INTERVIEW – Taking A Bite with Rozette: Calgary Artist Rebrands and Rebuilds

For 20 years Calgary’s Jenn Beaupre has had a musical career that has taken her on a unique path. A contestant on Canadian Idol Season 3, vocal coach, and touring artist, she recently released the single Bite. If P!nk and Robin had a love child, the brassy, explosive alter ego Rozette captures the attention of anyone who listens to the track.

"I call it, I call it my alter ego that's barely altered.  She's me. But it gives me permission in the public's eyes and in my own eyes a little bit to be an extra me. When I was like, no, I've been flipping Jenn Beaupre for 20 years, why would I fucking do that? My business coach bless his beautiful heart said, I mean this was so much respect. How's it going? How are your streaming numbers? How like how are you feeling about your artistic career? And I was like, okay, fair. He was really loving about it, I was like, actually that's a really fair point. I've been hammering away at that and maybe something fresh would feel really fresh for my artist's heart too. And it does." She said during a skype chat with GayCalgary.com

"I grew up listening to Whitney Houston and Celine Dion and Disney movies. That was kind of my thing. And only recently have I realized that it would be...