How a Toronto youth music program ended up on Taylor Swift’s new album

Taylor Swift’s latest album, Lover, was released this week, and if you listen closely you’ll hear a big Canadian connection.

The Regent Park School of Music in Toronto is sampled on the song It’s Nice to Have a Friend, which was produced by Toronto’s Frank Dukes along with Louis Bell and Swift. The youth choir can be heard playing instruments and singing backup, which came about as part of a collaboration with the producer called Parkscapes. It is available through Dukes’ Kingsway Music Library.

You can listen to the original sample here, called Summer in the South.

 

 

 

 

Source: CBC Radio