Jacklyn Wills

You know how the story goes. It always seems to be a small town girl or boy who knew that music was their calling from a young age. We won’t bore you with the details, but it’s a similar narrative for Dresden, Ontario’s, Jacklyn Wills.

From performing at local festivals, events and establishments, to sharing songs and stories at the world-famous BlueBird Cafe in Nashville, Tennessee, and even warming up the stage for acts such as Sloan, The Reklaws and Corb Lund, (just to name a few), Wills already has a long list of accomplishments under her belt and has now taken the next step in her musical journey.

Titling 2024 as the year to “do the thing,” she has spent the past couple of years performing whenever and wherever she can, getting into as many writing rooms as possible, as well as learning the many ins and outs of the industry, and has now finally made her way into the studio.

With no time to waste, Wills hit the ground running by releasing her debut single, “Hate That I Can’t Hate You” earlier this year. Penned over Zoom in February 2023 with co-writer Ali Dutton, about meeting the perfect guy after dating a few too many frogs, produced by Adam Newcomb, and released into the world a year later, the catchy country bop found its way onto multiple Spotify editorial playlists, radio stations around the world and even onto SiriusXM!

But “Hate That I Can’t Hate You” was only the beginning. Get ready to take a trip down memory lane with her next release, “Up.” Written in Nashville with fellow Canadian Drew Taylor and Georgia natives, Tanner Fussell and Lee Tucker, you’ll be transported back to the days of being 16 in a small town with nothing better to do than drive around and get into trouble! It also serves as a reminder that no matter how old you get, some of us are just never going to grow ‘up’.