LARKK, THE PROJECT OF DANIELLE MCTAGGART (DEAR ROUGE), ANNOUNCE NEW LP, SHARES “DEVASTATION’S BLISS”

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Danielle McTaggart is an artist in transformation. Best known as the powerhouse voice behind the JUNO Award-winning duo Dear Rouge, she has spent years captivating audiences with electrifying performances and chart-topping hits. Now, Danielle McTaggart has stepped forward as Larkk — a transformation that embraces intimacy and introspection, trading the high-energy pulse of indie rock for raw, poetic vulnerability.

After the debut single “Caverns” and the most recent offering “First Kiss”, McTaggart is preparing to announce the February 13, 2026 arrival of Larkk’s debut album Cinders alongside the release of new single “Devastation’s Bliss”. An emotional breaking point on Larkk’s journey, “Devastation’s Bliss” explores suffering, healing, and the treasures found in grief. With ambient textures and swelling orchestral moments, it’s a raw, intimate meditation on pain as transformation. Think Patrick Watson meets Agnes Obel in a moment of spiritual surrender.

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MORE ABOUT LARKK
Larkk is Danielle McTaggart in a new form, born from her desire for deeper artistic exploration. After years of touring with acclaimed acts like Metric, Phantogram, and The Beaches, she felt a pull to connect on a more personal level — with herself and with listeners.

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For Larkk, this music exists in the space between the past and the future - an evolution of both sound and spirit. It’s more than a new chapter; it’s the creation of an entirely new language of storytelling. Larkk weaves together music, movement, painting, poetry, and expansive artistic expression — each element intertwining to capture the beauty and ache of being human. It’s a deeply immersive world where emotion drives form, and vulnerability becomes a powerful source of connection.

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CINDERS TRACKLIST
01 Cinders
02 First Kiss
03 Share Of Dreams
04 Cuckoo
05 Caverns
06 Interlude
07 Devastation’s Bliss
08 The Moon The Bed
09 Oceans (reprise)
10 Stars Ain’t Colliding

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LARKK, THE PROJECT OF DANIELLE MCTAGGART (DEAR ROUGE), SHARES ANOTHER NEW SINGLE, “FIRST KISS”

Photo Credit : Lindsey Blane // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

Danielle McTaggart is an artist in transformation. Best known as the powerhouse voice behind the JUNO Award-winning duo Dear Rouge, she has spent years captivating audiences with electrifying performances and chart-topping hits. Now, Danielle McTaggart steps forward as Larkk — a transformation that embraces intimacy and introspection, trading the high-energy pulse of indie rock for raw, poetic vulnerability.

Following recent single “Caverns”, today Larkk is sharing "First Kiss”, co-written with notable American spoken word artist Derek C. Brown. The song captures the ache of intimacy remembered and lost. Sweeping piano and atmospheric textures frame Danielle’s haunting vocal, evoking a cinematic sense of longing. It’s a vulnerable and romantic moment that sits between Weyes Blood and Agnes Obel—poetic, intimate, and emotionally transportive.

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MORE ABOUT LARKK
Larkk is Danielle McTaggart in a new form, born from her desire for deeper artistic exploration. After years of touring with acclaimed acts like Metric, Phantogram, and The Beaches, she felt a pull to connect on a more personal level — with herself and with listeners.

WATCH / SHARE “CAVERNS” LIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEO HERE
LISTEN / SHARE “CAVERNS” HERE
BUY / STREAM “CAVERNS” HERE

For Larkk, this music exists in the space between the past and the future - an evolution of both sound and spirit. It’s more than a new chapter; it’s the creation of an entirely new language of storytelling. Larkk weaves together music, movement, painting, poetry, and expansive artistic expression — each element intertwining to capture the beauty and ache of being human. It’s a deeply immersive world where emotion drives form, and vulnerability becomes a powerful source of connection.

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LARKK, THE PROJECT OF DANIELLE MCTAGGART (DEAR ROUGE), SHARES DEBUT SINGLE, “CAVERNS”

Photo Credit : Lindsey Blane // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

Danielle McTaggart is an artist in transformation. Best known as the powerhouse voice behind the JUNO Award-winning duo Dear Rouge, she has spent years captivating audiences with electrifying performances and chart-topping hits. Now, Danielle McTaggart steps forward as Larkk — a transformation that embraces intimacy and introspection, trading the high-energy pulse of indie rock for raw, poetic vulnerability.

Today, Larkk shares the debut single, “Caverns”, a song “about the deep and sacred journey I took when I suddenly and unexpectedly experienced deep grief like I had never known,” says Danielle, who now embodies her new artistic identity as Larkk. “The memories of my life, the unexplored ideas and questions I had long ignored, began to awaken — as I went down into the caverns of my heart. I heard a voice in my innermost spirit, ‘When you can’t go around, you must go down.’ And I knew I could not go around. So down I went. I walked slow, afraid and shaking, through the tunnels of my heart. Down, into the places I’d forgotten or wished I could forget. And yet, to my utter surprise, there was such treasure there. Rare and precious jewels being formed in the heat of my heart's pain. And I knew, somehow I was not alone.”

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MORE ABOUT LARKK
Larkk is Danielle McTaggart in a new form, born from her desire for deeper artistic exploration. After years of touring with acclaimed acts like Metric, Phantogram, and The Beaches, she felt a pull to connect on a more personal level — with herself and with listeners.

For Larkk, this music exists in the space between the past and the future - an evolution of both sound and spirit. It’s more than a new chapter; it’s the creation of an entirely new language of storytelling. Larkk weaves together music, movement, painting, poetry, and expansive artistic expression — each element intertwining to capture the beauty and ache of being human. It’s a deeply immersive world where emotion drives form, and vulnerability becomes a powerful source of connection.

LARKK ONLINE
INSTAGRAM
TIKTOK
FACEBOOK