MARO, KLÔ PELGAG, CHARLOTTE CARDIN, NOVEMBER ULTRA, SOLANN AND MORE
UH OH OUT TODAY ON SECRET CITY RECORDS
TOUR STARTS ON OCTOBER 28, 2025 - TICKETS HERE
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“Watson is an outstanding storyteller…the tapestry of sounds that he weaves together is mind-blowing” - NPR Music
“Tastefully subdued…showcases Watson’s forte for lustrous, wide-scope chamber pop” - UNCUT
“A roll call of Quebecois luminaries...this stately, sometimes gospel-esque album has the forced intensity of a coiled spring.” ★★★★- MOJO
“His finest work to date... a consistently thrilling record and unquestionably one of the albums of 2025” - Silent Radio
★★★★ - Record Collector
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Singer-songwriter, film composer and pianist Patrick Watson has released Uh Oh, a deeply personal 11-track collection that investigates the idea of life as being a series of “uh ohs”: a little phrase uttered in response to everything from childhood accidents to our most overwhelming anxieties. The songs on this album were written during a period where Watson was experiencing his own career-threatening “uh oh” - he’d lost his voice. Unsure if he would ever sing again, he composed the album as a collection of collaborations with friends and strangers who would sing his songs when he couldn’t. It’s the culmination of 20 years of musical exploration, and a showcase for the unique cinematic textures that have brought Watson immense acclaim and billions of streams over his celebrated career. The album has been met with praise, including 4-star reviews in MOJO and Record Collector, coverage from NPR Music, UNCUT, France Inter, Le Parisien, Le Figaro, La Matinale sur France Info, Rolling Stone Germany, BBC 6 Music, and beyond. Watson is kicking off his tour on October 28, with some of the largest venues of his career, and recently announced new tour dates. Tickets are available to purchase here.
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The history-making “Je te laisserai des mots” - is the first French-language song to surpass 1 billion streams on Spotify and gained significant traction over the years. It has amassed enough streams to hit platinum-level in 29 countries, and gold-level thresholds in 34 countries. The song has been instrumental in expanding the reach and resonance of Francophone music worldwide, with non-French speakers performing their own versions (check it out HERE) and finding comfort in it during challenging times. Watson shared more details about the "hit" in The Guardian recently, and the track was also just featured in the season finale of the hit Amazon TV series The Summer I Turned Pretty, which aired on September 17.
WATCH / SHARE “SILENCIO” FT. NOVEMBER ULTRA HERE
Most of the songs on Uh Oh see Watson and his long-time bandmates, collaborator and multi-instrumentalist Mishka Stein, Olivier Fairfield, and co-vocalist Ariel Engle (La Force) joined by a guest singer. The featured vocalists range from the iconic voices he’s idolized for years – Martha Wainwright – to ones he discovered through Instagram scrolling like Solann and local Quebec favorite Klô Pelgag, and include international phenoms MARO, Hohnen Ford, November Ultra, JUNO Award winner Charlotte Cardin, Félix award winner Anachnid, and a friend he met when she worked the counter at this local coffee shop, Charlotte Oleena. “Every singer has these different magical powers on this record, and each song kind of represents that,” Watson says.
Watson utilized a minimalist approach when tracking the new album, recording in locations around the world (Montreal, New Orleans, L.A., Mexico City, Paris) and cutting takes with only 2 microphones. Seeking to capture the power of the moment, he limited each track to 1-2 takes in order to achieve spontaneity with his guests. This approach is demonstrated by the haunting, ethereal qualities of many of these tracks, and Watson even studied the low-end and hi-hat mix on Cardi B’s “Up” to get the album’s sound just right.
WATCH / SHARE “PETER AND THE WOLF” HERE
WATCH / SHARE “GORDON IN THE WILLOWS” (LYRIC VIDEO) HERE
MORE ABOUT PATRICK WATSON
Patrick Watson composes, performs, and records his albums with his long-time bandmates, collaborator and multi-instrumentalist Mishka Stein, and Olivier Fairfield. The Canadian artist reached gold and platinum status in multiple countries, and his shows sell out around the world. Over the course of his career, Patrick has retained the uncanny ability to coexist in mainstream pop-culture spaces and on the avant-garde fringes. Patrick’s songs have been featured in primetime crowd-pleasers like Grey’s Anatomy and This Is Us, as well as in multiple arthouse films from Denis Villeneuve (Polytechnique), Wim Wenders (Perfect Days), Philippe Falardeau (C’est pas moi, je le jure!) and more. He’s an artist who’s as comfortable performing impromptu pop-up shows on the train tracks in a Quebec mining town as he is leading the BBC Orchestra at London’s prestigious Barbican. He’s an in-demand composer with over 15 film scores under his belt. He was awarded the prestigious inaugural Impact Award at the 2024 Canadian Sync Awards.
UH OH TRACKLIST
1. Silencio - Patrick Watson & November Ultra
2. Peter and the Wolf - Patrick Watson
3. The Wandering - Patrick Watson & MARO
4. Choir in the Wires - Patrick Watson
5. Uh Oh - Patrick Watson & Charlotte Oleena
6. The Lonely Lights - Patrick Watson & La Force
7. Ami imaginaire - Patrick Watson & Klô Pelgag
8. Postcards - Patrick Watson & Hohnen Ford
9. House on Fire - Patrick Watson & Martha Wainwright
10. Gordon in the Willows - Patrick Watson & Charlotte Cardin
11. Ça va - Patrick Watson & Solann
PATRICK WATSON TOUR DATES
2025
October 5 - Rise Festival - Las Vegas, NV
October 28 - Toulouse, France - Bikini
October 29 - Bordeaux, France - Rocher de Palmer
October 31 - Nantes, France – Stereolux SOLD OUT
November 1 - Rouen, France - Le 106
November 2 - Lausanne, Switzerland -Théâtre De Beaulieu
November 4 - Paris, France - Zenith La Villette
November 5 - Lyon, France – Transbordeur
November 7 - London, United Kingdom – Troxy
November 10 - Nijmegen, Netherlands - Concertgebouw de Vereeniging SOLD OUT
November 11 - Brussels, Belgium – BOZAR SOLD OUT
November 12 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Carre Theatre SOLD OUT
2026
January 14, 2026 – Porto, Portugal – Casa da Musica SOLD OUT
January 15, 2026 – Lisbon, Portugal – Lisboa Ao Vivo
January 17, 2026 – Santiago de Compostela, Spain – Underfest
January 18, 2026 – Madrid, Spain – Teatro Eslava
January 19, 2026 – Barcelona, Spain – Sala Apolo
January 21, 2026 – Winterthur, Switzerland – Salzhaus
January 23, 2026 – Berlin, Germany – Betonhalle
February 5, 2026 – Guadalajara, Mexico – C4 Concert House
February 7, 2026 – Mexico City, Mexico – Auditorio BB
March 20, 2026 - Bearsville Theater - Woodstock, NY
March 21, 2026 - The Gild Concert Hall - Arden, DE
March 22, 2026 - Mountain Stage - Morgantown, WV
March 24, 2026 - Thalia Hall - Chicago, IL
March 25, 2026 - The Basement East - Nashville, TN
March 26-29, 2026 - Big Ears Festival - Knoxville, TN
March 30, 2026 - Carnegie Lecture Hall - Pittsburgh, PA
March 31, 2026 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
April 2, 2026 - Warsaw - Brooklyn, NY
April 3, 2026 - Somerville Theatre - Boston, MA
April 4, 2026 - Higher Ground - Burlington, VT
April 23, 2026 - WOW Festival UCSD: Artpower - La Jolla, CA
April 24, 2026 - The Belasco - Los Angeles, CA
April 25, 2026 - Palace Of Fine Arts - San Francisco, CA
April 26, 2026 - Herbst Theatre - Berkeley, CA
April 28, 2026 - Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR
April 30, 2026 - Neptune Theater - Seattle, WA