Local Indie-pop artist Cecily Phelps is hitting the radio for the first time with her original song “Won’t You Love Me Still,” after winning last year’s GP Soundcheck contest.
The 20-year-old musician was born and raised in Grande Prairie and says the opportunity to have her song played on the radio gives her a platform to bring Grande Prairie’s music scene “out of the dark.”
“I find that when people think Grande Prairie, they don’t think big artists especially around here and I find that our music scene is kind of on the backbone, so to be able to be now approaching radio play, I want to bring everything out of the dark, all the music and amazing talent we have around the city,” she says.
Phelps says she wrote the song as a tribute to the long-lasting love she observed in her personal life, and as a call to action for listeners to “give their all” to their relationships.
“I wrote it based off of the amazing love and relationships and strong bonds I’ve seen built around me through my grandparents and my parents and all the other amazing couples and families around me,” she says. “It’s about long-lasting love and the trials of long-lasting love, and how important it is to love somebody no matter what and give your all in a relationship.”
Phelps’ message to all of Grande Prairie’s aspiring musical talent is to continue going to open mics, building connections, and stepping out of their comfort zones to further build on the city’s budding music industry.
“Won’t You Love Me Still” will be live on air for the first time on the morning of March 8th on 2Day FM.